Fri 25th, Quarter-Finals

David Palmer bt Derek Ryan                     11/7, 11/8, 11/10
Simon Parke bt Lee Beachill  10/11, 11/6, 11/10, 10/11, 11/5

Peter Nicol bt Tim Garner                  11/6, 11/10, 7/11, 11/5
Martin Heath bt John White       9/11, 11/10, 2/11, 11/6, 11/8

Baptism of fire for Beachill

Brought in as a late replacement for the injured Jonathon Power, former world number one Lee Beachill made his Legends debut as the Namur Legends of Squash kicked off in Belgium, and it was a baptism of fire as he went down in a gruelling five-setter to fellow Yorkshireman Simon Parke, three of the games going the full distance before Parke took the decider 11/5.

"Welcome to the Legends Tour Mr Lee," tweeted Tim Garner.

In the semi-finals Parke will meet top seed David Palmer, who made easier work of his own Legends debut with a straight-games win over Derek Ryan, although the tall Irishman was getting closer game by game, losing out on sudden-death in the third.

"Palmer in 4. Solid start for the new boy," was the Garner verdict.

In the bottom half of the draw, which had a distinctly Scottish flavour,  Peter Nicol overcame his Eventis partner Tim Garner in four games and Martin Heath came from 2/1 down to beat Aussie-Scot John White in five.

"Winning streak over," added Garner, "Peter tucked me up in 4."