Sat29 Nov
Qualifying finals in Doha

Following yesterday's announcement by PSA tour veteran Stephen Meads that this would be his last tournament (see Voice of Doha), it looks like the 1995 National Champion has played his last PSA tour match, after going down in straight games to world junior champion James Willstrop in final qualifying.

Willstrop and Peter Barker, who contested the World Junior Championship final in India almost a year ago, both claimed places in the first round  fellow countrymen in the men's qualifying finals at the Khalifa Squash Complex. In a significant upset, Essex boy Barker defeated Manchester's world No26 Nick Taylor 15-11 9-15 15-9 15-13 in 72 minutes.

Willstrop is drawn to meet Canada's 16th seed Graham Ryding in the first round, whilst Barker will face Scotland's No2 seed John White.

Men's qualifying finals:
Renan Lavigne (Fra) bt  Shahid Zaman (Pak) 12/15, 15/5, 15/5, 15/8 (40m)
James Willstrop (Eng) bt Stephen Meads (Eng)  15/5, 15/6, 15/13 (50m)
Stefan Casteleyn (Bel) bt Tommy Berden (Ned) 7/15, 15/8, 15/12, 15/8 (50m)
Dan Jenson (Aus) bt Farrukh Zaman (Pak) 15/5, 15/12, 15/11 (57m)
Olli Tuominen (Fin) bt Cameron Pilley (Aus)  15/8, 9/15, 15/9, 15/12  (55m)
Rodney Durbach (Rsa) bt  Hisham Ashour (Egy) 15/10, 15/12, 15/13 (35m)
David Evans (Wal) bt Davide Bianchetti (Ita) 15/6, 15/6, 15/13 (57m)
Peter Barker (Eng) bt Nick Taylor (Eng) 15/11, 9/15, 15/9, 15/13 (72m)
Full men's draw

Women's Qualifying round one:
Carla Khan (Pak) bt Raneem El Weilily (Egy) 10/9, 9/2, 9/2
Olga Sola (Esp) bt Shabana Khan (Usa) 9/2, 9/2, 9/3
Amelia Pittock (Aus) bt Nehal Yehia (Egy) 9/4, 9/1, 9/0
Line Hansen (Den) bt Katline Cauwels (Bel) 4/9, 3/9, 9/3, 9/3, 10/8
Dominique Lloyd-Walter (Eng) bt Soha Mohamed (Qat)  9/0, 9/0, 9/0
Laura Lengthorn (Eng) bt Sarah Kippax (Eng)  10/9, 9/1, 9/6
Salma Shabana (Egy) bt Milja Dorenbos (Ned) 9/2, 9/4, 7/9, 9/4
Alison Waters (Eng) bt Runa Reta (Can) 9/3, 9/5, 9/1
Eman El Amir (Egy) bt Karen Kronemeyer (Ned) 9/7, 7/9, 9/6, 9/6
Heidi Mather (Aus) bt Elise Ng (Hkg)  9/4, 2/9, 9/4, 9/2
Kate Roe (Eng) bt Katie Patrick (Can) 9/5, 6/9, 9/7, 9/4
Tegwen Malik (Wal) bt Magriet Huisman (Ned) 9/0, 9/0, 9/0
Vicky Lankester (Eng) bt Maha Zein (Egy) 9/8, 9/4, 9/5
Engy Kheirallah (Egy) bt Orla Noom (Ned) 9/1, 9/1, 9/3
Becky Botwright (Eng) bt Hend Osama (Egy) 9/5, 9/4, 9/4
Wendy Maitland (Sco) bt Amnah El Trabolsy (Egy) 9/6, 9/0, 9/5
Full women's draw

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