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Ryding, Lincou, Boswell, Durbach Qualify for PNC Open
NICOL BACK IN ACTION IN FLORIDA
By Howard Harding, London - Scotland's world squash champion Peter Nicol returns to competitive action tonight (Wednesday) in the USA when he leads the top-flight field in the $50,000 PNC Investments Florida Open in Boca Raton.
The 27-year-old world No2 from Aberdeen withdrew from last month's British Open, fearing he had a stress fracture of his shin. Later diagnosis proved the ailment - which caused the first injury withdrawal from an event of his career - to be a less serious inflammation of his tendon. Nicol meets South African qualifier Rodney Durbach in the opening round - whilst his rival Jonathon Power, the Canadian world No2 who claimed the US Open title in Boston last week, faces another qualifier, Frenchman Thierry Lincou.
RESULTS: PNC Investments Florida Open Squash, Boca Raton, Florida, USA
1st qualifying round:
Thierry Lincou (FRA) bt Sunny Hunt (AUS) 15-8, 15-5, 15-5
Mark Chaloner (ENG) bt Stefan Casteleyn (BEL) 15-6, 15-9, 15-3
Graham Ryding (CAN) bt Greg Lahey (USA) 15-12, 15-11, 15-8
Derek Ryan (IRL) bt Jason Jewell (USA) 15-13, 15-7, 15-9
Lee Beachill (ENG) bt Chris Walker (ENG) 15-11, 13-15, 15-7, 15-9
Stewart Boswell (AUS) bt Peter Pastijn (BEL) 15-6, 15-11, 15-8
Joseph Kneipp (AUS) bt Tibor Ehret (USA) 15-1, 15-4, 15-9
Rodney Durbach (RSA) bt Nick Taylor (ENG) 10-15, 11-15, 15-7, 15-11, 15-6
Qualifying finals:
Thierry Lincou (FRA) bt Mark Chaloner (ENG) 10-15, 15-11, 15-6, 15-6
Graham Ryding (CAN) bt Derek Ryan (IRL) 13-15, 15-7, 15-12, 15-2
Stewart Boswell (AUS) bt Lee Beachill (ENG) 15-11, 15-12, 15-6
Rodney Durbach (RSA) bt Joseph Kneipp (AUS) 10-15, 9-15, 15-13, 15-4, 15-12
