Campbell Grayson's through to the final round of qualifying at the World Open in Manchester, but Martin Knight has bowed out. |
New Zealand's Campbell Grayson is safely through to the qualifying finals at the prestigious World Open Squash Championships in Manchester.
Grayson has won his opening qualifier in straight games, beating Denmark's Morten W Sorenson 11/9 11/2 11/2. The 22-year-old Aucklander will now face Switzerland's Nicolas Mueller for a place in the first round of the main draw.
Meanwhile, fellow kiwi Martin Knight's tournament has come to an early end. Knight has gone down in the first qualifying round, beaten 11/7 11/7 11/2 by India's Siddarth Suchde.
Results...
Men's 1st qualifying round:
Dylan Bennett (NED)bt Morgan Hibberd(ENG)11-6, 11-7, 11-6 (34m)
Joel Hinds(ENG)bt Bradley Hindle(AUS)11-5, 11-8, 12-10 (42m)
Mohd Nafiizwan Adnan(MAS)bt Tom Dwyer(ENG)11-2, 11-6, 11-9 (32m)
Ben Ford (ENG)bt Ky Hibberd(ENG)11-6, 11-1, 11-6(25m)
Mohd Ali Anwar Reda(EGY)bt Peter Billson (ENG) 11-2, 11-8, 11-7 (28m)
Yann Perrin (FRA) bt Wade Johnstone (AUS) 11-6, 11-3, 13-11 (40m)
Mohamed El Shorbagy (EGY) bt Issa Kamara (SLE)11-5, 11-7, 11-9 (19m)
Joe Lee (ENG) bt John Rooney (IRL) 7-11, 20-18, 5-11, 11-6, 11-6 (69m)
Jorge Isaac Baltazar Ferreira (MEX) bt Rob Sutherland (WAL) 9-11, 12-10, 11-9, 5-11, 11-3 (63m)
Siddharth Suchde (IND) bt Martin Knight (NZL)11-7, 11-7, 11-2 (64m)
David Phillips (CAN) bt Arthur Gaskin(IRL)12-10, 11-6, 11-6 (45m)
Khawaja Adil Maqbool(PAK) bt Matthew Karwalski (AUS)13-11, 11-5, 11-7 (31m)
Simon Rosner (GER) bt Chris Truswell (ENG) 11-8, 11-5, 11-6 (29m)
Badr Abdel Aziz (SWE) bt Luca Mastrostefano (ITA)15-13, 11-7, 10-12, 7-11, 11-1 (60m)
Scott Arnold (AUS) bt Alex Stait (ENG)11-9, 11-13, 14-12, 11-4 (62m)
Stephen Coppinger (RSA) bt Tom Pashley (ENG)11-2, 11-6, 11-4 (30m)
Steve Finitsis (AUS) bt Jaymie Haycocks (ENG)11-8, 11-3, 11-4 (31m)
Arturo Salazar (MEX) bt Clinton Leeuw (RSA) 11-9, 12-10, 11-6 (45m)
Robbie Temple (ENG) bt Philip Nightingale (ENG)10-12, 9-11, 11-8, 11-6, 11-6 (69m)
Jesse Engelbrecht (RSA) bt Waqar Mehboob (PAK)9-11, 11-4, 6-11, 11-4, 11-8 (55m)
Shahid Zaman (PAK) bt Darren Lewis (ENG) 9-11, 11-8, 11-6, 11-9 (43m)
Amr Mansi (EGY) bt James Snell (ENG) 12-10, 11-6, 11-7 (40m)
Chris Simpson (ENG) bt Rasmus Nielsen (DEN)9-11, 11-7, 11-7, 11-2 (51m)
Liam Kenny (IRL) bt Nafzahizam Adnan (MAS)11-5, 11-1, 11-7 (33m)
Campbell Grayson (NZL) bt Morten W Sorensen (DEN)11-9, 11-2, 11-2 (31m)
Nicolas Mueller (SUI) bt Jonathan Harford (ENG)10-12, 11-3, 11-5, 11-3 (38m)
Mathieu Castagnet (FRA) bt Andrew McDougall (CAN)11-5, 11-5, 11-4 (41m)
Ritwik Bhattacharya (IND) bt Lewis Walters (ENG) 11-6, 11-9, 11-2 (30m)
Andrew Whipp (ENG) bt Christopher Gordon (USA)6-11, 11-8, 12-10, 11-5 (55m)
Ryan Cuskelly (AUS) bt Cesar Salazar (MEX)11-8, 12-10, 12-10 (62m)
Gilly Lane (USA) bt Shaun le Roux (ENG) w/o
Mark Krajcsak (HUN) bt Colin Ramasra (TRI) 11-4, 11-4, 11-5 (30m)
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