Quarter-Final

at Cambridge Club

Top seeds sail through in front of a sold out crowd

[1] Tarek Momen (Egy) 3-1 [7] Cesar Salazar (Mex)   11-6, 11-9, 11-7 (34m)

From the first serve of the match, Tarek Momen made it clear he was not going to take any risks of a long winded affair with his opponent. He started the match rounding up points quickly with a series of short attacking shots and testing an evident leg injury of Salazar. 
The Mexican fought hard to get back to 6-10 but the lead of Momen was a mountain too high for him to climb. The second game was a tight contest with some extended rallies and high quality play. Momen, However maintained a steady lead throughout the game and closed in out 11-9. The final game of the match saw more of the same dominance from the number one seeded Egyptian. 
He maintained a steady lead throughout the game getting to 9-7 before a blood injury halted play. 
The crowd was hoping this stop in play might be what Salazar needed to disrupt the momentum of Momen but the Egyptian held strong closing out the match 3-0.

[2] Paul Coll (Nzl) 3-0 [6] Daryl Selby (Eng)  11-3, 11-7, 11-7 (42m)

The number two seeded New Zealander came out of the gates pushing an incredible pace of play. 
Keeping Selby in the back corners allowed him to dominate the centre court making for a quick 11-3 first game. Selby Battled hard throughout the second and third games but the speed and retreiving ability off Coll frustrated the Englishman. 
Selby pulled out all the stops even stunning the crowd with some amazing deceptive shotmaking. Coll kept focused and stuck to his game plan ultimately taking the match 3-0.

at Ontario Racquet

Mazen runs out of steam as the Puma takes charge

[3] Diego Elias (Per) 3-1 [5] Mazen Hesham (Egy)  8-11, 11-6, 11-7, 11-6 (52m)

Mazen started strong making some unreal winners, moving Diego sideways and not letting him get set on the T. Mazen didn’t miss a shot in the first game taking it 11-8.
 As the match progressed Diego started to find his length forcing Mazen off the T and deep in the corners, this seemed to stretching his legs each time. This seemed to be the difference as Diego took the second 11-6. 
As the third started Mazen seemed to find his legs and built a 3-0 lead. Deigo slowed the pace of the match and Mazen started to get a little ambitious hitting a few tins and letting Deigo back in.
As the third hit its midway point Mazen was visibly tired, Diego closed out the 3rd 11-7. This continued into the fourth as Diego continued his dominance of the middle hitting great length and pushing Mazen from front to back. 
Diego closed out the match 11-6 in the 4th.

at Toronto Athletic

French Warrior upsets Golden Tiger at Toronto Athletic Club! 

[8] Mathieu Castagnet (Fra) 3-1 [4] Joel Makin (Wal)  2-11, 11-7, 11-4, 12-10

Game 1: - Joel Makin takes game 1 with fantastic touch of a tight ball down the wall; 11-2
Game 2: As the game begins, 1-1, an excruciating long point ends with Mathieu as the victor. The next 2 points leave Makin on his toes, keeping Castanget ahead, 3-1. Makin suddenly speaks again and strikes with power, allowing him to equalize the score. Castange stops Makin and elevates his score to 7-3. At 8-3, Castanget ends the long point with a hold sending Makin on the run. Castanget takes game 2, equalizing the game score, 1 all.
Game 3:
Castange remains fired up from game 2 as he uses the energy to keep his run to take the game 11-4.
Game 4:
Game 4 begins; The opening rally leaves the audience in awe as Castange ends the point with a beautiful hold down the right hand wall. While the 1st point is very long, the 2nd is twice as lengthy, both players covering a lot of space amongst the court. 
As the game progresses, both players continuously exchange points between each other.  The game creeps to 9-7 for Castange, Makin slams the ball into the tin, taking the score to 10-7 match ball. Makin saves 4 match balls, catching up to 10 all. 
CASTANGET ends Makin’s run, taking the match 3 games to 1.

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