WORLD SQUASH NEWS

RESULTS: Prince Canary Islands Open Squash Championship, Tenerife

1st round:
[1] Alex Gough (WAL) bt Andrew Whipp (ENG) 15-8, 15-11, 15-11
Hisham Moh'd Ashour (EGY) bt [5] Stephen Meads (ENG) 15-13, 13-15, 15-10, 10-15, 15-8
[3] Rodney Durbach (RSA) bt Christian Drakenberg (SWE) 15-8, 15-12, 15-7
[6] David Evans (WAL) bt [Q] Ashley Flathers (ENG) 15-7, 15-5, 15-6
[8] Del Harris (ENG) bt [Q] David Barnett (ENG) 15-3, 15-10, 15-7
[4] Dan Jenson (AUS) bt Oriol Salvia (ESP) 15-13, 15-13, 15-12
[7] Borja Golan (ESP) bt [Q] Dylan Bennett (NED) 15-2, 15-3, 15-7
[2] Adrian Grant (ENG) bt [Q] Iago Cornes (ESP) 15-10, 15-7, 15-8

Assured Ashour Axes Meads

Unseeded Egyptian Hisham Moh'd Ashour toppled England's Stephen Meads in the only seeding upset on the opening day's play in the Prince Canary Islands Open Squash Championship in Tenerife.

Ashour defeated the fifth seed 15-13 13-15 15-10 10-15 15-8 to earn a quarter-final clash with top seed Alex Gough, the world No20 from Wales who dismissed England's Andrew Whipp 15-8 15-11 15-11.