Bhattacharya Betters Aziz In African Open Upset

India's Ritwik Bhattacharya produced his best result of the year in the quarter-finals of the African Open when he upset second-seeded Egyptian Omar Abdel Aziz to reach the last four of the $23,250 PSA Tour squash event at the Ikoyi Club in Lagos, Nigeria.

The 29-year-old fifth seed from Mumbai battled from a game down to beat Aziz, ranked 19 places higher in the world, 9-11, 11-7, 11-8, 11-4.

Bhattacharya will now face England's fourth seed Tom Richards for a place in the final.

There will be English interest in the other semi-final where favourite Joey Barrington takes on Jan Koukal, the third seed from the Czech Republic.
Quarter-finals:
[1] Joey Barrington (ENG) bt Joshua Greenfield (NZL) 11-3, 11-8, 11-5
[3] Jan Koukal (CZE) bt [6] Robbie Temple (ENG) 11-3, 6-11, 11-7, 4-11, 11-9
[4] Tom Richards (ENG) bt [7] Rob Sutherland (WAL) 11-7, 4-11, 11-6, 11-4
[5] Ritwik Bhattacharya (IND) bt [2] Omar Abdel Aziz (EGY) 9-11, 11-7, 11-8, 11-4