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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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Rory Stewart v Emyr Evans match withdrawn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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