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Victorious Pakistan team with Jahangir Khan
Sat 28th:
Final:
Pakistan 2-1 Egypt
Khalid Atlas Khan lt Ramy Ashour
6/9, 6/9, 9/2, 7/9
Yasir Butt bt Omar Abu Zaid
9/4, 3/9, 9/4, 9/1
Farhan Mehboob bt Mahmoud Adel 9/2, 9/4, 9/0
AND SO TO THE FINAL
George Mieras
reports
So to the final. Ramy Ashour versus Khalid Atlas Khan to
start, at number one. Khalid, who has not really played too well this past
two weeks, put on a much better performance this time. But again the
Egyptian wizard showed his ability to come back - from 1-6 in the first to
9-6, then 2-6 in the second, though not so smoothly, to 9/6. It started
out hard hitting but gradually Ramy got the pace where he wanted and we
were treated to some amazing displays of taking the ball early from
both players. Khalid was particularly successful in dealing with Ramy's
lobs and this got him the third, but to no avail, the Champion triumphed
in four. Egypt one up.
Yasir Butt versus Omar Abu Zid followed, and this was pretty
straightforward for Pakistan. Perhaps as a result of having been unwell
Omar clearly ran out of steam as the game progressed and though he earned
full marks for fighting the result was never really in doubt - one all.
So to the climax - Mohammed Adel versus Farhan Mehboob.
Pakistan's wee left hander was inspired and shot through the first game
making his opponent look so cumbersome. 6-0 quickly became 9-2. Game two
saw some great play from the Pakistani as he opened a 5-0 lead and though
Adel stuck in then it was converted, 9-4. A frantically cheering crowd of
both adults and kids were going berserk and their hero did not let them
down, sealing it quickly against a despondent Egyptian 9-0.
CELEBRATIONS ...
AND REWARDS
What celebrations! Then President Musharaff arrived to give away the
prizes in an impressive ceremony. He also increased the PSF President's 2
million rupees to the team to 5 million and offered any Pakistani world
champion a personal 1 million!!! He spoke very strongly in support of
sport and of course squash in particular as a social player himself.
So Pakistan retain the trophy, Egypt have to settle for second and England
got the bronze medals. Reece Williams of New Zealand won the fair play
award for the tournament.
Fri 27th:
Semi-Finals:
George Mieras
reports
Egypt 3-0 England
Ramy Ashour bt Chris Simpson 9/3, 9/2, 9/6
Ahmed Swaify bt Tom Richards 0/9, 9/0, 7/9, 9/7, 9/3
Mahmoud Adel bt James Wright 5/9, 9/5, 10/8
Pakistan 3-0 Kuwait
Khalid Atlas Khan bt Abdullah Al-Mezayin
9/4, 9/1, 9/5
Yasir Butt bt Suliman Al-Khamees 9/1, 9/0, 9/2
Farhan Mehboob bt Salem F Mohammed 9/7, 9/0
HOSTS CRUISE INTO FINAL
Hosts Pakistan, the defending champions, cruised past the slightly
unexpected semi-finalists Kuwait and into the final this afternoon in the
Mushaf Cenre, watched by an enthusiastic home crowd.
At number one Abdullah Al-Mezayin hung in very well against
Khalid Atlas Khan, the first game taking just over 18 minutes. But the
PSA player showed the benefits of all his experience against his younger
and less experienced opponent, picking up pretty well everything and
eventually forcing loose returns which allowed him to then finish the
rallies. In the second and third games the Kuwaiti was forced to play the
ball looser and looser, with inevitable consequences. The pace was
controlled by Khalid throughout - very high - and it was soon 3/0 and one
up for Pakistan.
At number three individual finalist Yasir Butt simply overwhelmed
young Suliman Al-Khamees, who has been playing so well. Aware of
his opponent's front court skills Yasir took possession of the T somewhat
akin to a 2 legged squash ball hitting machine programmed in the first to
play every single shot to the back, his opponent restricted to going from
side to side behind the service boxes until unable to reach any more. It
may not have been pretty but it was impressive, ruthless and very
effective. Come the next two games Yasir threw in some shots, now
confusing Suliman, who was completely thrown off his normal game, and it
only took minutes for both games to go to the Pakistani and see the home
team through.
