Crouin dismantled Coll in 36 minutes at the Professional Squash Association (PSA) World Tour Gold event to become the first player outside the top-20 to beat the New Zealander since Chris Simpson in 2016.

"My game plan was just to win one game," said Crouin after the match.

"We played four times last season and I didn't get one game.

"After yesterday, it was the first time I’d played best of three and I didn't like it as it takes away the endurance of the game, but today I just beat Paul Coll in two games, so I think I like it now.

"Paul’s No.1 because of his consistency, so I'm glad I could break that today but he's World No.1 and I'm sure he’ll stay there for a while, and everyone is chasing him.

"I was just trying to improve my game and be more consistent competing against these players and get some results this season so I can be among them to get to top-15, top-10 and someday world number one."

Crouin will face Egypt’s Mazen Hesham for a place in the last four after he defeated England’s Patrick Rooney 11-9, 11-9.

The other quarter-final will see Egyptians Tarek Momen and Fares Dessouky face each other.

Momen beat England’s Adrian Waller 12-14, 11-8, 11-6 while Dessouky eased past Colombia’s Miguel Rodriguez 11-7, 11-9.

Despite taking the first game 14-12, Waller failed to capitalise on the momentum.

On the other hand, it was a straightforward affair for Dessouky who took only 30 minutes to get past the Colombian.