Wall Sinks Steinmann To Reach First World Tour Quarter-Final

England's Nick Wall recorded his best Tour victory to date when he overcame world No.27 Dimitri Steinmann to reach the quarter-finals of the Oxford Properties Canadian Open Presented by Airsprint Private Aviation, the PSA Word Tour Bronze event in the Canadian city of Calgary.

"I'm happy with how I played compared to yesterday," said the 22-year-old world No.46 from Sheffield after his breakthrough 12-10, 11-9, 11-4 victory at Bow Valley Athletic Club. "I think I was more solid and disciplined, the first two games were so tight and I had to just keep doing what I was doing and keep my head. That was important for that win today. I thought the pace was quite slow, he's super quick and fit so I tried to take that away from him with some holds and stuff and that worked well.

"I think having the five games on there yesterday helped me today. The match didn't take too much out of me physically so although that wasn't the plan, I think it helped me.

"With this court, it comes off the front wall fast but you get time in the back corners so you can think about what shot you want to play and there's time to hold. When it's dead, you're rushing to get the ball before it dies so it felt comfortable on there.

"I don't really look at players' rankings, I don't think about it too much. I'm obviously aware because he's the higher seed and didn't play yesterday but I just try and play well against everyone and impose my own game and treat every match the same way."

There were also upset wins for Mexico's Leonel Cardenas and France's Auguste Dussourd, over fifth and sixth seeds Raphael Kandra and Shahjahan Khan, respectively.