{"id":14945,"date":"2013-06-10T04:28:23","date_gmt":"2013-06-10T04:28:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=14945"},"modified":"2013-06-10T04:28:23","modified_gmt":"2013-06-10T04:28:23","slug":"lincou-leads-hosts-france-to-opening-world-championship-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=14945","title":{"rendered":"Lincou Leads Hosts France To Opening World Championship Win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">Distinguished veteran Thierry Lincou, the former world number one and world champion from France who is making his tenth successive appearance in the biennial WSF Men&#8217;s World Team Squash Championship, led the hosts to a confident 3\/0 win over Netherlands in today&#8217;s first qualifying rounds of the 24th staging of the event since 1967.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The championships are being held across two venues in Mulhouse &#8211; the Espace Squash 3000 Centre and the Palais Des Sports where, in front of a packed and partisan crowd, France took centre stage on one of three ASB all-glass showcourts spectacularly lined up side-by-side for the first time (see picture below).<\/p>\n<p>Second string Lincou took just 35 minutes to overcome Dutchman Sebastiaan Weenink 11-2, 12-10, 11-3 before French number one Gregory Gaultier battled for 61 minutes to quash the challenge of eight-time Dutch champion Laurens Jan Anjema 12-10, 4-11, 12-10, 11-3 to confirm the French win. Third string Mathieu Castagnet made it a clean sheet by beating Marc ter Sluis 11-4, 11-3, 11-7.<\/p>\n<p>After retiring from the PSA World Tour last year, 37-year-old Lincou made an impressive comeback at last month&#8217;s European Team Championships, chalking up five wins out of five, including the scalp of England&#8217;s world No3 James Willstrop.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I really got back into shape for the Europeans &#8211; that was really the tournament for me to show myself and my team-mates how good or bad I was for a few matches,&#8221; said the Boston-based Frenchman. &#8220;And it worked pretty well, I feel.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was good to be back with my friends &#8211; and I&#8217;m happy to keep this going here.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>When asked how to describe his feeling about competing in every world team championship since 1995, Lincou said: &#8220;My longevity makes me feel really proud &#8211; I feel really good and I hope that my fitness at my age will be an inspiration for the guys.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think it&#8217;s because I love the game &#8211; that&#8217;s what keeps me going. I want to keep re-living the moment &#8211; it&#8217;s unique!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Australian David Palmer was another former great making an international comeback in Mulhouse. Like Lincou, 36-year-old Palmer is also a former world number one and world champion &#8211; and gave fourth seeds Australia a solid start against Switzerland with an 11-9, 11-7, 11-3 win over 3\/0 Reiko Peter.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I didn&#8217;t know much about my opponent, but the boys gave me some background,&#8221; said the US-based Aussie number two. &#8220;I must admit I was a bit nervous, a bit edgy on there &#8211; but once it started I felt more comfortable and got into a groove half way through the second.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was important to get the team off to a good start &#8211; and take a little pressure off Cam.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Team-mate Cameron Pilley went on to beat the highest-ranked Swiss player of all-time Nicolas Mueller 11-6, 8-11, 11-3, 11-9, before fellow New South Welshman Ryan Cuskelly wrapped up a 3\/0 win for the team.<\/p>\n<p>But Ong Beng Hee, the Malaysian number one who shares Lincou&#8217;s tenth successive championship appearance achievement, was not so fortunate in his 2013 campaign opener. Fifth seeds Malaysia took on championship debutants Botswana, seeded in the 21\/24 group.<\/p>\n<p>Mohd Nafiizwan Adnan put Malaysia into the lead with an 11-6, 11-4, 11-5 win over Lekgotla Mosope &#8211; but minnows Botswana fought back when squad number one Alister Walker, ranked 15 in the world, beat Beng Hee in straight games.<\/p>\n<p>In the decider, experienced Muhd Asyraf Azan needed just 18 minutes to beat tournament first-timer Koketso Ntshebe 11-3, 11-4, 11-6 to give Malaysia a 2\/1 victory.<\/p>\n<p>Top seeds Egypt were given a stern test by Kuwait before beating the 17\/20 seeds 3\/0. Omar Mosaad, one of two members of the squad making his world championship debut, beat Kuwaiti Ammar Altamimi 11-9, 11-4, 11-5 before former world number one Karim Darwish resisted the challenge of Kuwait&#8217;s top-ranked Abdullah Al Muzayen 11-9, 11-7, 11-8.