First round second day results: Cathay Pacific Hong Kong Squash Open, Hong Kong
1st round (second day):
[1] Jonathon Power (CAN) bt Nick Taylor (ENG) 15/12 13/15 15/11 15/3
[Q] Stewart Boswell (AUS) bt Rodney Eyles (AUS) 15/13 9/15 17/16 17/15
[6] Simon Parke (ENG) bt Faheem Khan (HKG) 15/3 15/3 15/8
Paul Price (AUS) bt Omar Elborolossy (EGY) 17/16 15/9 15/9
[4] Paul Johnson (ENG) bt Mark Cairns (ENG) 15/11 15/7 15/6
John White (SCO) bt Byron Davis (AUS) 15/11 15/12 15/13
[8] Stefan Casteleyn (BEL) bt [Q] Juha Raumolin (FIN) 15/10 15/11 15/5
Graham Ryding (CAN) bt [Q] Stephen Meads (ENG) 15/10 13/15 15/3 15/11
Australia's former world champion Rodney Eyles crashed out of the $74,000 Cathay Pacific Hong Kong Open Squash Championship today, beaten 15/13 9/15 17/16 17/15 in the first round by compatriot Stewart Boswell, a qualifier. The ten-year age difference between Eyles, the 1996 Hong Kong champion, and the 21-year-old world No. 26 from Waramanga increasingly played its part as Boswell maintained his focus to earn a place in the second round after 78 minutes.
The young Aussie now meets the current world champion Jonathon Power, the 25-year-old top seed from Canada who took four games to overcome England's Nick Taylor 15/12 13/15 15/11 15/3 in 65 minutes.
England's world No. 6 Simon Parke, fresh from leading England to success in the World Cup in Holland, cruised past local player Faheem Khan 15/3 15/3 15/8 in less than 30 minutes, and now meets - for the first time - Australia's fast-improving Paul Price, the world No. 15 who defeated Egypt's Omar Elborolossy 17/16 15/9 15/9.
