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Canada drubs Finland
by Louis Daignault Oct 24, 2001 © 2001 Squashtalk
[last update was 24-oct-01 ]

2001 SquashTalk coverage will feature regular Canada Team updates from Louis Daignault

CANADA REMAINS UNDEFEATED AT WORLD TEAM SQUASH CHAMPIONSHIPS MELBOURNE, Australia—Canada aced its first big test at the world team squash championships Wednesday defeating ninth-seeded Finland 3-0 to win its pool with a perfect record and advance to the playoff round. Jonathon Power of Toronto, ranked number-two in the world, defeated Olli Tuominen 9-4, 9-6, 4-9, 9-4; Graham Ryding Toronto, making his first appearance at the championships, dumped Mika Monto 9-2, 9-7, 9-0 and Shahier Razik of Toronto beat Juha Raumolin 9-5, 2-9, 9-5, 9-5.

The victory was sweet revenge for the fourth-seeded Canadians. At the 1999 worlds, with Power sidelined with an injury, the Finns beat the Canadians to put them out of medal contention. Canada finished sixth after a best ever second place finish in 1997.

Canada meets 12th seeded Ireland in the round of 16 on Thursday. The Irish finished second in pool A at 2-1. There was a big upset on Wednesday as South Africa, seeded 11th, defeated number-two Wales 2-1 to win pool B. In pool F, three teams finished a 2-1 and Malaysia was ranked first followed by Scotland and the Netherlands. All three squads are headed to the playoff round. The other pools went as expected with number-one, Australia, number-three England, and number-six Egypt all finishing the round robin with perfect 3-0 marks.