Intro:

French number 1 seed Gregory Gaultier has responded to his critics in resounding fashion with a comfortable victory over Malaysian Mohd Nafiizwan Adnan.

Script:

Another bumper day of scintillating squash in Qatar for the PSA World Championship.

French number 1 seed Gregory Gaultier responded to his critics with a resounding victory over Malaysian Mohd Nafiizwan Adnan.

After almost crashing out of the tournament at the first hurdle, Gaultier rebounded to annihilate Adnan 11-4, 11-7, 11-3.

Gaultier's seeded semi-final opponent, two-time World Champion Ramy Ashour, continued his his injury-comeback with a resounding 3-0 victory over England's Adrian Grant.

Elsewhere Alister Walker defeated 16th seeded Frenchman Mathieu Castagnet after a heated battle lasting 74 minutes.

Walker emerged triumphant, 3-2, in what was a thrilling and tight contest.

12th seed Miguel Angle Rodriguez had little trouble dispatching Egypt's Zahed Mohamed, 3-0 in under an hour to clinch a second round, top half victory.

As did Borja Golan, with the Spanish player and sixth seed getting the better of spirited qualifier Greg Lobban, 3-1 in 53 minutes.