Squash: No reprieve this time for Kempsell as No.1 seed crashes out of Open
Kempsell had battled back from two games down to win his first match but there was no escape from a straight games 8-11 7-11 8-11 defeat from American Nick Schreiber. But Greg Lobban, from Inverness, kept the home flag flying in the senor event.
Lobban won an all-Scottish quarter-final against Crieff's Ewen Urquhart 11-9 11-7 11-8 and now faces another Scot in Aberdeen's Ally McCorquodale.
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Hide AdIn a bad-tempered match, McCorquodale, the No.?5 seed, scored an upset 9-11 13-11 11-6 11-6 victory over the third seed from Egypt, Omar Kheiralla.
Lobban's younger sister, Kirsty, remained on curse to retain the girls' under-15 title. She cruised through to the semi-finals with an 11-8, 11-6, 11-4 victory over Spain's Cristina Gomez Jiminez.
In the other semi-final, Crieff's Clare Gadsby will face the top seed from Egypt, Radwa Adel.