Gaessler Crashes Into Krakow Quarters

German qualifier Patrick Gaessler upset the form book in the McWIL Dunlop Polish Open when he upset eighth seed Fabien Verseille to reach the quarter-finals of the first PSA Tour event ever to be staged in Poland.

The 22-year-old from Stuttgart swept to an 11-8, 11-7, 11-8 victory in 35 minutes at the SquashClub Stare Kino in Krakow.

Gaessler will now face Luca Mastrostefano for a place in the semi-finals after the third seed from Italy fought back from two games down to beat Ireland's Arthur Gaskin 5-11, 10-11 (4-6), 11-7, 11-9, 11-8 in 66 minutes.

Favourite Omar Abdel Aziz also had a fight on his hands to claim his anticipated place in the last eight. The top-seeded Egyptian defeated French qualifier Romain Tenant 8-11, 9-11, 11-6, 11-6, 11-10 (3-1) in 61 minutes to set up a quarter-final clash with England's No7 seed Jago Nardelli who overcame Egypt's Mohamed Elkeiy 11-9, 9-11, 11-2, 7-11, 11-9 in an 80-minute marathon.

1st round:
[1] Omar Abdel Aziz (EGY) bt [Q] Romain Tenant (FRA) 8-11, 9-11, 11-6, 11-6, 11-10 (3-1) (61m)
[7] Jago Nardelli (ENG) bt Mohamed Elkeiy (EGY) 11-9, 9-11, 11-2, 7-11, 11-9 (80m)
[4] Jan Koukal (CZE) bt Marton Szaboky (HUN) 11-3, 11-7, 9-11, 11-5 (40m)
[5] Jonathan Harford (ENG) bt [Q] Ahmed Gamal Swaify (EGY) 11-8, 11-4, 11-2 (38m)
[Q] Patrick Gaessler (GER) bt [8] Fabien Verseille (FRA) 11-8, 11-7, 11-8 (35m)
[3] Luca Mastrostefano (ITA) bt Arthur Gaskin (IRL) 5-11, 10-11 (4-6), 11-7, 11-9, 11-8 (66m)
[6] Andre Holderegger (SUI) bt [Q] Morten W Sorensen (DEN) 11-4, 11-5, 11-7 (35m)
[2] Bradley Hindle (AUS) bt Philip Nightingale (ENG) 11-2, 11-6, 11-5 (31m)