As the top seeds Egypt (pic) secured 2 straightforward wins in the 1st 2 qualifying rounds in Pool A against Australia and host India, 2nd seed England went down 1-2 to France in Pool B. The WSF Under-21 World Cup is the inaugural mixed team event launched by the World Squash Federation in the Indian city of Chennai.
Qualifying rounds - Pool A:
[1] EGYPT bt [5] AUSTRALIA 3/0
Marwan El Shorbagy bt Jamie McErvale 11-8, 11-3, 11-3 (26m)
Nour El Tayeb bt Tamika Saxby 11-4, 11-4, 11-7 (28m)
Mohamed Abouelghar bt Walter Koteka 11-8, 11-7, 11-4 (18m)
[4] INDIA bt [8] GERMANY 3/0
Ramit Tandon bt Rudi Rohrmuller 11-2, 11-5, 12-10 (45m)
Dipika Pallikal bt Franziska Hennes 11-2, 11-4, 11-7 (20m)
Karan Malik bt Valentin Rapp 11-8, 11-6, 11-4 (33m)
[5] AUSTRALIA bt [8] GERMANY 2/1
Jamie McErvale lost to Rudi Rohrmuller 10-12, 12-10, 3-11, 8-11 (62m)
Sarah Cardwell bt Annika Wiese 11-6, 11-7, 11-4 (20m)
Walter Koteka bt Sven Lemmermann 13-11, 11-9, 11-0 (30m)
[1] EGYPT bt [4] INDIA 3/0
Marwan El Shorbagy bt Ravi Dixit 11-7, 6-11, 11-4, 12-10 (44m)
Nour El Sherbini bt Anaka Alankamony 11-6, 11-3, 11-7 (25m)
Karim Abdel Gawad bt Karan Malik 3-11, 11-9, 11-0, 11-3 (31m)
[1] EGYPT v [8] GERMANY
[4] INDIA v [5] AUSTRALIA
Pool B:
[2] ENGLAND bt [6] HONG KONG CHINA 3/0
Charles Sharpes bt Cheuk Yan Tang 11-1, 11-2, 11-8 (28m)
Emily Whitlock bt Karman Siu 11-2, 11-9, 9-11, 11-7 (35m)
Declan James bt Wong Chi-Him 11-6, 11-8, 12-10 (35m)
[3] FRANCE bt [7] MALAYSIA 2/1
Lucas Serme bt Affeeq Abedeen Ismail 11-5, 11-9, 11-9 (31m)
Cyrielle Peltier lost to Tan Yan Xin 6-11, 11-13, 13-11, 2-11 (42m)
Geoffrey Demont bt Sanjay Singh 11-5, 11-7, 11-6 (33m)
[6] HONG KONG CHINA bt [7] MALAYSIA 2/1
Yeung Ho Wai bt Affeeq Abedeen Ismail 11-5, 6-11, 11-9, 11-4 (53m)
Tong Tsz-Wing bt Tan Yan Xin 11-6, 6-11, 11-8, 11-4 (39m)
Wong Chi-Him lost to Sanjay Singh 11-5, 6-11, 11-6, 10-12, 6-11 (50m)
[3] FRANCE bt [2] ENGLAND 2/1
Lucas Serme bt Charles Sharpes 11-8, 11-5, 11-4 (36m)
Cyrielle Peltier lost to Emily Whitlock 4-11, 1-11, 9-11 (28m)
Geoffrey Demont bt Ben Coleman 11-8, 11-8, 11-8 (58m)
[2] ENGLAND v [7] MALAYSIA
[3] FRANCE v [6] HONG KONG CHINA
Category: "teams"
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At the men’s event Paderborn celebrated a record 7th title in the 1st all-German men's final since 2004. Top-ranked Spaniard Borja Golan and Simon Rosner, the German No1 from Paderborn, gave the defending champions a 2/0 lead with wins over Australian David Palmer and German Jens Schoor, respectively. And after German world championship star Andre Haschker raised Worms' hopes with a straight games win over Paderborn stalwart Tim Garner, it was left to fellow Englishman Peter Nicol - the former world No1 and world champion who has represented Paderborn with distinction for more than 10 years - to ensure the club's historic 7th title after taking the 2nd game against Italian Marcus Berrett, in a match which finished 12-14, 11-4 (ret.).
German team to win European Club Championship
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Video interview with Team India in Germany!
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Backstage with Saurav Ghosal, Siddharth Suchde, Harinder Pal Sandhu, Mahesh Mangaonkar and the coaches Cyrus Poncha and Major S Maniam at the World Teams 2011 in Paderborn ...
US Team: Chris Gordon’s one-armed press-ups!
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Watch out for the US team in the interview - additionally watch out for Chris Gordon's one-armed press-ups ...
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Egypt sensationally retained their title in the Men's World Team Squash Championship after upsetting favourites England 2/1 in a thrilling final in Paderborn, Germany. With sell-out crowds throughout the week, the final between the top 2 seeds was the dream climax to an event which is being hailed as the best world championship ever. The top two players in the world took to the court for the opening clash, with Egypt taking early honours when Ramy Ashour beat Nick Matthew 11-7, 11-9, 14-12. Peter Barker brought the top seeds back into contention when he overcame Ramy's older brother Hisham Ashour 11-6, 11-9, 11-7. The decider featured Karim Darwish and James Willstrop - a pair who have been opponents on a squash court since the world junior championships in 2000, with Englishman Willstrop boasting a 12-6 head to head advantage. But, after losing out to Frenchman Thierry Lincou in the semi-finals, Darwish was determined to make amends. The 29-year-old took the 1st 2 games, then survived the loss of the 3rd to record an 11-5, 13-11, 9-11, 11-4 championship-winning.
Egypt is the new World Team Champion!
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Peter Barker (pic with MC Lars Osthoff) leveled for England, as he overcame Hisham Ashour in the 2nd match of the World teams final. Barker was able to survive the attacking Ashour and made the important points which gave him the 11-6, 11-9, 11-7 victory.