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was my first match of the tournament, which is always a bit special, so it was good to get a win,&#8221; said 31-year-old Darwish after beginning his seventh world teams campaign. &#8220;Abdullah is one of the most gifted players on the Tour &#8211; one of the up-and-coming players &#8211; and we know him well as he comes to train with us in Egypt.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s great to play for my country for the seventh time in the worlds &#8211; it makes me very proud.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>But a major upset looked on the cards when 18-year-old Kuwaiti Yousif Nizar Saleh twice led Tarek Momen, a late addition to the Egyptian squad despite boasting a world No10 ranking. Momen ultimately prevailed 7-11, 11-5, 10-12, 11-5, 11-5 after 61 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Yousif played really well and took me by surprise,&#8221; explained the 25-year-old from Cairo afterwards. &#8220;He is so quick and good with his racket &#8211; I really struggled. And I had no idea he was only 18!<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But I wasn&#8217;t expecting to be here &#8211; and took a 10-day vacation straight after the British Open,&#8221; Momen continued. &#8220;This was my first match since playing Greg Gaultier in Hull.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We had to change the ball as the first was really bouncy &#8211; but then the second was totally the opposite, all of which was quite challenging. But I thought I played well enough to win.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Teenager Saleh was understandably delighted with his performance: &#8220;I am very happy to have played that well &#8211; it was my first match against a top ten player. I did my best &#8211; but I didn&#8217;t expect to win two games!<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I hope I can continue to play well for my country over the next few days &#8211; but my focus is on next month&#8217;s world juniors in Poland and I hope this will be good training for that.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s certainly the best match of my life so far,&#8221; continued the world No 129. &#8220;I want to thank the Kuwait Federation for helping me. I want to be the best player in the world.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The long opening day finished with a thriller when eighth seeds India were forced to fight back from a match down to beat 21\/24 seeds Argentina. It was outsider Robertino Pezzota who rocked the boat when the 30-year-old ranked 159 in the world recovered from 2\/1 down to beat Indian number two Harinder Pal Sandhu &#8211; ranked almost 90 places higher &#8211; 11-9, 2-11, 6-11, 13-11, 11-6 in a 99-minute marathon.<\/p>\n<p>It was midway through the match that all the lights in the venue failed, leaving the three glass courts in complete darkness.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was really focussed on this match as we felt we had a chance &#8211; and needed to win at two and three,&#8221; said Pezzota, from Rosario. &#8220;We don&#8217;t play regularly on glass courts so that took some getting used to.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I didn&#8217;t play well in the second and third games, but came back strongly in the fourth, and saved two match balls before winning it 13-11 &#8211; just before all the lights in the arena went out!<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was close to five-all in the fifth &#8211; then I raced away to win 11-6.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s my third time in the world teams &#8211; but that was certainly my biggest win.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Living in Argentina, we&#8217;re so far away from where the best squash is played, so it&#8217;s difficult. I&#8217;ve always thought I&#8217;ve been a good player, but it&#8217;s only recently &#8211; with funding from the government &#8211; that I have been able to play more tournament, and get some good results.