EGYPT DENY ENGLAND
In the second semi-final Chris Simpson of England played as well as
I for one have ever seen him play and kept Ramy Ashour on court for
some 45 minutes. Indeed, Ramy, not on top form, showed a slightly
disappointing side to his play by hustling his opponent and the referee,
something a player of his calibre really does not need to do. It was an
inevitable 3-0, however.
Egypt then had to field Ahmed El-Swaify in place of unwell regular
number three and he and the management must have got a real fright when
Tom Richards came out all guns blazing and swept through the first
9-0! The lanky Egyptian was clearly 'encouraged' during the interval and
responded by levelling, also 9-0! We then settled into a match, very well
contested indeed. Richards worked so very, very hard, trying to expose the
Egyptian's slowness especially when drawn in short, but always facing the
problem of the massive reach of his opponent and a lethal forehand drive
if allowed to play it. Tom deservedly got the 3rd and led 6-3 in the 4th
before Ahmed hauled it back. In the 5th that little bit more senior
experience was the difference and a much relieved Egyptian took his side
through.
But these English lads can feel really proud of themselves for this effort
and performance.
So the expected final is on!
Thu 26th:
Quarter-Finals:
George Mieras
reports
HOSTS CHEERED THROUGH
First of the main quarter-finals was Pakistan v Canada, played
early to allow a large contingent of school pupils to come and watch.
Hence the surprised Canadians found themselves getting steamrollered in
front of a wildly cheering crowd of school-uniformed kids!!
It was over fairly quickly and painlessly, 3-0!
EGYPT EASE INTO SEMIS
No 2 Seeds Egypt did not hang around long either, against New
Zealand. Campbell Grayson did not really look as though the experience
of playing Ramy Ashour was one to be treasured and fairly quickly
succumbed to the skills of the Champion, and the giant El Swaify completed
the win by defeating Michael Bill.
SAURAV CAN'T SAVE INDIA
England as expected lost at no 1 to India's Saurav Ghosal, 0-3.
They then fielded their number 4 player Joel Hinds against the talented
but so lackadaisical Sandeep Jangra, and the workmanlike Joel soon evened
the match. So it was a decider and the strength and consistency of James
Wright triumphed over the flair of Vikas Jangra - but what a pleasure to
watch in the latter a player who actually makes the serve count as a
pressure shot instead of the opening shot to a rally.
So England moved into the semis 2-1.
KUWAIT GATECRASH SEMIS
The final top match was Germany against Kuwait, a much
fancied team of young players (all eligible again in 2 years) showing the
benefits of national coach Amir Wagih. This was a very tough match. Simon
Rosner at 1 was expected to win for Germany, but the almost two weeks here
are taking their toll and he just did not have enough left in the tank
against the fast and deceptive little left-hander, Abdullah Al-Mezayin.
Being constantly drawn to the front left the German ragged by the end and
he succumbed 1-3.
German no 3 Matthias Maierhofer then played the Kuwait no 4 Suliman Al-Khamees.
This was a marathon, well contested, but frankly tedious at points with
endless mono-pace back wall rallies. Matthias should have won the first
but just lost it 9-10, which was critical. He did not like the referee
insisting that he played the ball in situations where he must have been
used to getting some strokes, but key to it all was his refusal to count
the volley as anything other than a defensive shot to be played only if
circumstances were absolutely desperate.
This was his downfall in a very long 4 game encounter which saw the much
younger and less experienced player just scrape through to upset the
seedings.
So Friday's semi-finals will see Pakistan take on the surprise package
Kuwait, who had never previously reached even the quarter-finals, with
Egypt and England meeting head on to contest a place in the final.
Wed 25th:
Down to the last eight
George Mieras on Teams Day Three
Today sorted out the teams that go forward into the quarters for places
1-8 with the losers going to the 9-12 playoffs, plus matches in the 13-19
and 20-22 sections.
