Salazars Sail On In Quito

Mexican twins Cesar Salazar and Arturo Salazar continued their impressive run in the Quito Open to secure unexpected places in the quarter-finals of the $15,000 PSA Tour squash event at Quito Tenis Y Golf Club in the capital city of Ecuador.

The 19-year-olds had already come through the qualifiers against expectations. Then Arturo Salazar recovered from two games down to beat South Africa's No8 seed Stephen Coppinger 6-11, 6-11, 11-2, 11-7, 11-1 in 54 minutes.

In the other half of the draw, Cesar Salazar also needed five games to overcome sixth-seeded Australian Tony James 11-10 (3-1), 7-11, 11-9, 6-11, 11-7 in a 75-minute first round marathon.

Arturo now faces Egypt's top seed Omar Mosaad, while Cesar takes on fellow Mexican Eric Galvez, the second seed.

1st round:
[1] Omar Mosaad (EGY) bt Dick Lau (HKG) 11-1, 11-9, 11-2 (15m)
[Q] Arturo Salazar (MEX) bt [8] Stephen Coppinger (RSA) 6-11, 6-11, 11-2, 11-7, 11-1 (54m)
[3] Rafael F Alarcon (BRA) bt Juan Sebastian Chacon Cobo (ECU) 11-5, 11-5, 11-5 (28m)
[7] Ian Power (CAN) bt [Q] Rodrigo Torres (COL) 11-7, 11-4, 8-11, 7-11, 11-5 (53m)
[5] Christopher Gordon (USA) bt Arthur Gaskin (IRL) 10-11 (0-2), 11-5, 4-11, 11-9, 11-6 (63m)
[4] Miguel Angel Rodriguez (COL) bt Morten W Sorensen (DEN) 11-6, 11-7, 11-7 (26m)
[Q] Cesar Salazar (MEX) bt [6] Tony James (AUS) 11-10 (3-1), 7-11, 11-9, 6-11, 11-7 (75m)
[2] Eric Galvez (MEX) bt [Q] Jethro Binns (WAL) 11-5, 11-5, 11-5 (28m)