Qualifier Tom Richards (pic) from England did produce the 1st upset in the Tournament of Champions when he overcame Malaysian world no.21 Ong Beng Hee in straight but very tight games 11-6, 12-10, 12-10. The 7 other matches went the direction as the seedings have predicted: [1] Ramy Ashour (EGY) bt Olli Tuominen (FIN) 12-10, 11-3, 11-8; Stewart Boswell (AUS) bt Saurav Ghosal (IND) 11-6, 11-8, 14-16, 11-5; [8] David Palmer (AUS) bt Julian Illingworth (USA) 11-8, 11-7, 11-9; [7] Mohamed El Shorbagy (EGY) bt Mohd Azlan Iskandar (MAS) 11-8, 11-8, 12-10; Shahier Razik (CAN) bt [Q] Chris Ryder (ENG) 11-6, 6-11, 8-11, 11-7, 11-5; [Q] Borja Golan (ESP) bt [Q] Tarek Momen (EGY) 11-9, 11-7, 11-8; [3] James Willstrop (ENG) bt Jonathan Kemp (ENG) 11-5, 11-7, 11-5.
