Samper Survives Club Sportif Opener

Seventh seed Bernardo Samper was severely tested by Indian qualifier Gaurav Nandrajog in the first round of the Club Sportif Cote de Liesse Open before claiming his anticipated place in the last eight of the $15,000 PSA Tour squash event at Club Sportif in Cote de Liesse in the Canadian province of Quebec.

The 25-year-old from Colombia, who celebrated a career-high world No57 ranking this month, came back from a game down - then survived a lengthy final tie-break game before beating the 22-year-old from New Delhi 4-11, 11-10 (2-0), 11-2, 11-10 (6-4) in 60 minutes.

Samper now faces fellow Colombian Miguel Angel Rodriguez in the quarter-finals after the third seed beat Scottish qualifier Alan Clyne 4-11, 11-4, 11-6, 11-9.

Home interest in the semi-finals is guaranteed after top seed Shahier Razik and fifth seed Shawn Delierre set up an all-Canadian quarter-final. Razik beat compatriot Robin Clarke 11-6, 11-5, 11-4, while Delierre despatched Australian Ryan Cuskelly 11-6, 11-3, 11-5.

1st round:
[1] Shahier Razik (CAN) bt Robin Clarke (CAN) 11-6, 11-5, 11-4 (43m)
[5] Shawn Delierre (CAN) bt Ryan Cuskelly (AUS) 11-6, 11-3, 11-5 (45m)
[4] Rafael F Alarcon (BRA) bt Wade Johnstone (AUS) 11-7, 11-6, 11-4 (34m)
[8] David Phillips (CAN) bt [Q] Shaun le Roux (ENG) 11-6, 11-7, 11-5
[7] Bernardo Samper (COL) bt [Q] Gaurav Nandrajog (IND) 4-11, 11-10 (2-0), 11-2, 11-10 (6-4) (60m)
[3] Miguel Angel Rodriguez (COL) bt [Q] Alan Clyne (SCO) 4-11, 11-4, 11-6, 11-9 (39m)
[6] Matthew Giuffre (CAN) bt Bernard Reid (CAN) 11-7, 11-10 (2-0), 11-6 (35m)
[2] Daryl Selby (ENG) bt [Q] Ian Power (CAN) 11-9, 11-3, 11-3 (36m)