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Men's Team Last 16 Stage
by Elspeth Burnside Oct 25, 2001 © 2001 Elspeth Burnside and Squashtalk
[last update was 25-oct-01 ]

South Africa over Netherlands
 [Playoff Draw] [Men's Pool Draw] [Men's Teams]

WORLD MEN'S TEAM SQUASH CHAMPIONSHIPS - SPORTS AND AQUATICS CENTRE, MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - LAST 16 STAGE - THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25

South Africa continued an excellent run into the quarter-finals of the world team championships with a battling 2-1 win over the Netherlands in the world squash championships today at the Sports and Aquatics Centre in Melbourne, Australia.

With Gabor Marges having taken the opening rubber, the unseeded Dutch were suddenly favourites to go through. But Glenn Whittaker and Adrian Hansen hit back to secure the narrow victory for the no 11 seeds, South Africa.

Whittaker, the world no 102, scored a shock 10-8, 7-9, 9-3, 10-8 win over world no 26 Tommy Berden, and then Hansen beat Lucas Buit 9-3, 9-4, 9-7.

South Africa now meet Scotland in the quarter-finals. The Scots, seeded fifth, beat Finland 3-0, with top string John White battling back from two games down to beat Olli Tuominen 7-9, 6-9, 9-5, 9-3, 9-7 in a thrilling 85 minute encounter.

White had lost two of his three ties in the round robin stage, but he said: "This makes up for it. I felt I needed a really hard match and, hopefully, this was it."

For two-time former winners England, it was Veteran Chris Walker and newcomer Lee Beechill claimed the points in a 2-1 victory over Wales in the needle all-British tie.

Wales, the no two seeds and runners-up two years ago, had suffered a shock defeat to South Africa in the round robin stage to set up the tantalising all-British last 16 clash against England, the no three seeds.

The first tie between the no two strings was always going to be crucial, and Walker, the 34-year-old who reached the final of this year's British Open, had a surprisingly easy straight games win over Alex Gough, ranked one place higher at no 13 in the world.

Walker, who played for England's winning teams in 1995 and 1997, was in fine form as her cruised to a 9-3, 9-0, 9-7 win in just 40 minutes.

David Evans then hit back to win the top string match 4-9, 9-3, 9-6, 9-3 against Mark Chaloner, but British Champion Lee Beechill was always going to be strong for Greg Tippings in the third string.

The Yorkshireman, competing in his first world championships needed just 24 minutes to clinch the match 9-0, 9-2, 9-3 and send England through to a quarter-final against Malaysia, who beat Germany 2-1.

"I wanted to play well and give us a good start, and that's the way it worked out," said Walker. "It's good to go through and now we must have a good chance of reaching the semi-finals."

Canada, with world no two Jonathon Power clinching the win with a tough 9-7, 1-9, 9-7, 2-9, 9-4 scoreline against Derek Ryan, beat Ireland 3-0, and now meet Egypt, the 3-0 conquerors of Denmark, for a place in the last four.

The USA had a day's break before the 17-24 place play-off match against Norway.

Results:
Australia bt Sweden 3-0 (P Price bt C Drakenberg 9-2, 9-3, 4-9, 9-3; D Plamer bt D Forslund 9-3, 9-3, 9-3; S Boswell bt B A Aziz 9-1, 9-0);
France bt Pakistan 2-1 (R Lavigne lost to S Zaman 3-9, 4-9, 9-5, 7-9; T Lincou bt M Zaman 2-9, 9-7, 9-1, 10-9; G Gaultier bt S Khan 9-2, 9-5, 5-9, 9-4)
England bt Wales 2-1 (C Walker bt A Gough 9-3, 9-0, 9-7; M Chaloner lost to D Evans 9-4, 3-9, 6-9, 3-9; L Beechill bt G Tippings 9-0, 9-2, 9-3)
Malaysia bt Germany 2-1 (K Low lost to F Poessl 3-9, 7-9, 9-3, 9-10; O Beng He bt S Frenz 9-7, 9-2, 9-4; M Azlan bt E Schneider 9-0, 9-5, 5-9, 9-4)
Egypt bt Denmark 3-0 (A Shabana bt M Korsberg 9-0, 9-0, 9-2; O Elborolossy bt M Hansen 9-1, 9-1, 9-5; M Abbas bt D Knudsen 9-0, 9-2)
Canada bt Ireland 3-0 (G Ryding bt L Kenny 2-9, 9-0, 9-5, 9-0; J Power bt D Ryan 9-7, 1-9, 9-7, 2-9, 9-4; S Razik bt S Richardson 9-7, 9-7)
Scotland bt Finland 3-0 (M Heath bt M Monto 9-4, 9-2, 9-3; J White bt O Tuominen 7-9, 6-9, 9-5, 9-3, 9-7; N Frankland lost to J Raumolinen 4-9, 9-7, 9-6)
South Africa bt Netherlands 2-1 (M Toothill lost to G Marges 7-9, 5-9, 4-9; G Whittaker bt T Berden 10-8, 7-9, 9-3, 10-8; A Hansen bt L Buit 9-3, 9-4, 9-7)