Germany's Simon Rösner will face Egypt's world number two, Ali Farag in the US Open semi-finals ©PSA

Wales and Germany will be represented for the first time in the Professional Squash Association (PSA) US Open semi-finals after Tesni Evans and Simon Rösner made it through respectively at Philadelphia's Drexel University.

World number 12 Evans overturned a 6-0 career meeting deficit against England's Sarah-Jane Perry to take the victory and progress to the last four of the World Tour Platinum event.

Evans won 11-9, 5-11, 6-11, 11-8, 11-5 to become the first Welsh player to reach this stage of the US Open.

"I'm really pleased with my performance today," said Evans.

"I'm a very proud Welsh person anyway, so it makes me really happy that I can break records as much as I can.

"I'm so happy that I'm the first one to do it at this event and I hope there are many more after me.

"I've only played one tournament before this and I wasn't quite sure where my level was at, but to beat two world-class players in three days is an amazing achievement.

"It's one of my favourite events that I have been to.

"I love the place, I stay with a really good family and I feel really good here."

Next up for the bronze medallist at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games is world number two, Raneem El Welily.

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Tesni Evans describes herself as a "very proud Welsh person" and makes history for her country as she advances to the US Open semi-finals ©Getty Images

The Egyptian put on a dominant performance inside the Daskalaskis Athletic Center to dispatch England's Laura Massaro in straight games.

El Welily won 3-0 with the games finishing 11-7, 11-2, 12-10.

Evans and El Welily will face off tomorrow for a place in the final.

Egypt's Nour El Sherbini and Camille Serme of France had already booked the other semi final.

In the men's draw, Rösner made history for Germany as he overcame Colombia's Miguel Angel Rodriguez, 11-9, 11-6, 11-5.

The world number four was pleased with his performance after the match.

"I feel amazing," he said.

"I'm really happy with my performance, especially tactically today.

"I needed to slow down the pace every once in a while, get into the corners better and I think I managed to do that by chipping it up high in the air from the left-side corner to the right-side corner, and after that I was able to counter-attack."

Rösner will face Egypt's Ali Farag next as the world number two defeated France's Gregory Gaultier to secure his semi-final place.

The match lasted 74 minutes as the players, both of whom are former champions, exchanged the lead.

Farag eventually triumphed 6-11, 11-4, 7-11, 11-9, 11-2.

The men's semi-finals will also take place on October 12 with Mohamed Elshorbagy of Egypt and Paul Coll of New Zealand fighting it out for the other final spot.