It’s Pools decision day at Squash on Fire in Washington DC with twelve playoff main draw places to be decided
Switzerland dash home hopes as they join the top twelve
The scenario was simple – the top two in each of the six Pools progress to the 1-12 playoff (winners of Pools A-D get a first round bye), while the other teams move into the 13-23 playoff draw.
Morning Session Update : France confirmed at top of Pool C, with Malaysia in second. Scotland and New Zealand qualify from Pool D, in that order.
Afternoon Session Update : England and Australia book their playoff places with quick wins over Nigeria and Jamaica – England top Pool B, Australia secind in Pool F. Switzerland dash home hopes as they beat USA 2-1 to qualify alongside Egypt, reaching the top twelve for the first time and defying the seedings.
Evening Session Update : no upsets as Wales, Hong Kong, Germany and Spain complete the twelve qualifiers.
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Today’s playing order : 1-3-2
18.30 Pool B [11] Wales 2-1 [14] Canada C1
Joel Makin 3-0 Shawn DeLierre 11-9, 11-1, 11-6 (28m)
Emyr Evans 3-0 Nick Sachvie 11-7, 17-15, 11-4 (51m)
Peter Creed 0-3 Mike McCue 5-11, 5-11, 10-12 (33m)
18.30 Pool F [6] Hong Kong 2-0 [21] Kuwait C8
Leo Au 3-1 Ammar Altamimi 9-11, 11-9, 11-4, 11-7 (44m)
Henry Leung 3-2 Ali Alramezi 11-3, 9-11, 11-6, 9-11, 11-7 (54m)
Yip Tsz Fung 3-0 Abdullah Al Mezayen 9-11, 11-6, 11-9, 1-5 rtd (25m)
18.30 Pool E [5] Germany 3-0 [19] South Africa C7
Simon Rosner 3-0 Jean-Pierre Brits 11-1, 11-1, 11-4 (25m)
Valentin Rapp 3-0 Dylan Groenewald 11-6, 11-5, 11-6 (31m)
Raphael Kandra 3-0 Gary Wheadon 11-3, 13-11, 11-6 (32m)
18.30 Pool E [8] Spain 3-0 [16] Argentina C6
Borja Golan 3-1 Robertino Pezzota 11-3, 9-11, 11-4, 11-5 (42m)
Carlos Cornes 3-0 Jeremias Azana 11-8, 11-8, 11-7 (30m)
Iker Pajares 3-0 Gonzalo Miranda 11-3, 11-5, 11-7 (23m)
15.00 Pool A [12] USA 1-2 [15] Switzerland C1
Todd Harrity 1-3 Dimitri Steinmann 5-11, 11-5, 5-11, 5-11 (47m)
Andrew Douglas 3-1 Robin Gadola 11-8, 5-11, 11-6, 11-6 (42m)
Chris Hanson 0-3 Reiko Peter 13-15, 8-11, 9-11 (46m)
15.00 Pool B [2] England 3-0 [23] Nigeria C8
Adrian Waller 3-0 Babatunde Ajagbe 11-7, 11-5, 12-10 (31m)
Declan James 3-0 Adewalo Amao 11-2, 11-3, 11-1 (24m)
James Willstrop 3-0 Sodiq Oluwatobi 14-12, 11-7, 11-5 (26m)
15.00 Pool F [7] Australia 3-0 [17] Jamaica C7
Cameron Pilley 3-0 Lewis Walters 11-6, 11-4, 11-8 (27m)
Zac Alexander 3-0 Tahija Lumley 11-4, 11-7, 11-3 (25m)
Rex Hedrick 3-0 Bruce Burrowes 11-3, 11-5, 11-3 (17m)
12.00 Pool E [4] New Zealand 3-0 [20] Singapore C1
Paul Coll 3-0 Samuel Kang 11-6, 11-5, 11-2 (31m)
Lwamba Chileshe 3-0 Brandon Tan 11-7, 11-6, 11-0 (23m)
Campbell Grayson 3-0 Chua Man Tong 11-3, 11-2, 11-6 (26m)
12.00 Pool E [9] Scotland 3-0 [18] Ireland C8
Greg Lobban 3-0 Sean Conroy 11-7, 11-5, 11-6 (31m)
Rory Stewart 3-1 Steve Richardson 11-8, 11-4, 8-11, 11-2 (41m)
Alan Clyne 3-0 Oison Logan 11-5, 11-5, 11-3 (36m)
12.00 Pool C [3] France 3-0 [22] Korea C7
Gregoire Marche 3-0 YoungJo Ko 12-10, 11-1, 11-7 (28m)
Baptiste Masotti 3-0 Joong-Won Hwang 11-4, 11-9, 11-5 (26m)
Mathieu Castagnet 3-0 Chang-Wook Woo 11-3, 11-4, 11-9 (25m)
12.00 Pool C [10] Malaysia 2-1 [13] Colombia C6
Eain Yow Ng 3-1 Miguel Rodriguez 11-9, 13-11, 13-15, 11-8 (61m)
Mohd Syafiq Kamal 3-1 Ronald Palomino 11-6, 13-15, 11-8, 11-9 (55m)
Ivan Yuen 2-3 Juan Camilo Vargas 9-11, 11-7, 8-11, 11-4, 10-12 (57m)
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