England’s Nick Matthew and New Zealander Joelle King (pic) will be going for double gold in the Commonwealth Games Squash Doubles finals after both survived arduous semi-finals in Delhi. Matthew, the world No2 who won singles gold for the first time, partnered Adrian Grant to an 11-10, 11-9 win in 65 minutes over 4th seeded Australians Ryan Cuskelly & Cameron Pilley in the Men’s Doubles semi-finals. Joelle King, the world No24, had to play three matches. After first winning her Mixed Doubles quarter-final with Martin Knight, the 22-year-old paired up with Jaclyn Hawkes to upset Australia’s No2 seeds Lisa Camilleri & Amelia Pittock 5-11, 11-5, 11-5 in a Women’s Doubles semi – then immediately afterwards linked back with Knight in their 11th-seeded Mixed partnership to see off the third-seeded Malaysians Nicol David & Ong Beng Hee 11-7, 11-10 in 53 minutes. Men’s Doubles Final: [1] Adrian Grant & Nick Matthew (ENG) v [2] Stewart Boswell & David Palmer (AUS). Women’s Doubles Final: [3] Jenny Duncalf & Laura Massaro (ENG) v [4] Jaclyn Hawkes & Joelle King (NZL) Mixed Doubles Final: [1] Kasey Brown & Cameron Pilley (AUS) v [11] Joelle King & Martin Knight (NZL).
