The opening women’s match of the day brought exactly what the packed crowd at the Hong Kong Squash Centre wanted, a win for local favourite Annie Au.

Round 1 is complete with one upset in the all-English match between Emma Beddoes and Sarah Kippax. Onto Round 2 now!

The first two matches completed saw qualifiers Lauren Selby and Tesni Evans turn in creditable performances against Rachael Grinham and Samantha Teran, both having had a good tournament and doing themselves credit in today’s openers.

After a seemingly endless succession of upsets in round two, normal order was restored in quarter-final action in the XIth Qatar Classic at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex in Doha as all but one of the eight matches went according to expectations.

It was carnage in Doha as the seeds continued to tumble in the Qatar Classic 2011.

All four seeds in the top half of the draw proceed to the quarter finals of the Australian Open.