Qualifier Colin West continued his giant-killing run in the National Squash Academy Open to provide an all-Canadian semi-final line-up in the inaugural PSA World Tour Challenger 5 event at the National Squash Academy in Toronto.
The 24-year-old ex-Harvard student from Toronto followed his first round dismissal of Australia’s No2 seed Scott Arnold by beating fellow countryman Michael McCue 9-11, 11-8, 11-4, 11-3 in the quarter-finals.
In his first appearance in a Tour event semi-final, West will now face compatriot Andrew McDougall, an unseeded 24-year-old from Calgary who scored the biggest upset of the day by despatching England’s No4 seed Declan James (pictured)11-7, 11-8, 11-6.
Dane Sharp is favourite to win the title. The world No95 from Toronto beat fellow Canadian Matthew Serediak 11-7, 11-3, 11-5 and will now line up against third seed David Letourneau for a place in the final.
Semi-final line-up:
[1] Dane Sharp (CAN) v [3] David Letourneau (CAN)
[Q] Colin West (CAN) v Andrew McDougall (CAN)
Quarter-finals:
[1] Dane Sharp (CAN) bt Matthew Serediak (CAN) 11-7, 11-3, 11-5
[3] David Letourneau (CAN) bt [Q] Yuta Fukui (JPN) 8-11, 11-7, 12-10, 11-7
Andrew McDougall (CAN) bt [4] Declan James (ENG) 11-7, 11-8, 11-6
[Q] Colin West (CAN) bt Michael McCue (CAN) 9-11, 11-8, 11-4, 11-3
1st round:
[1] Dane Sharp (CAN) bt Luke Butterworth (ENG) 11-4, 11-6, 11-4
Matthew Serediak (CAN) bt [Q] Sehyun Lee (KOR) 9-11, 11-7, 6-11, 11-7, 12-10
[Q] Yuta Fukui (JPN) bt Adrian Dudzicki (CAN) 11-7, 11-7, 11-3
[3] David Letourneau (CAN) bt Cameron Stafford (CAY) 11-6, 11-6, 11-8
[4] Declan James (ENG) bt Micah Franklin (BER) 11-7, 11-6, 14-12
Andrew McDougall (CAN) bt [Q] Eric Dingle (CAN) 11-9, 11-5, 11-5
Michael McCue (CAN) bt Tyler Hamilton (CAN) 11-3, 11-6, 11-7
[Q] Colin West (CAN) bt [2] Scott Arnold (AUS) 9-11, 11-4, 11-6, 14-12
Qualifying finals:
Yuta Fukui (JPN) bt Ben Leizman (USA) 11-6, 11-2, 11-2
Sehyun Lee (KOR) bt James van Staveren (CAN) 13-11, 11-7, 11-5
Colin West (CAN) bt Maxym Leclair (CAN) 11-0, 11-1, 11-3
Eric Dingle (CAN) bt Nick Guest (CAN) 11-7, 8-11, 11-7, 11-5
1st qualifying round:
Yuta Fukui (JPN) bye
Ben Leizman (USA) bt Carter Robitaille (CAN) 7-11, 11-8, 11-1, 11-5
James van Staveren (CAN) bt JC Jeffrey (GUY) 11-5, 11-6, 11-8
Sehyun Lee (KOR) bt Brian Hong (CAN) 8-11, 11-6, 11-5, 11-4
Maxym Leclair (CAN) bye
Colin West (CAN) bt Maxime Blouin (CAN) 11-5, 11-5, 11-5
Nick Guest (CAN) bt William Mohr (USA) 11-5, 6-11, 11-8, 10-12, 12-10
Eric Dingle (CAN) bye
