First round results: Cathay Pacific Hong Kong Squash Open, Hong Kong
1st round (first day):
Alex Gough (WAL) bt [Q] Joseph Kneipp (AUS) 14/15 15/13 10/15 15/11 15/5
[5] Martin Heath (SCO) bt [Q] David Palmer (AUS) 15/12 15/13 9/15 15/7
Mark Chaloner (ENG) bt Dan Jenson (AUS) 15/11 15/8 13/15 17/14
[3] Ahmed Barada (EGY) bt [Q] Amr Shabana (EGY) 15/9 9/15 15/11 8/15 15/5
[Q] Billy Haddrell (AUS) bt Amjad Khan (PAK) 8/15 16/17 15/11 15/11 15/11
[7] Anthony Hill (AUS) bt David Evans (WAL) 15/13 15/11 15/6
Chris Walker (ENG) bt [Q] Craig Rowland (AUS) 12/15 15/8 11/15 15/10 15/7
[2] Peter Nicol (SCO) bt Thierry Lincou (FRA) 15/12 15/10 12/15 15/10
Australian qualifier Billy Haddrell and England's world No. 24 Mark Chaloner
caused the first upsets in the opening day of the $74,000 Cathay Pacific Hong
Kong Open Squash Championship.
Haddrell overcame a 2-0 deficit to beat world No. 13 Amjad Khan, remarkably the
only Pakistani in the draw, 8/15 16/17 15/11 15/11 15/11. Meanwhile
Chaloner, a member of England's World Cup winning squad earlier this month in
Holland - who only made the main draw after the withdrawal of Ireland's Derek
Ryan - dismissed Australia's world No.11 Dan Jenson 15/11 15/8 13/15 17/14.
