After three days of Pool matches it’s on to the Playoff stages with first round matches today as Squash on Fire in Washington DC.
Wales shock Hong Kong, as Germany, Spain and New Zealand reach the quarters …
The first main draw match saw Germany beat Malaysia 2-0 to move into a quarter-final against Egypt tomorrow.
Wales produced a stunning upset as they ousted 6th seeds Hong Kong thanks to a mammoth five game win from Emyr Evans and a tough three-nil for Joel Makin. That sets up a quarter-final against … Scotland!
In the evening session Spain ended Switzerland’s run with a two-nil win and New Zealand came from one down to beat local rivals .
Spain now face France while New Zealand meet England in tomorrow’s quarter-finals.
In the playoff draw Argentina beat Nigeria 2-0, thanks to a comeback from two-nil down from Robertino Pezzota. JP Brits saved match ball in the fourth on his way to securing a 2-0 win for South Africa over Korea while Jamaica came from one down to beat Singapore.
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MAIN DRAW Today’s Playing Order : 3-1-2
[5] Germany 2-0 [10] Malaysia (to play Egypt)
Valentin Rapp 3-0 Mohd Syafiq Kamal 11-7, 11-9, 12-10 (49m)
Simon Rosner 3-0 Eain Yow Ng 11-7, 11-6, 11-5 (40m)
Raphael Kandra v Ivan Yuen match withdrawn
[6] Hong Kong 0-2 [11] Wales (to play Scotland)
Henry Leung 2-3 Emyr Evans 8-11, 13-11, 14-12, 7-11, 7-11 (87m)
Leo Au 0-3 Joel Makin 11-13, 4-11, 8-11 (46m)
Yip Tsz Fung v Peter Creed match withdrawn
[8] Spain 2-0 [15] Switzerland (to play France)
Carlos Cornes 3-1 Cedric Kuchen 11-6, 9-11, 11-8, 11-2 (53m)
Borja Golan 3-2 Dimitri Steinmann 7-11, 11-6, 10-12, 11-6, 11-2 (70m)
Iker Pajares v Reiko Peter match withdrawn
[4] New Zealand 2-1 [7] Australia (to play England)
Evan Williams 0-3 Rex Hedrick 14-16, 6-11, 2-11 (49m)
Paul Coll 3-0 Ryan Cuskelly 11-2, 11-5, 11-2 (24m)
Campbell Grayson 2-1 Cameron Pilley 11-9, 11-6, 7-11, 11-9 (60m)
13-23 PLAYOFF DRAW, ROUND ONE
[16] Argentina 2-0 [23] Nigeria (to play Colombia)
Gonzalo Miranda 3-1 Adewale Amao 8-11, 11-7, 11-7, 12-10 (50m)
Robertini Pezzota 3-2 Babatunde Ajagbe 6-11, 5-11, 11-7, 11-7, 11-6 (44m)
Leandro Romiglio v Sodiq Taiwo match withdrawn
[19] South Africa 2-0 [22] Korea (to play Canada)
Gary Wheadon 3-0 Joong-Won Hwang 12-10, 11-8, 12-10 (43m)
Jean-Pierre Brits 3-2 Ko Youngjo 11-4, 8-11, 8-11, 14-12, 11-6 (62m)
Christo Potgieter v Se Hyun Lee match withdrawn
[17] Jamaica 2-1 [20] Singapore (to play USA)
Tahija Lumley 0-3 Brandon Tan 8-11, 6-11, 8-11 (34m)
Chris Binnie 3-0 Samuel Kang 11-9, 11-8, 12-10 (41m)
Lewis Walters 3-0 Chua Man Tong 12-10, 12-10, 11-3 (30m)
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