Leeuw Lunges into Minneapolis Open Quarter-Final

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South Africa’s Clinton Leeuw overcame number seven seed Amaad Fareed in the opening round of the Life Time Fitness Minneapolis Open, PSA M10 event to book his place in the quarter-final stage of a PSA World Tour event for the first time in 2015.

Leeuw built up a 2-1 lead mid-way through the match and, despite a revival from Fareed in game four, held firm to complete an 11-7, 8-11, 11-2, 6-11, 14-12 victory.

He will meet number one seed Declan James in a tough quarter-final clash after the Nottingham-born Englishman kickstarted his bid to win a sixth successive PSA World Tour title with a 3-0 defeat of wildcard David Ryan.

Charlie Johnson is the only qualifier left in the tournament after he beat Chris van der Salm 3-1 to seal his place in the last eight. Number four seed Sebastiaan Weenink will be his opponent there after the Dutchman saw off Ben Grindrod by the same scoreline.

Peter Creed got his event off to a winning start with a sweeping win over India’s Vikram Malhotra in their opening round tie. He will face Thoboki Mohohlo in the quarter-final after the South African downed Ireland’s Brian Byrne.

Elsewhere, Evan Williams and Arturo Salazar will go head-to-head in the next round after they claimed respective wins over Faraz Khan and Alex Noakes to advance.

Results – First Round: Life Time Fitness Minneapolis Open 2015
[1] Declan James (ENG) bt [WC] David Ryan (USA) 3-0: 11-7, 11-4, 11-7
Clinton Leeuw (RSA) bt [7] Amaad Fareed (PAK) 3-2: 11-7, 8-11, 11-2, 6-11, 14-12
[5] Arturo Salazar (MEX) bt [Q] Alex Noakes (ENG) 3-0: 11-2, 11-3, 11-3
[3] Evan Williams (NZL) bt Faraz Khan (USA) 3-0: 12-10, 11-3, 11-5
[4] Sebastiaan Weenink (NED) bt Ben Grindrod (NZL) 3-1: 11-6, 11-8, 10-12, 11-7
[Q] Charlie Johnson (ENG) bt [8] Chris van der Salm (NZL) 3-1: 11-6, 6-11, 12-10, 11-5
[6] Thoboki Mohohlo (RSA) bt [Q] Brian Byrne (IRL) 3-1: 11-2, 5-11, 11-3, 11-6
[2] Peter Creed (WAL) bt [Q] Vikram Malhotra (IND) 3-0: 11-6, 11-5, 12-10

Draw – Quarter-Final
[1] Declan James (ENG) v Clinton Leeuw (RSA)
[5] Arturo Salazar (MEX) v [3] Evan Williams (NZL)
[4] Sebastiaan Weenink (NED) v [Q] Charlie Johnson (ENG)
[6] Thoboki Mohohlo (RSA) v [2] Peter Creed (WAL)