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Netherlands Upset Scotland In World Championship Opener
by Howard Harding, Oct 22, 2001 © 2001 Squashtalk
[last update wa s 23-oct-01 ]

2001 SquashTalk coverage will feature regular updates from squash journalist Elspeth Burnside.

Team Pool Draw

NETHERLANDS UPSET SCOTLAND IN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP OPENER

Fifth seeds Scotland, fielding their strongest squad in many years, including two players from the world top ten, fell to a shock 2-1 defeat to Netherlands in today's (Monday) opening qualifying round in the Men's World Team Squash Championship in Melbourne, Australia.

Led by world No7 John White, twice the Scottish national champion, and world No9 Martin Heath, Scotland were expected to considerably improve on their 16th place finish in the previous championships and best-ever 8th position in 1981. While Heath dismissed the Netherlands No2 Gabor Marges 9-2 9-0 9-3, Australian-born White collapsed 9-7 2-9 9-7 10-8 to fast-rising Dutch champion Tommy Berden - ranked 19 places lower in the world. In the decider, Scotland's Neil Frankland came back from 2-0 down to level the match against former full-time player Lucas Buit, but the Dutchman stemmed the fightback to win 10-8 9-7 8-10 5-9 10-8 to give the underdogs, seeded 13/18, a memorable victory.

Hosts and top seeds Australia conceded just six points in three matches in beating Hong Kong 3-0.

RESULTS: Men's World Team Squash Championship, Melbourne, Australia 1st qualifying round

Pool A:
[1] Australia bt Hong Kong 3-0 (David Palmer bt Faheem Khan 9-0 9-0 9-2; Stewart Boswell bt Vincent Cheung 9-0 9-0 9-0; John Williams bt Jackie Lee 9-3 9-0 9-1)
[12] Ireland bt Norway 3-0 (Derek Ryan bt Richard Larsson 9-4 9-2 9-1; Liam Kenny bt Raymond Pettersen 9-0 9-3 9-0; Steve Richardson bt Jaokim Salem 9-3 9-2 9-3)

Pool B:
[2] Wales bt Mexico 3-0 (David Evans bt Mariano Aguilar 9-0 9-5 9-0; Alex Gough bt Armando Zarazua 9-2 9-3 9-5; Greg Tippings bt Octavio Montero 9-1 9-1 9-3)
[11] South Africa bt Germany 3-0 (Rodney Durbach bt Simon Frenz 9-10 9-1 10-8 9-6; Glenn Whittaker bt Stefan Leifels 9-1 9-5 9-0; Adrian Hansen bt Florian Poessl 3-9 9-5 9-2 9-4)

Pool C:
[3] England bt Sweden 3-0 (Mark Chaloner bt Daniel Forslund 9-1 9-4 9-5; Paul Johnson bt Christian Drakenberg 9-6 9-1 4-9 3-9 9-0; Lee Beachill bt Badr Aziz 9-0 9-0 9-2)
[10] Pakistan bt Kenya 3-0 (Mansoor Zaman bt Otto Kwach 9-0 9-0 9-1; Shahid Zaman bt Hartaj Bains 9-0 9-3 9-6; Ajaz Azmat bt Rajdeep Bains 9-1 9-2 9-1)

Pool D:
[4] Canada bt Japan 3-0 (Jonathon Power bt Kimihiko Sano 9-0 9-0 9-2; Shahier Razik bt Takehide Hota 9-2 9-0 9-2; Kelly Patrick bt Yoshihiro Watanabe 9-0 10-9 9-0)
[9] Finland bt Denmark 3-0 (Olli Tuominen bt Mikkel Korsbjerg 10-9 7-9 9-4 9-6; Mika Monto bt Michael Hansen 9-4 9-5 9-4; Juha Raumolin bt Mads Korsbjerg 7-9 9-5 9-1 9-1)

Pool E:
Netherlands bt [5] Scotland 2-1 (Tommy Berden bt John White 9-7 2-9 9-7 10-8; Gabor Marges lost to Martin Heath 2-9 0-9 3-9; Lucas Buit bt Neil Frankland 10-8 9-7 8-10 5-9 10-8)
[8] Malaysia bt Austria 3-0 (Ong Beng Hee bt Gerhard Schedlbauer 9-7 9-1 9-1; Kenneth Low bt Markus Rossler 9-1 9-2 9-3; Moh'd Azlan Iskandar bt Andreas Fuchs 9-3 9-1 9-1)

Pool F:
[6] Egypt bt USA 3-0 (Omar Elborolossy bt Damian Walker 9-4 9-2 9-0; Amr Shabana bt Richard Chin 9-6 9-0 9-0; Mohammed Abbas bt Tim Wyant 9-0 9-0 9-1)
[7] France bt New Zealand 3-0 (Thierry Lincou bt Paul Steel 9-1 9-1 9-4; Renan Lavigne bt Daniel Sharplin 9-5 9-0 9-4; Jean-Michel Arcucci bt George Crosby 7-9 5-9 9-2 10-8 9-3)