In the qualifying finals of the Allam British Open Frenchman Mathieu Castagnet (le) had the longest match of the tournament so far, as he wore down Malaysian Mohd Nafiizwan Adnan (ri) 11-13, 11-9, 8-11, 11-8, 12-10 in an 112 minutes thrilling encounter.
Further qualifying results:
Alan Clyne (SCO) bt Siddharth Suchde (IND) 11-6, 11-5, 11-7 (38m)
Chris Simpson (ENG) bt Zac Alexander (AUS) 11-4, 11-7, 12-10 (56m)
Jonathan Kemp (ENG) bt Robbie Temple (ENG) 11-8, 11-7, 13-11 (43m)
Marwan El Shorbagy (EGY) bt Mohamed Abouelghar (EGY) 13-11, 11-4, 9-11, 8-11, 11-9
Max Lee (HKG) bt Amr Khaled Khalifa (EGY) 5-11, 11-8, 11-5, 13-11 (67m)
Ryan Cuskelly (AUS) bt Abdullah Al Muzayen (KUW) 5-11, 11-8, 11-9, 11-7 (67m)
Gregoire Marche (Fra) bt Karim Abdel Gawad (Egy) 12-10, 9-11, 9-11, 11-9, 11-8 (100m)
Main draw placements: Alister Walker v Chris Simpson, Mohamed El Shorbagy v Mathieu Castagnet, Nick Matthew v Max Lee, Stephen Coppinger v Alan Clyne, Laurens Jan Anjema v Gregoire Marche, Peter Barker v Ryan Cuskelly, Saurav Ghosal v Marwan El Shorbagy, Miguel Angel Rodriguez v Jonathan Kemp