New Zealanders On Course In Auckland

Top-seeded New Zealanders Kashif Shuja and Callum O'Brien are safely through to the quarter-finals of the Tradestaff Auckland Open in Auckland, New Zealand

Shuja, the No1 seed, eased past fellow kiwi Campbell Grayson 11-10 11-9 11-4 in today's second round to set up a clash with Canadian Robin Clarke in the last eight of this PSA Tour event at the Remuera Racquets Club.

After gaining revenge earlier the day over unseeded Laurence Delasaux - the Englishman to whom he lost in last week's semi-finals of the North Island Championship in Hamilton - second seed Callum O'Brien gained a comfortable second round victory Nasser B Al-Ramzi from Kuwait.

The 11-2 11-10 11-5 score takes the Amsterdam-based 22-year-old through to a quarter-final clash with Paul Davis, the eighth seed from Australia.

2nd round:
[1] Kashif Shuja (NZL) bt [12] Campbell Grayson (NZL) 11-10, 11-9, 11-4
[13] Robin Clarke (CAN) bt [5] Timothy Arnold (MAS) 11-10 (2-0), 11-6, 4-11, 11-7
[10] Steve Finitsis (AUS) bt [4] Abdullah Almezayen (KUW) 11-5, 11-10 (3-1), 11-8
[6] Simon Carruthers (AUS) bt [11] David Barnett (ENG) 11-4, 11-7, 11-9
[7] Jason Mudge (AUS) bt [16] Martin Knight (NZL) 11-8, 11-6, 11-4
[3] Aaron Frankcomb (AUS) bt Luke Margan (AUS) 11-3, 5-11, 11-5, 8-11, 11-8
[8] Paul Davis (AUS) bt [Q] Rik Smet (BEL) 11-9, 11-10 (2-0), 11-6
[2] Callum O'Brien (NZL) bt [14] Nasser B Al-Ramzi (KUW) 11-2, 11-10, 11-5