In the PSA event for men being held concurrently, England-based Siddarth Suchde who won his maiden PSA tour title after turning a professional in 2007, and Harinder Pal Singh made the semi-finals.

Suchde takes on Dylan Bennett of the Netherlands and Harinder plays Hong Kong's Anson Kwong, seventh seed.

The fourth seeded Mumbai-born Suchde, who trains under Dave Pearson, the national coach of England, had variety in his game and had little difficulty in winning over sixth seeded Aqueel Rahman of Austria at 11-2, 11-5, 11-9.

Harinder exhibited tremendous tenacity to come back from first game loss to overcome second seeded Mazan Gamal of Egypt 10-12, 11-5, 11-6, 11-5.