Canada had a great start against Mexico where Robin Clark saw off
Erick Tepos, who has had such a great run, 3-0. Canada had to field no 4
Keith Pritchard next as a result of thier no 3 being sick but he was up to
the task and took his side through 3-1.
By then New Zealand had easily seen off Wales 3-0, Singapore
won 3-0 against first time in the event Iran and Kuwait found
spirited resistance from Malaysia but reached 2-0.
The real crunch match was Australia v India, affected by illness
and sheer exhaustion after a very hard week.
As expected Saurav Ghosal won easily at no 1 but there was a real battle
at 3. It could probably best be described as a 'robust' match with much
shouting from all personnel both sides and the referee in a very hot seat
indeed, fortunately well up to the task. Andrew Budd is a street fighter,
uncompromising, but lacked the skills and thoughtfulness of Sandeep Jangra.
He levelled at 1-1 and the crucial was the third, very hard fought. When
Sandeep won it 9-7 in reality it was over as Andrew's head was not as cool
in the situation, some unforced errors helped the Indian and though he
seemed ill at easy and doubting if he could win he did have enough
fighting qualities and shots to take his much relieved side through.
Tue 24th:
Pools completed
George Mieras on Teams Day Two
All has progressed in day 2 of the pool stage today - the only near upset
came in an absolute marathon between Germany and Australia which went
right to the wire before the German 2 won in the fifth. Otherwise the
pools are nearing completion, generally along expected lines, and the
stage 2 draw has now been made.
All are going to play at 10am local time Wednesday allowing free time for
shopping and sightseeing trips - or rest - later in the day. Then it is
onto quarters Thursday, semis Friday and finals Saturday.
Mon 23rd:
Boston Tea Party?!
George Mieras on Teams Day One
These Yanks - can't take them anywhere.
Chris Gordon of the USA decided to follow the Egyptian 'spoil the party'
example today in round one of team event by upsetting England's Chris
Simpson in a very arduous one and a half hour tussle, a great result for
the rapidly improving American. Fortunately for England the number 2 and 3
strings for USA are far less able and England managed to wrap the match up
quite quickly.
Elsewhere the early matches produced a much longer than anticipated stay
on court for Australia against a very spirited Scottish side, and Mexico
upset the seedings against Netherlands in an absolute marathon - the
number ones took 1hour 20m and Mexico won, Netherlands evened after over
another hour but in the decider the Dutch boy clearly tired and went down
1-3 to give Mexico the tie.
New Zealand had no problem with Singapore, intimidating them at the start
with a bare-chested Haka ... Kuwait beat Zimbabwe, India's Saurav Ghosal
looked very lacklustre against Ireland's Orwill but won to set his side on
the road to victory.
The pool stages end Tuesday night and we move into stage two on Wednesday,
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FULL TEAM RESULTS
Sat 28th:
FINALS DAY
Early report from
George Mieras ...
BRONZE FOR ENGLAND
From the sublime to the ridiculous? Chris Simpson, the England
no 1 who had played so very well in the semi-final against Ramy
Ashour, simply could not get anything at all going today against the
Kuwait no one (who was rested yesterday), Ali-Mezayin. It was
all over 3-0 to Kuwait to the considerable concern of coach David
Campion and the England camp.
But Joel Hinds was far too strong for Salem Mohammed and it was then
down to James Wright v Ali Al-Ramzi. This was a marathon of very
long rallies. James was the more patient and indeed the fitter and
played very steadily and well to bring the bronze medals to his
side.
FIFTH FOR INDIA
India, a splendid 4th last time, were desperate to get 5th
this time. The opening match was over one and a half hours, played
at an incredible pace, and eventually saw Sauruv Ghosal, having
saved match points in the 5th, win 10-8 over Simon Rosner of
Germany. Sandeep Jangra then won 3-1, with the Germans being a
little demoralised now, everything really seeming to have gone
against them in several close matches.
KIWIS SEVENTH
New Zealand v Canada saw Robin Clark end a pretty poor week
for him with a sound defeat from Campbell Grayson. Keith Pritchard
though quickly levelled for Canada and all hinged on Whairoa Mocke v
Michael Auer. This was a thriller as well with the Kiwi eventually
getting there in 4.
