Simpson said the lacklustre performance had been a wake-up call

Guernsey squash player Chris Simpson says his mental attitude cost him in the Baltimore Cup semi-final.

The 23-year-old is now preparing for a three-star event in Rotterdam, after being knocked out of the $10,000 event on Saturday.

Simpson lost 3-0 to Adrian Waller, the world number 56.

The world number 51 said: "I played a really bad match, mentally I just wasn't there. I gave my opponent far too many cheap points."

Simpson came to the tournament off the back of winning a competition in Vancouver, Canada.

This tournament is a bit bigger than the last two I have played Chris Simpson

"It's a big disappointment as I really would have liked to have won this week too," he added.

"It highlights the sort of mental strength that I need to develop to be able to back-up match after match.

"I felt fine physically, which is good news, but didn't realise how much I had stepped off it mentally until I got on court."

Simpson has been drawn against sixth-seed Simon Rosner of Germany in the first round of the $30,000 Dutch Open.

He said: "This tournament is a bit bigger than the last two I have played, so this has made me really want to perform well there."

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