Koukal Collapses As Mansi Moves On In Brasilia

Czech No1 Jan Koukal suffered his second first round exit in a week when he narrowly lost out to Egypt's Amr Mansi in the opening round of the Brazil Open in Brasilia.

Seeded two, the 22-year-old from Prague fought back to level the match after losing the first two games. The fifth game decider went to a tie-break, but it was unseeded Mansi who claimed the honours after 80 minutes, winning 11-6 11-8 7-11 9-11 11-10 (3-1) to earn an unexpected place in the quarter-finals.

Mansi, 23, from Alexandria, now faces England's sixth seed Sam Miller, who beat Egyptian qualifier El Iraky Omar Abd El Aziz 11-9 11-7 11-5.

Canada's Sabir Butt also pulled off a notable first round upset. The unseeded 36-year-old despatched Denmark's eighth seed Morten W Sorensen 11-6 11-7 11-0 to set up a quarter-final clash with England's Lee Drew, the fourth seed.

1st round:
[1] Joey Barrington (ENG) bt Amr Ramzy Swelim (EGY) 11-4, 11-7, 11-7 (34m)
[7] Mark Krajcsak (HUN) bt [Q] Fabien Verseille (FRA) 11-8, 11-4, 11-8 (47m)
[3] Rafael F Alarcon (BRA) bt Ronivaldo Santos (BRA) 11-4, 11-6, 11-7 (29m)
[5] Dylan Bennett (NED) bt [Q] Andre Holderegger (SUI) 1-11, 11-3, 9-11, 11-8, 11-10 (3-1) (59m)
Sabir Butt (CAN) bt [8] Morten W Sorensen (DEN) 11-6, 11-7, 11-0 (26m)
[4] Lee Drew (ENG) bt [Q] Omar Mosaad (EGY) 11-5, 11-10 (2-0), 11-10 (2-0) (61m)
[6] Sam Miller (ENG) bt [Q] El Iraky Omar Abd El Aziz (EGY) 11-9, 11-7, 11-5 (42m)
Amr Mansi (EGY) bt [2] Jan Koukal (CZE) 11-6, 11-8, 7-11, 9-11, 11-10 (3-1) (80m)