… did end with victories of the favourite players in different styles. While Australian 11th seed David Palmer did not feel at his best, he was still in control to beat the Englishman Jonathan Kemp 11-5, 11-9, 11-6 in 33 minutes. French veteran Thierry Lincou (pic ri) found more difficulties to get back from one game down to beat firing Egyptian Hisham Ashour (pic le) 6-11, 11-5, 16-14, 11-9. Stewart Boswell (AUS) took the chance of a solid win over Egyptian qualifier Omar Abdel Aziz (EGY) (11-6, 11-9, 11-5), while his compatriot 3rd seeded Karim Darwish punished 19-years-old Fin Henrik Mustonen in 20 minutes 11-2, 11-5, 11-4.