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Walker in Fine Form for USA
by Elspeth Burnside Oct 24, 2001 © 2001 Elspeth Burnside and Squashtalk
[last update was 24-oct-01 ]

USA Finishes Fourth in Pool F
 [Men's Pool Draw] [Men's Teams]

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

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24

Pool F:
New Zealand bt USA 2-1 (P Steel lost to D Walker 9-2, 7-9, 8-10, 0-9; D Sharplin bt R Chin 3-9, 9-5, 9-6, 9-0; G Crosby bt P Quick 9-2, 9-6, 9-3);
Egypt bt France 2-1 (K Darwish lost to T Lincou 9-4, 8-10, 4-9, 5-9; O Elborolossy bt J-M Arcucci 9-5, 9-4, 9-3; M Abbas bt G Gaultier 6-9, 9-4, 9-6, 3-9, 9-4)
Final placings: 1, Egypt 2, France 3, New Zealand 4, USA

WALKER IN FINE FORM FOR USA

American no 1 Damien Walker claimed his country's first point with an impressive win over Paul Steel, but he couldn't stop new Zealand from claiming the tie 2-1 in the final Pool E match at the world championships.

But it was great day for Walker as he pulled off a battling 2-9, 9-7, 10-8, 9-0 victory over the former world top 20 Kiwi.

Richard Chin, in the second string match, raised hopes of another upset when he took the opening game against Daniel Sharplin, but he went down 3-9, 9-0, 9-6, 9-0, and Preston Quick then lost the deciding rubber 9-2, 9-6, 9-3 to George Crosby. "But it was a good performance by our boys," said coach Richard Millman. "I was delighted for Damien."

However, the USA finished fourth in Pool F and were drawn to face Norway in the first round of play-offs for places 17 to 24.