Friday, November 8, 2024

Germany meet England after beating France to gatecrash last 16 in Chennai

Germany celebrate their win over France

Hong Kong topple No.8 seeds USA
By HOWARD HARDING – Squash Mad International Correspondent

Favourites Egypt, hosts India and former champions England were resting, having been successful in two ties on day one.

The day’s biggest surprise came in Pool D where 18th seeds Germany took advantage of a tired France after the 13th seeds narrowly went down to Malaysia, the No.4 seeds, 2-1 in the morning session.

With the evening tie tied after the first two matches, Germany’s Nils Schwab held his nerve in the decider after French opponent Adrien Douillard drew level from 2-0 down. Second string Schwab went on to clinch the win 11-8, 11-8, 7-11, 3-11, 11-7 to take the underdogs through to the last 16 round – where they face third seeds England.

Hong Kong China had two ties to contend with in Pool H – and the ninth seeds started off well by upsetting USA, the No.8 seeds, 3-0 before clinching unexpected supremacy in the pool by seeing off Finland, the 21st seeds, 3-0. 

WSF World Junior Team Squash Championship, Chennai, India

Final qualifying rounds – Pool A:
[16] AUSTRALIA bt [20] SINGAPORE 3/0
Jack Hudson bt Kieren Tan 11-6, 11-3, 11-4 (35m)
Nicholas Calvert bt Aaron Liang 11-6, 11-7, 11-9 (35m)
Maaz Khatri bt Matthew Wong Yu Heng 11-5, 11-2, 11-4 (20m)
Final positions: 1 Egypt, 2 Australia, 3 Singapore

Pool B:
[2] CANADA bt [15] ARGENTINA 2/1
George Crowne bt Dylan Tymkiw 7-11, 2-11, 11-7, 11-2, 11-4 (52m)
Julien Gosset lost to Miguel Gonzalo Pujol 7-11, 11-9, 3-11, 11-2, 4-11 (61m)
James Flynn bt Jeremías Azaña 11-8, 11-7, 11-3 (34m)
[15] ARGENTINA bt [17] SCOTLAND 2/1
Dylan Tymkiw lost to John Meehan 11-8, 6-11, 3-11, 2-11 (40m)
Miguel Gonzalo Pujol bt Alasdair Prott 7-11, 11-5, 11-9, 11-8 (47m)
Jeremías Azaña bt Christopher Murphy 6-11, 11-5, 11-7, 13-15, 11-3 (55m)
Final positions: 1 Canada, 2 Argentina, 3 Scotland

Pool C:
[14] IRELAND bt [19] SOUTH AFRICA 2/1
Scott Gillanders bt Tristen Worth 11-9, 9-11, 11-8, 11-8 (62m)
Conor Moran bt Mikael Ismail 11-4, 11-7, 11-6 (30m)
Sam Buckley lost to Murray Schepers 11-8, 10-12, 11-8, 9-11, 6-11 (53m)
Final positions: 1 England, 2 Ireland, 3 South Africa

Pool D:
[4] MALAYSIA bt [13] FRANCE 2/1
Shahrul Izham Nurhaqiem bt Adrien Douillard 11-13, 9-11, 11-2, 14-12, 11-7 (74m)
Darren Rahul Pragasam bt Edwin Clain 12-10, 1-11, 11-5, 5-11, 11-5 (45m)
Siow Yee Xian lost to Toufik Mekhalfi 10-12, 11-2, 11-7, 11-13, 10-12 (60m)
[18] GERMANY bt [13] FRANCE 2/1
Maximillian Baum bt Manuel Paquemar 11-8, 6-11, 4-11, 11-9, 11-9 (66m)
Abdel-Rahman Ghait lost to Edwin Clain 4-11, 5-11, 12-10, 11-13 (52m)
Nils Schwab bt Adrien Douillard 11-8, 11-8, 7-11, 3-11, 11-7 (50m)
Final positions: 1 Malaysia, 2 Germany, 3 France

Pool E:
[12] SWITZERLAND bt [23] SAUDI ARABIA 3/0
Miguel Mathis bt Osama Alotaibi 11-1, 11-2, 11-5 (15m)
Yannick Wilhelmi bt Mohammad Almwled 11-5, 11-2, 11-2 (19m)
Nils Roesch bt Abdulmajeed Boureggah 11-3, 11-2, 11-1 (19m)
Final positions: 1 India, 2 Switzerland, 3 Saudi Arabia

Pool F:
[6] CZECH REPUBLIC bt [11] PAKISTAN 2/1
Marek Panacek lost to Haris Qasim 5-11, 6-11, 6-11 (37m)
Viktor Byrtus bt Abbas Zeb 11-9, 11-5, 9-11, 4-11, 11-9 (50m)
Ondrej Vorlicek bt Muhammad Uzair 11-4, 11-6, 6-11, 11-4 (30m)
[11] PAKISTAN bt [24] ZIMBABWE 3/0
Haris Qasim bt Aedan Martin 11-2, 11-2, 11-5 (21m)
Abbas Zeb bt Tayne Turnock 11-7, 11-2, 11-5 (25m)
Muhammad Uzair bt Ethan Alfalfa Porter 13-11, 11-8, 11-7 (26m)
Final positions: 1 Czech Republic, 2 Pakistan, 3 Zimbabwe

Pool G:
[10] NEW ZEALAND bt [22] QATAR 3/0
Anthony Lepper bt Ahmad Al-Muraikhi 11-2, 11-1, 11-3 (17m)
Matthew Lucente bt Hamad Al-Amri 11-9, 11-6, 11-5 (30m)
Temwa Chileshe bt Ibrahim Darwish 11-7, 11-7, 11-5 (23m)
Final positions: 1 New Zealand, 2 Colombia, 3 Qatar

Pool H:
[9] HONG KONG CHINA bt [8] USA 3/0
Chan Chi Ho Russell bt Ayush Menon 11-4, 14-12, 13-11 (39m)
Chung Yat Long bt Daelum Mawji 11-8, 11-2, 11-5 (32m)
Ho Ka Hei bt Tiber Worth 6-11, 11-6, 11-7, 11-5 (35m)
[9] HONG KONG CHINA bt [21] FINLAND 3/0
To Wai Lok bt Ville Koskinen 11-5, 11-3, 11-2 (19m)
Chung Yat Long bt Samuli Niskala 7-11, 11-4, 11-9, 11-3 (32m)
Ho Ka Hei bt Elias Korhonen 11-6, 9-11, 11-5, 11-9 (35m)
Final positions: 1 Hong Kong China, 2 USA, 3 Finland

Last 16 round line-up:
[1] EGYPT v [15] ARGENTINA
[9] HONG KONG CHINA v [7] COLOMBIA
[4] MALAYSIA v [14] IRELAND
[6] CZECH REPUBLIC v [12] SWITZERLAND
[5] INDIA v [11] PAKISTAN
[3] ENGLAND v [18] GERMANY
[10] NEW ZEALAND v [8] USA
[2] CANADA v [16] AUSTRALIA

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