AUSSIES ON TOP
Australia saw off Mexico 2-0 in a more straightforward encounter.
That just left from the morning matches Wales v Malaysia
where Malaysia won 3-1 at no 1. Then followed a gripping encounter
which would have had Robbo lose any hair were that to be possible!
Rob Wilkins and Elvin Keo battled it out for 4 games, then Elvin got
to 8-0 and ? Yes, a recovery from 0-8 (bless the international
scoring system!) , match balls saved and 10-8 win. So Peter Creed
gets another decider to play after all - currently still going .
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DAY FOUR RESULTS:
Quarter-Finals:
Pakistan 3-0 Canada
Kuwait 3-0 Germany
England 2-1 India
Egypt 3-0 New Zealand
13-22 Quarters:
Switzerland 3-0 Ireland
USA 2-1 Singapore
Netherlands 3-0 Zimbabwe
Hong Kong 3-0 Scotland
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Schoolkids enjoy the
action
DAY THREE RESULTS:
Positions 1-12:
Canada bt Mexico 3-0
New Zealand bt Wales 3-0
Kuwait bt Malaysia
India bt Australia
Iran and England
POOL
Results:
Pool A:
Wales 3-0 Switzerland
Pakistan 3-0 Switzerland
Pakistan 3-0 Wales
Pool B:
Egypt 3-0 Netherlands
Mexico 3-0 Kenya
Mexico 2-1 Netherlands
Egypt 3-0 Kenya
Netherlands 3-0 Kenya
Egypt 3-0 Mexico
Pool C:
England 3-0 Iran
Malaysia 2-1 USA
Malaysia 3-0 Iran
England 2-1 USA
USA 3-0 Iran
England 3-0 Malaysia
Pool D:
Germany 2-1 Australia
Australia 3-0 Scotland
Germany 2-1 Scotland
Pool E:
India 3-0 New Zealand
Singapore 3-0 Ireland
India 2-1 Singapore
New Zealand 3-0 Ireland
New Zealand 3-0 Singapore
India 3-0 Ireland
Pool F:
Kuwait 3-0 Hong Kong
Canada 3-0 Zimbabwe
Kuwait 3-0 Canada
Hong Kong 3-0 Zimbabwe
Kuwait 3-0 Zimbabwe
Canada 2-1 Hong Kong
FULL TEAM RESULTS
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Full Team Results:
3rd place
play-off:
[3] ENGLAND bt [6] KUWAIT 2-1 (Chris Simpson lost to Abdul Khalid Mazayin
6-9, 1-9, 0-9; Joel Hinds bt Salem Faiz Mohammed 9-2, 9-5, 9-5; James
Wright bt Ali B Al-Ramzi 9-2, 9-2, 9-2)
5th place play-off:
[5] INDIA bt [4] GERMANY 2-0 (Saurav Ghosal bt Simon Rosner 9-2, 6-9, 4-9,
9-6, 10-8; Sandeep Jangra bt Pascal Tayaz 9-1, 5-9, 9-5, 9-2)
7th place play-off:
[8] NEW ZEALAND bt [7] CANADA 2-1 (Campbell Grayson bt Robin Clarke 9-0,
9-1, 9-4; Michael Bill lost to Keith Pritchard 2-9, 4-9, 3-9; Whaiora
Moeke bt Michael Auer 8-10, 9-0, 9-7, 5-9, 9-3)