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>RESULTS: WSF Men&#8217;s World Team Championship, Mulhouse, France<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Qualifying rounds &#8211; Pool A:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>[1] EGYPT bt [17\/20] KUWAIT 3\/0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Omar Mosaad bt Ammar Altamimi 11-9, 11-4, 11-5 (35m)<\/p>\n<p>Karim Darwish bt Abdullah Al Muzayen 11-9, 11-7, 11-8 (38m)<\/p>\n<p>Tarek Momen bt Yousif Nizar Saleh 7-11, 11-5, 10-12, 11-5, 11-5 (61m)<\/p>\n<p><strong>[16] SCOTLAND bt [29\/31] KENYA 3\/0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Douglas Kempsell bt Hartaj Bains 11-3, 11-1, 11-4 (20m)<\/p>\n<p>Alan Clyne bt Kenneth Mwangi 11-5, 11-5, 11-5 (26m)<\/p>\n<p>Chris Small bt Rajdeep Bains 11-3, 11-5, 11-3 (18m)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pool B:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[2] ENGLAND bt [17\/20] COLOMBIA 3\/0<\/p>\n<p>Daryl Selby bt Erick Herrera 11-0, 11-0, 11-3 (18m)<\/p>\n<p>James Willstrop bt Miguel Angel Rodriguez 11-1, 11-3, 11-3 (27m)<\/p>\n<p>Adrian Grant bt Bernardo Samper 11-6, 11-5, 6-11, 11-9 (54m)<\/p>\n<p>[15] CANADA bt [29\/31] NAMIBIA 3\/0<\/p>\n<p>Dane Sharp bt Norbert Dorgeloh 11-4, 11-4, 11-5 (36m)<\/p>\n<p>Shawn Delierre bt Marco Becker 11-5, 11-7, 11-7 (40m)<\/p>\n<p>Andrew Schnell bt Andrew Forrest 11-2, 11-5, 11-5 (26m)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pool C:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[3] FRANCE bt [17\/20] NETHERLANDS 3\/0<\/p>\n<p>Thierry Lincou bt Sebastiaan Weenink 11-2, 12-10, 11-3 (35m)<\/p>\n<p>Gregory Gaultier bt Laurens Jan Anjema 12-10, 4-11, 12-10, 11-3 (61m)<\/p>\n<p>Mathieu Castagnet bt Marc ter Sluis 11-4, 11-3, 11-7 (25m)<\/p>\n<p>[14] PAKISTAN bt [29\/31] RUSSIA 3\/0<\/p>\n<p>Farhan Zaman bt Aleksander Shilov 11-3, 11-2, 11-1 (16m)<\/p>\n<p>Nasir Iqbal bt Valery Litvinko 11-6, 11-1, 11-3 (20m)<\/p>\n<p>Muhammad Saqib Yousaf bt Dmitri Grishanin 11-7, 11-8, 11-5 (37m)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pool D:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[4] AUSTRALIA bt [17\/20] SWITZERLAND 3\/0<\/p>\n<p>David Palmer bt Reiko Peter 11-9, 11-7, 11-3 (30m)<\/p>\n<p>Cameron Pilley bt Nicolas Mueller 11-6, 8-11, 11-3, 11-9 (47m)<\/p>\n<p>Ryan Cuskelly bt Jonas Daehler 11-7, 11-7, 11-5 (33m)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pool E:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[5] MALAYSIA bt [21\/24] BOTSWANA 2\/1<\/p>\n<p>Mohd Nafiizwan Adnan bt Lekgotla Mosope 11-6, 11-4, 11-5 (19m)<\/p>\n<p>Ong Beng Hee lost to Alister Walker 11-13, 8-11, 9-11 (41m)<\/p>\n<p>Muhd Asyraf Azan bt Koketso Ntshebe 11-3, 11-4, 11-6 (18m)<\/p>\n<p>[12] NEW ZEALAND bt [25\/28] POLAND 3\/0<\/p>\n<p>Evan Williams bt Marcin Karwowski 11-4, 11-4, 11-4<\/p>\n<p>Martin Knight bt Wojtek Nowisz 11-1, 11-3, 11-5<\/p>\n<p>Paul Coll bt Przemyslaw Atras 11-3, 11-5, 11-1<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pool F:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[6] GERMANY bt [21\/24] IRELAND 3\/0<\/p>\n<p>Raphael Kandra bt Brian O&#8217;Brion 11-2, 12-10, 11-4 (29m)<\/p>\n<p>Simon Rosner bt Arthur Gaskin 11-8, 11-5, 11-5 (37m)<\/p>\n<p>Jens Schoor bt Steve Richardson 11-6, 9-11, 11-6, 11-5 (50m)<\/p>\n<p>[11] USA bt [25\/28] CZECH REPUBLIC 3\/0<\/p>\n<p>Gilly Lane bt Ondrej Uherka 12-10, 12-10, 11-5 (45m)<\/p>\n<p>Christopher Gordon bt Petr Martin 11-9, 11-3, 11-4 (34m)<\/p>\n<p>Dylan Murray bt Daniel Mekbib 11-4, 13-11, 11-6 (27m)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pool G:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[7] SOUTH AFRICA bt [21\/24] AUSTRIA 3\/0<\/p>\n<p>Clinton Leeuw bt Jakob Dirnberger 11-7, 11-4, 11-3 (23m)<\/p>\n<p>Stephen Coppinger bt Aqeel Rehman 11-4, 11-8, 11-7 (27m)<\/p>\n<p>Rodney Durbach bt Marcus Greslehner 11-9, 11-7, 11-5 (22m)<\/p>\n<p>[10] HONG KONG CHINA bt [25\/28] JAPAN 3\/0<\/p>\n<p>Leo Au bt Yuta Fukui 11-5, 11-9, 11-5 (27m)<\/p>\n<p>Max Lee bt Shinnosuke Tsukue 11-3, 11-7, 11-2 (26m)<\/p>\n<p>Yip Tsz Fung bt Ryosei Kobayashi 11-3, 11-6, 11-6 (15m)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pool H:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[8] INDIA bt [21\/24] ARGENTINA 2\/1<\/p>\n<p>Harinder Pal Sandhu lost to Robertino Pezzota 9-11, 11-2, 11-6, 11-13, 6-11 (99m)<br \/><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"><br \/>Saurav Ghosal bt Hernan D&#8217;Arcangelo 11-7, 11-8, 11-2 (44m)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Mahesh Mangaonkar bt Leandro Romiglio 8-11, 11-5, 11-6, 11-8 (51m)<\/p>\n<p>[9] FINLAND bt [25\/28] VENEZUELA 3\/0<\/p>\n<p>Henrik Mustonen bt Miguel Mendez 11-3, 11-5, 11-2 (18m)<\/p>\n<p>Olli Tuominen bt Gabriel Teran 11-3, 11-1, 11-3 (17m)<\/p>\n<p>Matias Tuomi bt Miguel Vallennilla 11-3, 11-3, 11-9 (17m)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Distinguished veteran Thierry Lincou, the former world number one and world champion from France who is making his tenth successive appearance in the biennial WSF Men&#8217;s World Team Squash Championship, led the hosts to a confident 3\/0 win over Netherlands in today&#8217;s first qualifying rounds of the 24th staging of the event since 1967. 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