Egypt's Ramy Ashour, who stunned the squash world in August when he became the youngest ever World Junior Champion (pictured) at the age of 16, made a highly successful PSA Tour debut in the Fischer Athens Open when he upset third-seeded Dane Mikkel Korsbjerg in straight games in the first round of the event in the Greek capital.

Cairo-based Ashour, now 17, defeated Korsbjerg 11-7 11-6 11-1 in just 32 minutes to earn a place in the quarter-finals against eighth seed Stefan Leifels. The German beat one of two local players in the draw, Greek No1 Fabian Kalaitzis, 11-9 11-7 2-11 11-10 in 43 minutes.

But the match of the day was the 75-minute thriller between David Barnett and Malaysia's fifth seed Timothy Arnold - in which the unseeded Englishman fought back from 1/2 down, then survived a fourth-game tie-break to win 11-10 8-11 5-11 11-10 11-9.

The new PSA event is being played at the brand new Universal Studios Fitness and Squash Club in Vari, south of Athens. "The event organisers have set a new benchmark for satellite tournaments - player ID passes with photos, free Isotonic drinks service, free internet access in the in-house internet café, and a live video signal from the centre court to all plasma TV screens in the whole club have been just some topics - and should be the base for making this event grow in the next years," said Wolfgang Denk, of McWIL Consulting.

1st round:
[1] Ritwik Bhattacharya (IND) bt Shahid Khan (ENG) 11-4, 11-10 (3-1), 11-3 (35m)
David Barnett (ENG) bt [5] Timothy Arnold (MAS) 11-10 (2-0), 8-11, 5-11, 11-10 (2-0), 11-9 (75m)
[4] Andrew Whipp (ENG) bt Amr Ramzy Swelim (EGY) 11-5, 11-9, 7-11, 11-10 (2-0) (38m)
[7] Tony James (AUS) bt Alexandre Muller (FRA) 5-11, 11-4, 7-11, 11-9, 11-10 (2-0) (55m)
[8] Stefan Leifels (GER) bt Fabian Kalaitzis (GRE) 11-9, 11-7, 2-11, 11-10 (2-0) (43m)
Ramy Ashour (EGY) bt [3] Mikkel Korsbjerg (DEN) 11-7, 11-6, 11-1 (32m)
[6] Julien Balbo (FRA) bt Friedrich Scheel (GER) 11-3, 11-4, 11-4 (30m)
[2] Christian Drakenberg (SWE) bt Petros Tzamaloukas (GRE) 11-5, 11-0, 11-5 (25m)