Spaniards Lead Upsets In Barcelona

Spanish qualifiers Constantino Casas and Oriol Salvia were the leading lights in a night of major upsets in the first round of the Esportiu Rocafort Open in Barcelona, Spain.

Part-time player Casas defeated Italy's top seed Luca Mastrostefano 11-5 10-11 11-7 11-8 to set up a meeting with fifth seed Mathieu Castagnet, the 19-year-old Frenchman who had to fight back from 2/1 down to beat England's unseeded Philip Nightingale 11-6 5-11 9-11 11-8 11-1.

Oriol Salvia, a 30-year-old from Barcelona, overcame France's sixth seed Yann Perrin 11-4 11-5 6-11 11-2 and will now take on English qualifier Nick Wall for a place in the semi-finals. Wall, 33, from Sheffield, dismissed Hungary's third seed Andras Torok 11-10 7-11 2-11 11-10 11-4.

1st round:
[Q] Constantino Casas (ESP) bt [1] Luca Mastrostefano (ITA) 11-5, 10-11 (1-3), 11-7, 11-8
[5] Mathieu Castagnet (FRA) bt Philip Nightingale (ENG) 11-6, 5-11, 9-11, 11-8, 11-1
[4] Badr Abdel Aziz (SWE) bt Alejandro Garbi Caro (ESP) 11-5, 11-9, 11-6
[7] Fabien Verseille (FRA) bt [Q] Rene Mijs (NED) 11-4, 11-10 (2-0), 4-11, 4-11, 11-8
[Q] Oriol Salvia (ESP) bt [6] Yann Perrin (FRA) 11-4, 11-5, 6-11, 11-2
[Q] Nick Wall (ENG) bt [3] Andras Torok (HUN) 11-10 (3-1), 7-11, 2-11, 11-10 (2-0), 11-4
Sam Atkins (NZL) bt [8] Petros Tzamaloukas (GRE) 11-7, 11-3, 11-5
Chris Ryder (ENG) bt [2] Ahmed Mohsen Hassaan (EGY) 11-5, 10-11 (0-2), 11-6, 11-6