Cardwell, Saxby through as Rowland downs Corren

21-Jan-2012 -

Former world number seven Craig Rowland beat second seed Mike Corren while in the men's second round while Sarah Cardwell and Tamika Saxby sailed into the women's semi-finals at the Australia Day Challenge in Brisbane on Saturday.

Results (prefix denotes seeding):

Men

Second round

1-Asyraf Azan (MAS) bt Sung Young Kim (KOR) 11-4, 11-6, 11-7
5-Jamie McErvale (Qld) bt Joesph Watts (NZL) 11-6, 10-12, 11-6, 11-1
Carl Hampson (RSA) bt Luke Feeney (Qld) 11-5, 11-6, 11-5
3-Rex Hedrick (Vic) bt Matt Hopkin (Qld) 11-3, 11-4, 11-3
4-Chris Lloyd (NZL) bt James Skiffington (NZL) 11-4, 11-4, 11-4
8-Nathan Stevenson (Qld) bt Lance Beddoes (NZL) 11-5, 11-6, 11-6
Brad Freeme (Qld) bt Walter Koteka (WA) 11-9, 13-11, 11-9
Craig Rowland (Qld) bt 2-Mike Corren (SA) 11-7, 11-3, 11-5

Women

Quarter-final

1-Sarah Cardwell (Vic) bt 8-Samantha Davies (Qld) 12-10, 11-8, 11-8
5-Carmen Lee (HKG) bt 4-Maggy Marshall (Tas) 14-12, 11-3, 11-8
3-Tamika Saxby (NSW) bt 10-Bethany Brazier (Qld) 11-8, 11-3, 11-5
3-Liu Tsz Ling (HKG) bt 6-Megan Craig (NZL) 11-9, 12-10, 11-6