Day FIVE : Wales join top three seeds in the semis

Quarter-Finals day in Washington with six European teams plus Egypt and New Zealand aiming for semi-final places at Squash on Fire …

Top seeds Egypt, England and France taken the distance as Wales upset Scotland

First up was top seeds defending champions and hot favourites Egypt against Germany, and it was Egypt who took the lead as Raphael Kandra came from two games down before losing out to Karim Abdel Gawad.

The second match was a similar story as Ali Farag came from two games down before losing out to Simon Rosner.

Mohamed Abouelghar won the decider in straight games to keep Egypt on track for another title.

In the semi they’ll play Wales who booked their first semi-final appearance since 1999 with a two-nil win over Scotland, Peter Creed and Joel Makin both winning in straight games.

In the evening session there’s an all-European clash between France and Spain plus second v fourth seeds England v New Zealand

Second and third seeds England and France both had to work hard for their wins.

France fell behind to Spain as Iker Pajares beat Gregory Gaultier in a lengthy four games, but Greg Marche and Mathieu Castagnet both won in straight games to put the French through.

James Willstrop put England ahead against New Zealand but Paul Coll levelled for the Kiwis.

Evan Williams took the first and had game ball  in the second but Daryl Selby  fought back to give England the win and a semi-final against France.

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WSF Men's World Teams 2019 : Day FIVE, Quarter-Finals

QUARTER-FINALS             Today’s Playing Order : 2-1-3

 [1] Egypt 2-1 [5] Germany

Karim Abdel Gawad 3-2 Raphael Kandra  11-8, 11-5, 9-11, 8-11, 11-4 (58m)
Ali Farag 2-3 Simon Rosner                            6-11, 8-11, 11-9, 11-5, 8-11 (73m)
Mohamed Abouelghar 3-0 Valentin Rapp                  11-3, 11-7, 11-7 (27m)

 [9] Scotland 0-2 [11] Wales

Alan Clyne 0-3 Peter Creed      9-11,. 4-11, 8-11 (47m)
Greg Lobban 0-3 Joel Makin     13-15, 8-11, 5-11 (57m)
Rory Stewart v Emyr Evans           match withdrawn

[3] France 2-1 [8] Spain

Gregory Gaultier 1-3 Iker Pajares   11-13, 7-11, 14-12, 10-12 (84m)
Gregoire Marche 3-0 Borja Golan             11-4, 11-7, 11-5 (37m)
Mathieu Castagnet 3-0 Carlos Cornes  11-2, 11-4, 11-3 (31m)

 [2] England 121 [4] New Zealand

James Willstrop 3-0 Campbell Grayson  12-10, 11-6, 11-5 (48m)
Adrian Waller 0-3 Paul Coll                           4-11,9-11, 5-11 (37m)
Daryl Selby 3-1 Evan Williams          8-11, 14-12, 11-9, 11-8 (56m)

9-12 Semis :

Malaysia 3-0 Hong Kong

Ivan Yuen 3-1 Yip Tsz Fung         12-14, 11-2, 11-8, 11-3 (42m)
Eain Yow Ng 3-1 Leo Au                  11-2, 9-11, 11-6, 11-7 (41m)
Mohd Syafiq Kamal 2-0 Henry Leung       14-12, 11-8 (21m)

Australia 2-1 Switzerland

Rex Hedrick 0-3 Reiko Peter                                    9-11, 9-11, 9-11 (54m)
Cameron Pilley 3-2 Dimitri Steinmann  9-11, 11-9, 11-4, 8-11, 11-4 (65m)
Zac Alexander 3-0 Cedric Kuchen                           11-7, 11-3, 11-6 (29m)

13-20 QUARTERS :

 USA 3-0 Jamaica

Andrew Douglas 3-0 Lewis Walters    11-8, 11-4, 11-8 (29m)
Todd Harrity  3-0 Chris Binnie               11-4, 11-7, 11-2 (20m)
Chris Gordon 2-0 Tahija Lumley                      11-2, 11-5 (12m)

Colombia 0-1 Argentina

Ronald Palomino 0-3 Leandro Romiglio                        5-11, 8-11, 4-11 (37m)
Juan Camilo Vargas 2-3 Robertino Pezzota  11-3, 4-11, 11-13, 11-7, 8-11 (59m)
Erick Herrera v Gonzalo Miranda                          match withdrawn

  Ireland 0-3 Kuwait

Arthur Gaskin 0-3 Abdullah Al Mezayen   2-11, 7-11, 10-12 (30m)
Sean Conroy 2-3 Ammar Altamimi  11-7, 7-11, 3-11, 11-5, 4-11 (47m)
Oisin Logan 0-2 Ali Alramesi                                  4-11, 5-11 (20m)

 Canada 2-1 South Africa

Nick Sachvie 3-1 Christo Potgieter    11-4, 3-11, 11-3, 11-3 (42m)
Mike McCue 0-3 Jean-Pierre Brits          4-11, 5-11, 3-11 (34m)
David Baillargeon 3-0 Gary Wheadon    11-4, 11-4, 11-4 (29m)

21-23 Round Robin

Korea 1-2 Nigeria

Se Hyun Lee 1-3 Sodiq Taiwo                       3-11,  8-11, 8-11, 7-11 (37m)
Ko Youngjo 2-3 Babatunde Ajagbe  11-6, 11-8, 4-11, 10-12, 8-11 (52m)
Chang-Wook Woo 3-0 Ehimen Ehalen        11-8, 14-12, 12-10 (31m)

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