WORLD SQUASH NEWS

RESULTS: Mamut Dutch Open Squash Championships, Almere, Netherlands

Men's Qualifying finals:
Ritwik Bhattacharya (IND) bt Jean-Michel Arcucci (FRA) w/o
Jan Koukal (CZE) bt Farrukh Zaman (PAK) 11-8, 8-11, 9-11, 11-6, 11-4
Scott Handley (ENG) bt Lucas Buit (NED) 11-2, 11-8, 11-3
Majid Khan (PAK) bt Cameron White (AUS) 11-7, 11-6, 11-10 (3-1)

Women's Qualifying finals:
Laura-Jane Lengthorn (ENG) bt Olga Puigdemont Sola (ESP) 9-2, 9-3, 10-9
Lauren Briggs (ENG) bt Karen Kronemeyer (NED) 9-3, 9-2, 9-6
Tegwen Malik (WAL) bt Rebecca Botwright (ENG) 9-0, 10-8, 10-8
Latasha Khan (USA) bt Dominique Lloyd-Walter (ENG) 10-9, 2-9, 9-4, 9-3

Champ Buit Beaten In Dutch Open Qualifying

Local hero Lucas Buit, the nine-times Dutch National champion making his last appearance in a PSA Tour event, failed to make it into the first round of the Mamut Dutch Open Squash Championships when he was beaten 11-2 11-8 11-3 by England's Scott Handley in the qualifying finals in Almere in the Netherlands.

Handley joins India's Ritwik Bhattacharya, Pakistan's Majid Khan and Jan Koukal, from the Czech Republic, in the first round of the men's event.

Two English players fought through the women's qualifying finals - Laura-Jane Lengthorn and Lauren Briggs, who are joined by Welsh qualifier Tegwen Malik and the USA's Latasha Khan.