Alan Clyne continues to pull out shock results. Having qualified for the NSC Series in Kuala Lumpur, the Scottish Champion then knocked out No.7 seed Nafahizam Adrian (Malaysia) 11-3 11-3 11-9 to reach the quarter-finals.

But the prospect of back-to-back semi-final appearances on the Malaysian Tour disappeared with a 9-11 11-7 8-11 7-11 defeat from Dutchman Dylan Bennett.

At the Salzburg Open in Austria, Scotland’s Stuart Crawford survived a marathon qualifying event to make it into the last 16. In the second round, he beat Austria’s Rene Mijs 11-7 11-13 11-9 9-11 11-6.

“It turned out to be quite a physical match,” said Crawford. “But I slowed it down in the final game and managed to extract a few more errors. Now I just hope I play even better in the main draw.”

Crawford’s reward for winning the five match thriller is a tie against England’s No.4 seed, Lewis Walters.