Note there is no TV coverage of this tournament.

World number three Rachael Grinham overcame dangerous Hong Kong player Annie Au in four games to move into the quarter-finals of the Malaysian Open squash tournament in Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday night.

Grinham, who has recently moved back to Brisbane from the Netherlands to rejoin the Australian Institute of Sport, downed 2008 Australian Open champion Au 11-8, 7-11, 11-6, 11-9 to set up a quarter-final clash against Egyptian Omneya Abdel Kawy.

Kasey Brown joined Grinham in the final eight with a rugged five game win over India’s Dipika Pallikal.

Brown  had to hold off a determined fight back from the Indian number one before winning 6-11, 11-4, 13-11, 7-11,11-3 and booking a quarter-final against second seed and world number two Jenny Duncalf.

Yamba’s Cameron Pilley beat Egypt’s Tarek Momen in straight games 11-7, 11-9, 11-8 in the men’s draw and will play another Egyptian, second seed Mohammed El Shorbagy.

El Shorbagy downed Hobart’s Aaron Frankcomb in straight games 11-6, 11-5, 11-9, but was made to fight all the way in a sometimes ill-tempered match.

Following are the first round results:

Men

 1-Gregory Gaultier (FRA) bt Nafiizwan Adnan (MAS) 11-3, 11-3, 11-2

Ong Beng Hee (MAS) bt Ryan Cuskelly (AUS) 11-6, 11-9, 11-5

Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY) bt Farhan Mehboob (PAK) 9-11, 11-6, 18-16, 9-11, 11-9

Alan Clyne (SCO) bt 4-Hisham Ashour (EGY) 11-7, 5-11, 7-11, 11-9, 15-13

3-Azlan Iskandar (MAS) bt Kamran Khan (MAS) 11-5, 12-10, 11-7

Aamir Atlas Khan (PAK) bt Chris Ryder (ENG) 11-7, 3-11, 11-7, 3-11, 11-7

Cameron Pilley (AUS) bt Tarek Momen (EGY) 11-7, 11-9, 11-8

2-Mohamed El Shorbagy (EGY) bt Aaron Frankcomb (AUS) 11-6, 11-5, 11-9

 Women 

1-Nicol David (MAS) bt Donna Urquhart (AUS) 11-7, 11-6, 11-4

6-Laura Massaro (ENG) bt Sarah Kippax (ENG) 11-9, 12-10, 11-7

3-Rachael Grinham (AUS) bt Annie Au (HKG) 11-8, 7-11, 11-6, 11-9

7-Omneya Abdel Kawy (EGY) bt Delia Arnold (MAS) 10-12, 9-11, 14-12, 11-9, 11-3

8-Camille Serme (FRA) bt Raneem El Weleily (EGY) 11-9, 8-11, 11-8, 8-11, 11-9

Joelle King (NZL) bt 4-Madeline Perry (IRL) 11-9, 11-2, 11-6

5-Kasey Brown (AUS) bt Dipika Pallikal (IND) 6-11, 11-4, 13-11, 7-11, 11-3

2-Jenny Duncalf (ENG) bt Low Wee Wern (MAS) 11-5, 11-9, 12-10

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