Sport in Short: Squash
PETER MARSHALL, the 21-year-old British champion from Nottingham, had the best win of his career when he beat the former world champion Rodney Martin, of Australia, in the second round of the NCM Dutch Open in Amsterdam yesterday.
NCM DUTCH MEN'S OPEN (Amsterdam) Second round: P Marshall (Eng) bt R Martin (Aus) 15-17 7-15 15-12 15-12 15-8; P Whitlock (Eng) bt M Maclean (Sco) 15-14 15-14 13-15 15-12; T Nancarrow (Aus) bt G Waite (Can) 15-7 12-15 15-5 11-15 15-8; B Martin (Aus) bt J Nicolle (Eng) 15-10 15-7 15-8; D Meddings (Eng) bt A Hill (Aus) 7-15 15-13 11-15 15-13 15-10; A Davies (Wal) bt R Norman (NZ) 12-15 15-12 13-15 15-7 15-8; C Dittmar (Aus) bt C Walker (Eng) 15-7 15-9 15-3; Jansher Khan (Pak) bt D Harris (Eng) 15-5 17-14 14-15 15-11.
ENGLAND'S Sue Wright beat compatriot Martine Le Moignan in the quarter-finals of the Canadian Open in Calgary.
CANADIAN WOMEN'S OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP (Calgary) Quarter-finals: S Wright (Eng) bt M Le Moignan (Eng) 8-10 9-2 9-2 9-2; H Wallace (Can) bt F Geaves (Eng) 9-1 4-9 9-0 9-2; C Jackman (Eng) bt R O'Callaghan (Irl) 9-7 9-6 9-6; M Martin (Aus) bt L Opie (Eng) 7-9 9-5 9-5 9-2.
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