Teran Takes Perry In Texas Tussle

Unseeded Mexican Samantha Teran recorded the best win of her career when she beat seventh seed Madeline Perry in the Women's Texas Open to claim a place in the quarter-finals of the $57,000 WISPA World Tour Gold squash event at Life Time Fitness in Plano, near Dallas, USA.

"This tournament gives me good luck," exclaimed the 28-year-old from Mexico City after her 12-10, 11-9, 9-11, 13-11 victory over Perry, the world No9, in 57 minutes.

"The first time I won against a top 20 player was in Dallas. The last time I got to the semis against the seeding - and now here I have won against a top 10 player for the first time.

"I like Dallas a lot!" added world No16 Teran, Mexico's highest-ranked player of all-time.

Teran will now line up against Natalie Grainger, the second seed from the USA. Suffering from a head-ache, the world No2 from Greenwich had to come from 2/1 down to overcome English qualifier Emma Beddoes 11-6, 5-11, 5-11, 11-5, 11-9.

Grainger is expected to meet top seed Nicol David in Sunday's final. The world number one from Malaysia took just 27 minutes to topple English qualifier Dominique Lloyd-Walter 11-6, 11-3, 11-4.

1st round:
[1] Nicol David (MAS) bt [Q] Dominique Lloyd-Walter (ENG) 11-6, 11-3, 11-4 (27m)
[8] Isabelle Stoehr (FRA) bt [Q] Raneem El Weleily (EGY) 11-8, 9-11, 11-3, 11-6 (35m)
[3] Rachael Grinham (AUS) bt Jaclyn Hawkes (NZL) 10-12, 11-6, 11-9, 5-11, 11-8 (66m)
[5] Jenny Duncalf (ENG) bt Rebecca Chiu (HKG) 5-11, 11-5, 11-1, 11-5 (27m)
[6] Alison Waters (ENG) bt Kasey Brown (AUS) 11-6, 11-7, 11-4 (40m)
[4] Natalie Grinham (NED) bt [Q] Sarah Kippax (ENG) 11-8, 11-4, 12-10 (27m)
Samantha Teran (MEX) bt [7] Madeline Perry (IRL) 12-10, 11-9, 9-11, 13-11 (57m)
[2] Natalie Grainger (USA) bt [Q] Emma Beddoes (ENG) 11-6, 5-11, 5-11, 11-5, 11-9 (47m)