Gibraltar Open RD1: Peach strikes again to down top seed

James Peach continued his excellent recent form with another prize scalping as he stunned top seed and English compatriot Tom Walsh – who is ranked 72 places higher – to progress to the second round of the Gibraltar Open.

The 25-year-old, who just five days ago won the Austrian Open title unseeded after beating the top three seeds, played an entertaining match against World No.88 Walsh, fighting back from a game down to claim a 69-minute 3-2 win and set up a quarter-final against England's No.6 seed Stuart Macgregor, who himself had to come from behind to beat Wales' Owain Taylor 3-2.

Joining Peach and Macgregor in the quarter-finals will be the remaining six seeds, after Ivan Perez, Edmon Lopez, Aqeel Rehman, Ben Smith, Joeri Hapers and Elliott Morris Devred recorded wins.

While the opening day in the women's draw avoided any major shocks, one seed did fall, with English No.8 seed Asia Harris falling to 16-year-old American Caroline Fouts 3-0 in 29 minutes.
Fouts will play No.3 seed Marta Dominguez Fernandez next after the Spanish World No.74 beat Portugal's Sofia Aveiro Pita 3-1.

Elsewhere, Scottish top seed and 2021 champion Alison Thomson recorded a routine win over Wales' Chloe Foster and will play England's Katie Wells in the quarter-final.

The event takes place from Wednesday, July 13 to Saturday, July 16 at the Europa Sports Centre in Europa Point, Gibraltar. Follow the PSA Challenger Tour on *Twitter* and *Facebook* for daily updates from the event.

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*Men's RD1 Results: Gibraltar Open*
James Peach (ENG) bt [1] Tom Walsh (ENG) 3-2: 7-11, 13-11, 11-5, 7-11, 11-6 (69m)
[6] Stuart Macgregor (ENG) bt Owain Taylor (WAL) 3-2: 6-11, 11-9, 4-11, 11-7, 11-4 (70m)
[8] Elliott Morris Devred (WAL) bt Javier Martin (ESP) 3-0: 11-7, 14-12, 14-12 (43m)
[4] Aqeel Rehman (AUT) bt Jakob Dirnberger (AUT) 3-0: 11-4, 11-7, 11-4 (25m)
[3] Edmon Lopez (ESP) bt Nilo Vidal (ESP) 3-0: 11-5, 11-4, 11-6 (28m)
[7] Joeri Hapers (BEL) bt Joel Arscott (NZL) 3-1: 11-7, 8-11, 11-7, 11-6 (48m)
[5] Ben Smith (ENG) bt Liam Marrison (CAN) 3-0: 11-7, 11-9, 11-5 (34m)
[2] Ivan Perez (ESP) bt Augusto Ortigosa (ESP) 3-0: 11-7, 11-9, 11-4 (39m)

*Women's RD1 Results: Gibraltar Open*
[1] Alison Thomson (SCO) bt Chloe Foster (WAL) 3-0: 11-4, 11-3, 11-5 (22m)
[6] Katie Wells (ENG) bt Ninon Lemarchand (FRA) 3-0: 11-4, 12-10, 11-3 (21m)
[5] Saran Nghiem (ENG) bt Jasmin Kalar (ENG) 3-0: 11-2, 11-5, 11-4 (18m)
[4] Rana Ismail (EGY) bt Polly Clark (ENG) 3-1: 11-4, 9-11, 11-9, 11-8 (32m)
[3] Marta Dominguez Fernandez (ESP) bt Sofia Aveiro Pita (POR) 3-1: 11-4, 11-2, 8-11, 11-2 (30m)
Caroline Fouts (USA) bt [8] Asia Harris (ENG) 3-0: 12-10, 11-8, 11-9 (29m)
[7] Kiera Marshall (ENG) bt Juliette Permentier (NED) 3-0: 11-2, 11-1, 11-6 (16m)
[2] Nadeen Kotb (EGY) bt Emma Bartley (ENG) 3-0: 11-4, 11-5, 11-2 (15m)

*Men's QF Draw: Gibraltar Open*
James Peach (ENG) v [6] Stuart Macgregor (ENG)
[8] Elliott Morris Devred (WAL) v [4] Aqeel Rehman (AUT)
[3] Edmon Lopez (ESP) v [7] Joeri Hapers (BEL)
[5] Ben Smith (ENG) v [2] Ivan Perez (ESP)

*Women's QF Draw: Gibraltar Open*
[1] Alison Thomson (SCO) v [6] Katie Wells (ENG)
[5] Saran Nghiem (ENG) v [4] Rana Ismail (EGY)
[3] Marta Dominguez Fernandez (ESP) v Caroline Fouts (USA)
[7] Kiera Marshall (ENG) v [2] Nadeen Kotb (EGY)