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Gerrard Grand Prix, Manchester UK
NON-RANKING
INVITATIONAL Sept 23-26
Onsite Reporting:
Howard Harding for iSquash
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2005 SquashTalk LLC (last update, 26-sep-05 10:18 PM )
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Thierry Lincou wins 2005 Event over Nick Matthew 3 games to 1
DRAWS
AND RESULTS:
Men's Draw with
latest results.
Women's Draw with
latest results.
LATEST NEWS:
SquashTalk reporting from Manchester UK:
| Final: Thierry Lincou defeats Nick Matthew. (Howard Harding 9-26-05). Final report. | |
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Third Evening: Matthew and Lincou qualify for finals. (Howard Harding 9-25-05). Day three report. Botwright wins women's. |
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Second Evening: Matthew defeats Beachill. (Howard Harding 9-24-05). Day two report. |
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First Evening: Shabana looks fresh against White, Lincou over Willstrop. (Howard Harding 9-23-05). Day one report. |
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Event Preview: Eight top men to contest the Gerrard Grand Prix Event. (Howard Harding 9-22-05). Matchups and schedule. |
Finals
(and "placements")
Finals: Thierry
Lincou def Nick Matthew 1-11 11-10(5-3) 11-8 11-6 (67m)
3rd Pl: James Willstrop vs Lee Beachill 11-8 11-10(2-0) 6-11 9-11 11-9
(79m)
5th Pl: Amr Shabana def Anthony Ricketts 11-9 11-8 11-8 (26m)
7th Pl: Karim Darwish def John White 11-10(4-2) 11-4 9-11 11-9 (54m)
Manchester Group (Sept 23-25):
Manchester |
Thierry Lincou (FR) |
James Willstrop (ENG) |
John White (SCO) |
Amr Shabana (EGY) |
Matches |
Games |
Points |
| Thierry Lincou | 3-2 |
3-1 |
3-1 |
3-0 |
9-4 |
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| James
Willstrop |
2-3 |
3-1 |
3-1 |
2-1 |
8-5 |
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| John White | 1-3 |
1-3 |
1-3 |
0-3 |
3-9 |
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| Amr Shabana | 1-3 |
1-3 |
3-1 |
1-2 |
5-7 |
Top
finisher qualifiers for the finals, others for "placement" matches
(3-8 positions)
Pool One Matches:
Friday Sept 23 :
Thierry Lincou def James Willstrop 11-6, 9-11, 11-7,
4-11, 11-4 (53m)
Amr
Shabana def John White 11-9, 11-6, 9-11, 11-3 (49m)
Saturday Sept 24: Thierry Lincou def John White 11-7,
4-11, 11-4, 11-4 (45m)
James
Willstrop def Amr Shabana 11-2, 2-11, 11-10 (3-1),
11-9 (41m)
Sunday Sept 25: Thiery Lincou
def Amr Shabana 11-1 5-11 11-3 11-5(31m)
John White vs James Willstrop def John White 5-11
11-6 11-8 11-4 (42m)
Gerrard Group (Sept 23-25):
Top finisher qualifiers for the finals, others for "placement" matches (3-8 positions)
Pool Two Matches:
Friday Sept 23 :
Nick Matthew def Karim Darwish 7-11, 11-3,
11-9, 11-7 (58m)
Lee
Beachill def Anthony Ricketts 11-9, 7-11, 11-5, 11-2 (61m)
Saturday Sept 24: Anthony Ricketts def Karim Darwish 11-9,
8-11, 11-10 (3-1), 11-7 (56m)
Nick
Matthew def Lee Beachill 10-11 (0-2), 11-7, 11-4, 11-9 (60m)
Sunday Sept 25: Lee
Beachill def Karim Darwish 11-9 11-4 11-4 (30m)
Nick Matthew def Anthony Ricketts 11-8 8-11 11-8 11-7
(69m)
Players |
Semi Finals (Sat) |
Finals |
| Jenny
Duncalf |
Jenny
Duncalf 9-3, 9-4, 9-3 (40m) |
Vicky
Botwright
8-10
8-10 10-8 9-7, 9-4
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| Laura Jane Lengthorn | ||
| Vicky Botwright | Vicky
Botwright 9-5,8-10
9-3, 9-1 (55m) |
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| Tania Bailey |
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