9th place play-off:
[10] MALAYSIA bt [12] WALES 2-1 (Mohd Nafiizwan Adnan bt Lewys Hurst 9-4,
2-9, 6-9, 9-2, 9-2; Elvinn Keo lost to Rob Wilkins 9-2, 6-9, 6-9, 9-7,
8-10; Muhammad Azfar Azan bt Peter Creed 9-6, 9-1, 7-9, 9-0)
11th place play-off:
[9] AUSTRALIA bt [13/18] MEXICO 2-0 (Matthew Karwalski bt Erick Tepos
10-8, 9-7, 4-9, 9-7; Andrew Budd bt Edmundo Garcia 4-9, 9-1, 9-1, 9-1)
13th place play-off:
[13/18] HONG KONG bt [13/18] USA 2-1 (Dick Lau lost to Christopher Gordon
0-9, 7-9, 3-9; Ho Fai Chui bt Suleyman Saleem 9-0, 9-1, 9-1; Anson Kwong
bt Garnett Booth 9-4, 9-3, 9-3)
15th place play-off:
[13/18] SWITZERLAND bt [11] NETHERLANDS 2-0 (Kevin Brechbuhl bt Martijn
Kock 7-9, 9-3, 0-9, 9-6, 9-2; Benjamin Fischer bt Marc Te Witt 9-1, 9-2,
9-6)
17th place play-off:
[13/18] SCOTLAND bt [19/22] SINGAPORE w/o
19th place play-off:
[13/18] IRELAND bt [19/22] ZIMBABWE 2-1 (Samuel Olwill lost to Craig Heath
9-4, 8-10, 5-9, 0-9; Brian Healy bt Mark Assaraf 4-9, 9-0, 9-2, 9-5; Niall
Caheny bt Casper Coetzee 9-2, 9-5, 5-9, 10-8)
21st place play-off:
[19/22] IRAN bt [19/22] KENYA 2-1 (Masud Ekhlas lost to Amar Shah 4-9,
1-9, 2-9; Babak Shahabi bt Poojan Dodhia 9-0, 9-0, 9-0; Mohammad Jafari bt
Ronak Shah 9-2, 9-1, 9-4)
Semi-Finals:
Egypt 3-0 England Ramy Ashour bt Chris Simpson 9/3, 9/2, 9/6;
Ahmed Swaify bt Tom Richards 0/9, 9/0, 7/9, 9/7, 9/3;
Mahmoud Adel bt James Wright 5/9, 9/5, 10/8
Pakistan 3-0 Kuwait
Khalid Atlas Khan bt Abdullah Al-Mezayin
9/4, 9/1, 9/5;
Yasir Butt bt Suliman Al-Khamees 9/1, 9/0, 9/2;
Farhan Mehboob bt Salem F Mohammed 9/7, 9/0
Quarter-Finals:
Pakistan beat Canada (3 – 0) Khalid Atlas beat Robin Clarke 9/0, 9/5, 9/5 (33)
;
Yasir Butt beat Daniel Sibley 9/3, 9/1, 9/1 (28);
Farhan Mehboob beat Michael Auer 9/0, 9/3 (11)
Egypt beat New Zealand (3 – 0) Ramy Ashour beat Campbell Grayson 9/0, 9/1, 9/5 (31)
;
Mahmoud Adel beat Whairoa Moeke 9/4, 9/0 (17) ;
Ahmed Al Swaify beat Michael Bill 9/0, 9/5, 9/3 (31)
England beat India (2 – 1) Joel Hinds beat Sandeep Jangra 9/2, 9/0, 9/5 (31)
;
James Wright beat Vikas Jangra 9/3, 9/4, 9/0 (34);
Chris Simpson lost Saurav Ghosal 2/9, 3/9, 4/9 (28)
Kuwait beat Germany (3 – 0) Abdullah Mezayin beat Simon Rosner 5/9, 9/1, 9/6, 9/5 (62)
;
Sulaiman Khamees beat Matthias Maierhofer 10/9, 9/3, 6/9, 9/6 (83) ;
Ali B Al Ramzi beat Jens Schoor 9/10, 9/6, 9/7 (59)
