Home hopes alive in Quarterfinals at Mozart Open men

After a tense second round match of local favourite Aqeel Rehman (WRL 124), the 19-times Austrian Champion progressed into the Quarterfinal. A noisy crowd supported the Salzburg born an raised player who had to play with a turban after suffering a cut by his opponent.

Most of the remaining matches were also very tight with Heston Malik (ENG, WRL 246) causing the biggest upset by beating second seed of the tournament Elijah Thomas (NZL, WRL 117) 3/2 after already being 0/2 down!

The Quarterfinals start today at 15:30 at EUROPARK Salzburg.

This is the line up for Thhursday 8th May:

Quarterfinals on Thursday 8th May:

15:30: [3] Jakub Solnicky (CZE, WRL 117) – [6] Robin Gadola (SUI, WRL 148) 12/10, 3/11, 11/3, 12/10 49min
16:30: [5] Macéo Levy (FRA, WRL 126) – Heston Malik (ENG, WRL 246) 4/11, 11/3, 11/3, 11/8 43min
17:30: [1] Mazen Gamal (EGY, WRL 96) – [8] James Peach (ENG, WRL 164) 10/12, 11/5, 11/6, 11/8 45min
18:30: [4] Aqeel Rehman (AUT, WRL 124) – Martin Stepán (CZE, WRL 261) 9/11, 11/7, 11/6, 11/3 54min

A livestream might be offered for some matches here. Livescoring is available for all matches here.

Pictures can be found in the gallery.

Semifinal line up for Friday 9th May:

17:30: [1] Mazen Gamal (EGY, WRL 96) – [3] Jakub Solnicky (CZE, WRL 117)
19:00: [4] Aqeel Rehman (AUT, WRL 124) – [5] Macéo Levy (FRA, WRL 126)