French qualifier Mathieu Castagnet caused the biggest upset on the opening day's play in the Trofeu Internacional Ciutat de Barcelona Open when he defeated England's seventh seed Tom Richards 11-10 11-8 4-11 8-11 11-8 in a marathon first round match in the Spanish city.
Castagnet, the 18-year-old from Le Mans who won a year's membership of the PSA after ending last season as No1 in the European Squash Federation junior rankings, will now take on Bermuda's fourth seed Nicholas Kyme - who overcame Sweden's Badr Abdel Aziz 8-11 11-9 5-11 11-6 11-10 in another dramatic five-game encounter which went to the wire.
Welsh qualifier Rob Sutherland also earned a place in the last eight after fighting back from two games down to upset France's eighth seed Romain Tenant 10-11 6-11 11-6 11-9 11-4. The 20-year-old from Newport now meets top seed Davide Bianchetti, the Italian who defeated Germany's Simon Rosner 11-4 11-5 11-10.
1st round:
[1] Davide Bianchetti (ITA) bt Simon Rosner (GER) 11-4, 11-5, 11-10 (2-0)
[Q] Rob Sutherland (WAL) bt [8] Romain Tenant (FRA) 10-11 (1-3), 6-11, 11-6, 11-9, 11-4
[3] Borja Golan (ESP) bt Andreas Fuchs (AUT) 11-6, 11-6, 10-11 (3-5), 11-7
[6] Julien Balbo (FRA) bt [Q] Jesse Engelbrecht (ZIM) 11-9, 11-8, 11-10 (3-1)
[Q] Mathieu Castagnet (FRA) bt [7] Tom Richards (ENG) 11-10 (2-0), 11-8, 4-11, 8-11, 11-8
[4] Nicholas Kyme (BER) bt Badr Abdel Aziz (SWE) 8-11, 11-9, 5-11, 11-6, 11-10 (2-0)
[5] Daryl Selby (ENG) bt Oriol Salvia (ESP) 11-10 (2-0), 11-5, 11-2
[2] Stacey Ross (ENG) bt [Q] Chris Simpson (ENG) 11-9, 4-11, 11-5, 8-11, 11-6