King, Coll advance

Top Kiwi squash players Paul Coll and Joelle King both won in straight games to progress to the men’s and women’s semifinals at the New Zealand Squash Open in Tauranga. World men’s No 2 Coll beat English lefthander Adrian Waller on Thursday to book a semifinal against seventh seed Abdulla Mohd Al Tamimi (Qatar) tonight, while King beat American Sabrina Sobhy to progress to the final four against world No 12 Tinne Gilis from Belgium.