Last sixteen round:
[7] CANADA bt [13/18] MEXICO 2-1 (Robin Clarke bt
Erick Tepos 9-5, 9-2, 9-4; Keith Pritchard bt Jesus Pena 7-9, 9-5, 10-8,
9-3; Michael Auer lost to Cesar Salazar 6-9, 2-9)
[6] KUWAIT bt [10] MALAYSIA 3-0 (Abdul Khalid Mazayin bt Mohd Nafiizwan
Adnan 9-3, 9-4, 9-6; Sulaiman Al Khamees bt Elvinn Keo 9-7, 9-0, 9-7; Ali
B Al-Ramzi bt Muhammad Azfar Azan 9-0, 9-6)
[5] INDIA bt [9] AUSTRALIA 3-0 (Saurav Ghosal bt Matthew Karwalski 9-1,
9-2, 9-1; Sandeep Jangra bt Andrew Budd 9-2, 6-9, 9-7, 9-7; Vikas Jangra
bt Steven Robinson 9-5, 9-8)
[8] NEW ZEALAND bt [12] WALES 3-0 (Campbell Grayson bt Lewys Hurst 9-7,
9-3, 9-1; Reece Williams bt Rob Wilkins 9-7, 9-2, 9-1; Whaiora Moeke bt
Peter Creed 9-4, 9-4)
13th - 22nd place play-offs:
[13/18] IRELAND bt [19/22] KENYA 3-0 (Samuel Olwill bt Amar Shah 9-6, 9-3,
9-0; Brian Healy bt Chiraag Shah 9-0, 9-1, 9-2; Niall Caheny bt Ronak Shah
9-1, 9-2)
[19/22] SINGAPORE bt [19/22] IRAN 3-0 (Vivian Rhamanan bt Mohammad Jahri
9-2, 9-4, 9-0; Richard Hill bt Babak Shahabi 9-1, 9-3, 9-1; Kenneth Chan
bt Mohammad Jafari 9-1, 9-7)
2nd qualifying rounds - Pool A:
[12] WALES bt [13/18] SWITZERLAND 3-0 (Lewys Hurst bt Kevin Brechbuhl 9-0,
9-6, 3-9, 10-8; Rob Wilkins bt Cyrill Ortuer 9-6, 5-9, 9-6, 9-4; Peter
Creed bt Nicolas Muller 9-2, 9-1, 9-4)
Final positions: 1 Pakistan, 2 Wales, 3 Switzerland
Pool B:
[13/18] MEXICO bt [19/22] KENYA 3-0 (Cesar Salazar bt Amar Shah 9-0, 9-2,
9-2; Edmundo Garcia bt Poojan Dodhia 9-0, 9-0, 9-0; Jesus Pena bt Chiraag
Shah 9-2, 9-3, 9-1)
[2] EGYPT bt [11] NETHERLANDS 3-0 (Mahmoud Adel bt Sebastiaan Weenink 9-4,
10-8, 9-0; Ahmed El Swaify bt Bastiaan Meulenbelt 9-7, 9-0, 9-1; Omar Abu
Zid bt Martijn Kock 9-6, 1-9, 9-0, 9-2)
Final positions: 1 Egypt, 2 Mexico, 3 Netherlands, 4 Kenya
Pool C:
[10] MALAYSIA bt [13/18] USA 2-1 (Mohd Nafiizwan Adnan lost to Christopher
Gordon 7-9, 8-10, 3-9; Elvinn Keo bt Joseph Raho 9-7, 9-4, 9-1; Muhammad
Azfar Azan bt Garnett Booth 4-9, 9-3, 9-2, 8-10, 9-0)
[3] ENGLAND bt [19/22] IRAN 3-0 (James Wright bt Masud Ekhlas 9-0, 9-4,
9-1; Joel Hinds bt Mohammad Jafari 9-0, 9-1, 9-2; Tom Richards bt Mohammad
Jahri 9-1, 9-1, 9-2)
Final positions: 1 England, 2 Malaysia, 3 USA, 4 Iran
Pool D:
[4] GERMANY bt [9] AUSTRALIA 2-1 (Simon Rosner bt Matthew Karwalski 9-1,
9-7, 6-9, 9-5; Matthias Maierhofer lost to Steven Robinson 9-6, 5-9, 3-9,
