The second seed was knocked out and the no. 3 was forced to go the distance when the quarter-finals of the Professional Squash Association (PSA) QPCC (Queen’s Park Cricket Club) Premier tournament were contested at the QPCC Indoor Racquet Center on Thursday night. Queen’s Park Oval, St Clair.
After suddenly dropping a set to a former Guyana national champion when he started his campaign the night before, Canadian No. 2 Corey McCartney was convincingly beaten 7-11, 13-11, 11-3, 11-3 by Maceo Levy.
The Frenchman is eighth and ranked 265th in the world, 61 places behind his opponent.
Rowan Damming, who is just one place behind the 204th-ranked McCartney, was forced to a decisive fifth set for the second night in a row to book his place in last night’s semi-final.
Junior no. The Dutch world No 1 looked to be heading for the exit door when he easily lost the fourth set but recovered impressively to come away with the fifth at 8-11, 13-11, 14-12, 4-11, 11- 4 triumph over New Zealand, which is ranked 258th in the world.
And after also needing five sets to start his campaign the night before, Colombian No. 1 Andreas Herrera — the only top-200-ranked player (#158) in the field — was 11-3, 7-11, 11- 8. , an 11-4 winner over Mexico’s Carlos Vargas, tied for 265th and tied for eighth.
All seven Trinidad and Tobago players were eliminated in the first round of the country’s first professional tournament on Tuesday.
The final is scheduled for today at 18:00.
