Diego Dumps Daryl In St George's Upset

Fast-rising Peruvian star Diego Elias despatched seventh-seeded Englishman Daryl Selby in straight games in the Channel VAS Championships at St George's Hill to claim a surprise place in the quarter-finals of the PSA M100 event in its third year in Weybridge in the English county of Surrey.

"I'm really happy, I've been playing some good squash this season and have got some good results," said Elias after his 11-3, 11-8, 11-3 victory in 40 minutes.

"I was a bit nervous playing with Daryl because he's a tough player to play in the first round but I was feeling good and moving well, so I'm happy with the win."

The 20-year-old from Lima, who currently boasts a career-high world No.15 ranking, will now face Tarek Momen, the world No.8 from Egypt.

"Me and Tarek have played a few times, we haven't played for a while but he's beaten me a few times, so I'm really looking forward to this match and I want to play as well as I can."

Momen reached the last eight courtesy of a 3/1 victory over Australia's world No.17 Cameron Pilley. The 29-year-old from Cairo dropped the opening game but came back to take the next three games without reply.

"Last year I was in the final, so I was always going to come back and try to go one step further and win the title," said Momen.

"He has had some big upsets against most of us in the top 10, so I was very cautious of that fact and I was trying to contain him as much as possible.

"I'm glad I'm through for tomorrow's match and hopefully I can give a better performance."

Egyptian world No.5 Ali Farag and New Zealand's world No.10 Paul Coll will lock horns in the other quarter-final decided on day two.

Farag, fresh from his maiden World Series title at last week's US Open, took on tournament wildcard Charlie Lee in his first round fixture, with home favourite Lee leading for spells during all three games as a fearless showing from the 19-year-old saw him hit some fine winners as he wrong-footed Farag and moved him into different areas of the court.

But Farag put his experience to good use and the number two seed went up through the gears towards the latter half of the games as he closed out an 11-7, 11-8, 11-7 victory to reach the last eight.

"It's never easy playing the wildcard because he's a local hero here and he's got all of the support behind him," said Farag.

"To be through in three is good to save energy, I've got a tough one tomorrow and I'm looking forward to that.

"We [Farag and Coll] just played a couple of weeks ago in Shanghai and I won in four, when we played at the ToC he beat me in four, so I'm sure it's going to be a very tough match."

Defending champion Coll claimed a straight games victory against Australia's world No.16 Ryan Cuskelly to earn his place in the quarter-finals. The number six seed hit his lines and kept Cuskelly away from the 'T' throughout to take an 11-4, 11-5, 11-7 win.

"Me and Ryan have played a few times, we seem to get each other quite a lot," said Coll, who was returning to the scene of his biggest ever PSA World Tour title win.

"I know his game and he's a solid player, so I knew it was going to be a battle and I just tried to be even more solid. I really like the court and I've got good memories here, so I felt relaxed and just played my game, I felt really good out there."