WORLD SQUASH NEWS

RESULTS: German Open Squash Championships, Gerlingen, Germany

Men's 1st round:
[1] Omar Elborolossy (EGY) bt [Q] Simon Baker (GER) 15-6, 15-4, 15-1 (31m)
[14] Matthew Giuffre (CAN) bt Stefan Leifels (GER) 15-12, 15-6, 17-16 (46m)
[6] Hisham Moh'd Ashour (EGY) bt [Q] Mark Krajcsak (HUN) 15-12, 15-8, 15-12 (34m)
[11] Bradley Ball (ENG) bt Dylan Bennett (NED) 15-10, 15-9, 12-15, 15-13 (57m)
[3] Davide Bianchetti (ITA) bt [Q] Duncan Walsh (ENG) 15-11, 15-13, 15-11 (47m)
[15] Majid Khan (PAK) bt Laurent Elriani (FRA) 15-5, 15-3, 15-11 (44m)
Khayal Muhammad (PAK) bt [7] Lee Drew (ENG) 15-13, 13-15, 15-12, 15-9 (70m)
Christian Drakenberg (SWE) bt [16] Scott Handley (ENG) 15-12, 15-8, 8-15, 7-15, 15-7 (72m)
[10] Alister Walker (ENG) bt [Q] Andre Holderegger (SUI) 15-9, 17-16, 15-3 (47m)
Stacey Ross (ENG) bt [9] Lars Harms (SUI) 15-17, 15-6, 13-15, 15-10, 15-4 (96m)
[12] Glenn Keenan (AUS) bt Derek Ryan (IRL) 13-15, 15-3, 15-8, 15-6 (40m)
[4] Moh'd Azlan Iskandar (MAS) bt [Q] Luca Mastrostefano (ITA) 10-15, 15-3, ret. (18m)
Saeed Hassan (PAK) bt [Q] Jesse Engelbrecht (ZIM) 15-6, 7-15, 15-5, 15-7 (47m)
[8] Mark Heather (ENG) bt [Q] Simon Rösner (GER) 10-15, 15-8, 17-16, 15-8 (56m)
Raj Nanda (AUS) bt [13] Liam Kenny (IRL) 15-11, 10-15, 15-11, 11-15, 15-10 (81m)
[2] Adrian Grant (ENG) bt [Q] Michael Fiteni (NED) 8-15, 15-7, 15-3, 15-2 (61m)

Women's qualifying finals:
Kirsty McPhee (ENG) bt Petra Vihar (SLO) 9-0, 9-0, 9-0 (21m)
Olivia Hauser (SUI) bt Daniela Schumann (GER) 9-1, 9-0, 9-0 (18m)
Dagmar Vermeulen (NED) bt Carola Weiss (GER) 5-9, 8-10, 9-4, 9-0, 9-5 (66m)
Chinatsu Matsui (JPN) bt Ivy Pochoda (USA) 10-9, 9-7, 9-1 (35m)

Domestic Hopes Dashed In German Open

Domestic hopes were dashed on the opening day of the men's event in the German Open Squash Championships when all three local players lost out to higher-ranked international opposition in Gerlingen.

German qualifiers Simon Rösner and Simon Baker crashed out to England's eighth seed Mark Heather and Egyptian favourite Omar Elborolossy, respectively, while National champion Stefan Leifels lost 15-12 15-6 17-16 to Canada's 14th seed Matthew Giuffre - who now faces Elborolossy.

English players were involved in three upsets in the opening round of the first German Open on the PSA Tour for 12 years.  In the longest match of the day, unseeded Stacey Ross twice came from behind to overwhelm Switzerland's ninth seed Lars Harms 15-17 15-6 13-15 15-10 15-4 in 96 minutes.  The Surrey 30-year-old, who last week reached the semi-finals of the Dutch Open unseeded, now faces tenth-seeded compatriot Alister Walker for a place in the last eight.

But England's seventh seed Lee Drew and 16th seed Scott Handley failed to reach their anticipated places in the second round after falling to Pakistan's Khayal Muhammad and Sweden's Christian Drakenberg, respectively.

In the qualifying finals for the women's event, Japan's Chinatsu Matsui upset Ivy Pochoda of the USA in straight games, and will now face England's top seed Laura-Jane Lengthorn in the first round.

Women's 1st round draw:
[1] Laura-Jane Lengthorn (ENG) v [Q] Chinatsu Matsui (JPN)
[7] Orla Noom (MED) v [Q] Kirsty McPhee (ENG)
[3] Raneem El Weleily (EGY) v Milja Dorenbos (NED)
[8] Margriet Huisman (NED) v [Q] Olivia Hauser (SUI)
[6] Line Hansen (DEN) v Nicolette Fernandes (GUY)
[4] Karen Kronemeyer (NED) v [Q] Dagmar Vermeulen (NED)
[5] Amnah El Trabolsy (EGY) v Manuela Manetta (ITA)
[2] Eman El Amir (EGY) v Kathrin Rohrmuller (GER)