9-7, 6-9; Jens Schoor bt Ryan Cuskelly 9-0, 7-9, 9-0, 8-10, 9-5)
Final positions: 1 Germany, 2 Australia, 3 Scotland
Pool E:
[19/22] SINGAPORE bt [13/18] IRELAND 3-0 (Vivian Rhamanan bt Samuel Olwill
9-3, 10-9, 9-2; Richard Hill bt Fearghal Field 9-4, 9-1, 9-6; Kenneth Chan
bt Niall Caheny 6-9, 9-7, 9-1, 5-9, 9-1)
[5] INDIA bt [8] NEW ZEALAND 3-0 (Saurav Ghosal bt Campbell Grayson 9-2,
10-9, 9-2; Sandeep Jangra bt Michael Bill 9-3, 9-4, 9-3; Vikas Jangra bt
Whaiora Moeke 9-3, 9-0, 9-7)
[8] NEW ZEALAND bt [13/18] IRELAND 3-0 (Campbell Grayson bt Samuel Olwill
9-0, 9-0, 9-0; Reece Williams bt Brian Healy 9-4, 9-6, 10-8; Whaiora Moeke
bt Niall Caheny 9-0, 9-0, 9-1)
[5] INDIA bt [19/22] SINGAPORE 2-1 (Saurav Ghosal bt Kenneth Chan 9-3,
9-3, 9-4; Harinder Pal Singh bt Marcus Phua 9-0, 9-1, 9-7; Sandeep Jangra
lost to Richard Hill 1-9, 7-9, 9-7, 5-9)
Final positions: 1 India, 2 New Zealand, 3 Singapore, 4 Ireland
Pool F:
[6] KUWAIT bt [13/18] HONG KONG 3-0 (Abdul Khalid Mazayin bt Dick Lau 9-4,
10-8, 7-9, 2-9, 9-1; Sulaiman Al Khamees bt Raymond Chui 9-5, 9-4, 9-6;
Ali B Al-Ramzi bt Anson Kwong 9-0, 9-1, 9-7)
[7] CANADA bt [19/22] ZIMBABWE 3-0 (Robin Clarke bt Craig Heath 9-2, 9-3,
9-0; Daniel Sibley bt Mark Assaraf 9-2, 9-0, 9-5; Michael Auer bt Casper
Coetzee 9-5, 9-5, 9-6)
[13/18] HONG KONG bt [19/22] ZIMBABWE 3-0 (Dick Lau bt Craig Heath 9-0,
9-0, 9-1; Ho Fai Chui bt Deepesh Patel 9-1, 9-3, 9-4; Anson Kwong bt
Casper Coetzee 9-6, 9-6, 9-1)
[6] KUWAIT bt [7] CANADA 3-0 (Abdul Khalid Mazayin bt Robin Clarke 9-7,
9-5, 9-3; Salem F Mohammed bt Daniel Sibley 9-5, 9-2, 9-2; Ali B Al-Ramzi
bt Michael Auer 9-1, 9-0, 9-3)
Final positions: 1 Kuwait, 2 Canada, 3 Hong Kong, 4 Zimbabwe
1st qualifying rounds - Pool A:
[1] PAKISTAN bt [13/18] SWITZERLAND 3-0 (Khalid Atlas Khan bt Kevin
Brechbuhl 9-0, 9-3, 9-3; Yasir Butt bt Cyrill Ortuer 9-1, 9-2, 9-1; Farhan
Mehboob bt Benjamin Fischer 9-4, 9-0, 9-2)
[1] PAKISTAN bt [12] WALES 3-0 (Khalid Atlas Khan bt Lewys Hurst 0-9, 9-1,
9-0, 9-1; Yasir Butt bt Ben Hardwidge 9-6, 9-1, 9-3; Farhan Mehboob bt
Peter Creed 9-2, 9-1, 9-3)
Pool B:
[2] EGYPT bt [19/22] KENYA 3-0 (Mahmoud Adel bt Amar Shah 9-4, 9-2, 9-4;
Ahmed El Swaify bt Chiraag Shah 9-0, 9-0, 9-1; Omar Abu Zid bt Ronak Shah
9-0, 9-0, 9-1)
[13/18] MEXICO bt [11] NETHERLANDS 2-1 (Erick Tepos bt Sebastiaan Weenink
