At today’s 1st half of the 1st round all 8 seeded players got through. Only Swiss No.1 Nicolas Mueller was close to produce an upset, when he took 14th seed Englishman Adrian Grant to the full distance. Grant found the better end after 85 minutes and will meet Greg Gautier who ended Kuwait hopes, when he beat Abdullah Almezayen in 4 games. Complete results: [1] Nick Matthew (ENG) bt Stephen Coppinger (RSA) 11-9, 13-11, 11-6 (49m), [9] Daryl Selby (ENG) bt Jonathan Kemp (ENG) 11-3, 11-3, 11-6 (26m), [5] Gregory Gaultier (FRA) bt Abdullah Almezayen (KUW) 11-5, 11-5, 6-11, 11-2 (44m), [14] Adrian Grant (ENG) bt [Q] Nicolas Mueller (SUI) 5-11, 11-9, 11-8, 4-11, 11-8 (85m), [3] Amr Shabana (EGY) bt Stewart Boswell (AUS) 7-11, 11-8, 11-7, 11-6 (58m), [16] Cameron Pilley (AUS) bt [Q] Ryan Cuskelly (AUS) 11-7, 11-2, 11-8 (53m), [8] Peter Barker (ENG) bt [Q] Borja Golan (ESP) 11-6, 7-11, 11-3, 11-7 (75m), [15] Alister Walker (ENG) bt Olli Tuominen (FIN) 11-4, 11-7, 11-5 (44m).
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