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The Jansher Khan Canberra Open 2022 is a USD $20K Professional Squash Association (PSA) event that will be held at Woden Squash Centre over 18-22nd October 2022. This event will see 24 top professional squash players compete for the chance to win the event and the trophy.
Wales’ Owain Taylor and Japan’s Ryunosuke Tsukue downed seeded players on Wednesday to make it through to the quarter finals of the Jansher Khan Canberra Open.
Taylor came through his opening round match at the Challenger 20 level tournament at the Woden Squash Centre by defeating New Zealand’s Temwa Chileshe in four games. In the second round, he came up against older brother Lwamba, and secured the same result, this time beating the tournament’s No.7 seed in straight games.
The Welshman took an 11-6, 11-6, 11-4 victory to move through to the quarter finals, where he will take on top seed Adrian Waller. The World No.32 got the better of Germany’s Valentin Rapp in straight games to make it through to the last eight, including a third game tie-break which he took 12-10.
The other surprise result in Canberra saw Japan’s Ryunosuke Tsukue defeat England’s No.8 seed Tom Walsh. It was a tight contest to start with, with the Japanese man taking the first two games by scorelines of 11-7 and 12-10. The third was more comfortable, though, with Tsukue winning it 11-3 to book his spot in the last eight.
Elsewhere at Woden Squash Centre, there was a win for England’s Charlie Lee, who now faces Tsukue in the quarter finals. Canada’s David Baillargeon, USA’s Andrew Douglas, Czechian Martin Svec and Malaysia’s Mohammad Syafiq Kamal also made it into the last eight of the tournament.
The quarter finals of the Jansher Khan Canberra Open will take place on Thursday, October 20, with the final eight doing battle to try and reach the semi-finals of the Challenger 20 level competition. You can keep up to date with all the live scores from the tournament here.
Second Round Results: Jansher Khan Canberra Open
[1] Adrian Waller (ENG) bt Valentin Rapp (GER) 3-0: 11-5, 11-5, 12-10 (38m)
Owain Taylor (WAL) bt [7] Lwamba Chileshe (NZL) 3-0: 11-6, 11-6, 11-4 (36m)
[5] Martin Svec (CZE) bt [WC] Uzair Shoukat (PAK) 3-0: 11-7, 12-10, 11-7 (33m)
[4] Andrew Douglas (USA) bt Joseph White (AUS) 3-1: 8-11, 11-5, 11-4, 11-9 (52m)
[3] Charlie Lee (ENG) bt Daniel Poleshchuk (ISR) 3-0: 11-6, 11-7, 11-4 (38m)
Ryunosuke Tsukue (JPN) bt [8] Tom Walsh (ENG) 3-0: 11-7, 12-10, 11-3 (48m)
[6] Mohammad Syafiq Kamal (MAS) bt Rhys Dowling (AUS) 3-1: 6-11, 11-9, 11-8, 11-5 (49m)
[2] David Baillargeon (CAN) bt Amaad Fareed (PAK) 3-0: 11-8, 11-4, 11-2 (30m)
Quarter Final Draw: To Be Played Thursday, October 20
[1] Adrian Waller (ENG) v Owain Taylor (WAL)
[5] Martin Svec (CZE) v [4] Andrew Douglas (USA)
[3] Charlie Lee (ENG) v Ryunosuke Tsukue (JPN)
[6] Mohammad Syafiq Kamal (MAS) v [2] David Baillargeon (CAN)