10-9, 4-9, 7-9, 9-1, 9-7; Jesus Pena lost to Bastiaan Meulenbelt 7-9, 0-9,
9-5, 8-9; Cesar Salazar bt Martijn Kock 1-9, 9-2, 9-0, 9-2)
[11] NETHERLANDS bt [19/22] KENYA 3-0 (Martijn Kock bt Amar Shah 9-5, 9-2,
9-1; Marc Te Witt bt Poojan Dodhia 9-0, 9-0, 9-0; Bastiaan Meulenbelt bt
Ronak Shah 9-2, 9-3, 9-7)
[2] EGYPT bt [13/18] MEXICO 3-0 (Mahmoud Adel bt Erick Tepos 9-4, 7-9,
9-4, 6-9, 9-6; Ahmed El Swaify bt Edmundo Garcia 9-2, 9-1, 9-0; Omar Abu
Zid bt Jesus Pena 9-3, 9-0, 9-0)
Pool C:
[3] ENGLAND bt [13/18] USA 2-1 (Chris Simpson lost to Christopher Gordon
9-3, 4-9, 6-9, 5-9;
Tom Richards bt Suleyman Saleem 9-2, 9-0, 9-0; James Wright bt Joseph Raho
9-0, 9-0, 9-2)
[10] MALAYSIA bt [19/22] IRAN 3-0 (Mohd Nafiizwan Adnan bt Masud Ekhlas
9-0, 9-2, 9-3; Elvinn Keo bt Mohammad Jafari 9-2, 9-2, 9-4; Muhammad Azfar
Azan bt Mohammad Jahri 9-0, 9-0, 9-0)
[13/18] USA bt [19/22] IRAN 3-0 (Christopher Gordon bt Mohammad Jahri 9-0,
9-4, 9-1; Joseph Raho bt Babak Shahabi 9-2, 9-0, 9-0; Garnett Booth bt
Mohammad Jafari 9-1, 9-0, 9-2)
[3] ENGLAND bt [10] MALAYSIA 3-0 (James Wright bt Mohd Nafiizwan Adnan
9-3, 9-2, 9-3; Joel Hinds bt Elvinn Keo 9-1, 9-2, 9-0; Tom Richards bt
Muhammad Azfar Azan 9-4, 9-1, 9-1)
Pool D:
[9] AUSTRALIA bt [13/18] SCOTLAND 3-0 (Matthew Karwalski bt Alan Clyne
2-9, 3-9, 10-9, 9-2, 9-6; Steven Robinson bt Jamie Macaulay 9-3, 9-3, 4-9,
9-6; Ryan Cuskelly bt Graham Melvin 9-7, 2-9, 10-8, 10-8)
[4] GERMANY bt [13/18] SCOTLAND 2-1 (Simon Rosner bt Alan Clyne 9-6, 9-2,
9-3; Matthias Maierhofer lost to Jamie Macaulay 9-5, 6-9, 1-9, 9-2, 5-9;
Jens Schoor bt Graham Melvin 9-0, 9-3, 10-8)
Pool E:
[5] INDIA bt [13/18] IRELAND 3-0 (Saurav Ghosal bt Samuel Olwill 9-7, 9-2,
9-0; Sandeep Jangra bt Brian Healy 9-3, 9-0, 9-3; Vikas Jangra bt Niall
Caheny 9-5, 9-6, 9-2)
[8] NEW ZEALAND bt [19/22] SINGAPORE 3-0 (Campbell Grayson bt Vivian
Rhamanan 9-2, 9-1, 9-0; Michael Bill bt Richard Hill 9-0, 9-1, 10-8;
Whaiora Moeke bt Kenneth Chan 9-2, 9-1, 9-0)
Pool F:
[6] KUWAIT bt [19/22] ZIMBABWE 3-0 (Abdul Khalid Mazayin bt Craig Heath
9-0, 9-0, 9-5; Salem F Mohammed bt Deepesh Patel 9-1, 9-6, 9-0; Ali B Al-Ramzi
bt Casper Coetzee 9-1, 9-1, 9-1)
[7] CANADA bt [13/18] HONG KONG 2-1 (Robin Clarke lost to Dick Lau 6-9,
1-9, 1-9; Keith Pritchard bt Raymond Chui 9-0, 9-3, 8-10, 9-4; Michael
Auer bt Anson Kwong 9-1, 10-8, 0-9, 10-8) |
