England's world number 36 Nathan Lake defeated a player ranked 25 places above him 11-9, 11-3 following a late call-up into the main draw after a series of withdrawals.

Perhaps it was the spectacular setting of the venue at East Wintergarden, which is housed within a striking, 27-metre-high, glass dome designed by internationally renowned architect Cesar Pelli, that inspired Lake, but he swept aside Marche, making his 400th appearance in a PSA match.

Last week, Marche had been knocked out of the Optasia Championship at the Wimbledon Club by Switzerland's world ranked number 26 Nicolas Müller.

"It's great to play here," Lake said.

"Tim [Garner, tournament promoter] kindly gave me the wildcard here about five years ago and that's really helped.

"Just so I knew what to expect, I'm really pleased with that and especially the second game.

"I played Gregoire in January, I lost in a close 3-2, I think with these guys, I will have seen a lot more of them than they have of me so I try to go in with a blank canvas and think about what I was trying to do, I tried to stay as calm as I possibly could and I'm glad I could manage my head today."

The 29-year-old is now due to face Egypt's number two seed Mostafa Asal for a place in the quarter finals.

The 20-year-old Asal divides opinions in squash after being accused of physical contact, time-wasting and constant conflicts with the referee in matches in a bid to try to unsettle opponents.

"He's great for the game, love him or hate him people are talking about him so whatever your opinion I think he's good for squash," said Lake.

Patrick Rooney and Adrian Waller will join Lake as the remaining home hopes in the event as they claimed respective wins over Egypt's Mohamed ElSherbini and England's George Parker.

Rooney managed to battle past a nervous start to overcome the talented ElSherbini, 11-8, 11-9 in 29 minutes on his first appearance at the event which is using a best-of-three format up to and including the quarter-finals.

Rooney's second round opponent is set to be another Egyptian in the shape of world number nine Mazen Hesham.

Waller is scheduled to take on former world champion Tarek Momen for a place in the last eight after he came out on top in the tightly contested all-English battle with Parker.

England's former world number one James Willstrop saw his Canary Wharf campaign come to an early end at the hands of 2018 British Open champion Miguel Rodrgiuez with the Colombian winning 11-9, 12-10.