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USA Loses to France
by Elspeth Burnside Oct 23, 2001 © 2001 Elspeth Burnside and Squashtalk
[last update was 23-oct-01 ]

USA Bound for Losers Bracket
 [Men's Pool Draw] [Men's Teams]

WORLD MEN'S TEAM SQUASH CHAMPIONSHIPS - SPORTS AND AQUATICS CENTRE, MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - SECOND DAY

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23

Pool F:
France bt USA 3-0 (J-M Arcucci bt R Chin 9-2, 9-1, 9-0; R Lavigne bt D Walker 9-5, 9-2, 9-4; G Gaultier bt P Quick 7-9, 9-5, 10-9, 9-3);

US v FRANCE - AH NON!

Preston Quick, one of the new rising stars of American squash, claimed the first game for his team in the world championships, but France still walked off with a 3-0 victory.

Quick took the opening game against Gregory Gaultier in the third string match, but the Frenchman hit back to win 7-9, 9-5, 10-9, 9-3. In the top match, Damien Walker lost 9-5, 9-2, 9-4 yo Renan Lavigne, while Richard Chin went down 9-2, 9-1, 9-0 to Jean Michel Arcucci. The USA now meet New Zealand, the other unseeded side in Pool F, in the final tie before the play-off stage.