The top-seeded teams brushed aside their early opposition on the opening day of action in the VDC Dental-Care WSF Men’s World Junior Team Squash Championship in the Polish city of Bielsko-Bia\u0142a.<\/p>\n
Favourites Egypt, the defending champions looking to win the World Squash Federation title for a record fourth successive time, defeated Switzerland 3\/0 and will now face event debutants Jordan in their remaining tie in Pool A.<\/p>\n
Pakistan and France have already guaranteed their places in the knockout stages after two wins. In Pool B, second seeds Pakistan despatched both Germany and Hong Kong China 3\/0, while third seeds France beat Guatemala 3\/0 and Australia 2\/1 in Pool C.<\/p>\n
Hosts Poland, also competing in the championship for the first time, went down 3\/0 to New Zealand in a morning clash in Pool D, then in the evening faced Argentina on the all-glass showcourt sited alongside the historic Bielsko Castle in the heart of the city (pictured above).<\/p>\n
At 2\/0 down in matches, Polish number one Maksymilian Wielgus raised the partisan crowd’s hopes of consolation win when he took a 2\/1 lead against his Argentinean opponent Juan Barreyro.<\/p>\n
But the 16-year-old from Zakopane was unable to hold onto his lead as Barreyro burst back to take the match 9-11, 11-8, 8-11, 11-5, 11-3 and give his country a 3\/0 victory.
RESULTS: VDC Dental-Care WSF Men’s World Junior Team Squash Championship, Bielsko-Bia\u0142a, Poland<\/p>\n
1st qualifying rounds – Pool A:
[1] EGYPT bt [14] SWITZERLAND 3\/0
Marwan Tarek Abdelhamid bt Christoph Zust 11-7, 11-2, 11-6 (26m)
Karim Magdy bt Luca Zatti 11-0, 11-6, 11-5 (24m)
Youssef Ibrahim Abdallah bt Roman Allinckx 11-13, 11-6, 11-7, 11-8 (38m)<\/p>\n
Pool B:
[2] PAKISTAN bt [15] GERMANY 3\/0
Ahsan Ayaz bt Sean Redmen 11-5, 11-4, 11-2 (23m)
Abbas Shoukat bt Loïc Hennard 11-7, 11-7, 11-3 (20m)
Israr Ahmed bt Tobias Weggen 11-3, 11-8, 11-8 (20m)
[2] PAKISTAN bt [11] HONG KONG CHINA 3\/0
Ahsan Ayaz bt Lai Cheuk Nam Matthew 11-7, 11-4, 11-5 (25m)
Abbas Shoukat bt Harley Lam 11-7, 12-10, 11-8 (35m)
Israr Ahmed bt Ng Ka Yiu 4-11, 13-11, 11-8, 7-11, 11-4 (43m)<\/p>\n
Pool C:
[3] FRANCE bt [13] GUATEMALA 3\/0
Sébastien Bonmalais bt Ricardo Toscano 11-5, 11-2, 11-6 (23m)
Rohan Mandil bt Roberto Urruela Bowen 11-5, 11-2, 11-6 (22m)
Victor Crouin bt Junior Enríquez Franco 11-2, 11-4, 11-6 (30m)
[3] FRANCE bt [10] AUSTRALIA 2\/1
Victor Crouin bt Alex Oswald 11-4, 11-5, 11-1 (25m)
Sébastien Bonmalais bt Joseph White 11-3, 11-3, 11-6 (30m)
Benjamin Aubert lost to Alex Eustace 4-11, 12-10, 7-11, 7-11 (37m)<\/p>\n
Pool D:
[4] INDIA bt [18] ARGENTINA 3\/0
Abhay Singh bt Rodrigo Bonzo w\/o
Adithya Raghavan bt Jeremías Azaña 11-4, 11-5, 11-7 (21m)
Velavan Senthilkumar bt Juan Barreyro 11-7, 11-6, 11-6 (22m)
[9] NEW ZEALAND bt [21] POLAND 3\/0
Finn Trimble bt Mateusz Osojca 11-3, 11-4, 11-5 (23m)
Sam Sayes bt Mateusz Szewczyk 11-7, 11-2, 11-4 (22m)
Jamie Oakley bt Maksymilian Wielgus 11-6, 11-7, 11-9 (22m)
[4] INDIA bt [9] NEW ZEALAND 2\/1
Abhay Singh bt Scott Galloway 11-7, 11-8, 11-7 (35m)
Adithya Raghavan bt Finn Trimble 11-9, 8-11, 11-8, 11-6 (35m)
Velavan Senthilkumar lost to Jamie Oakley 7-11, 4-11, 8-11 (25m)
[18] ARGENTINA bt [21] POLAND 3\/0
Rodrigo Bonzo bt Mateusz Osojca 11-5, 11-5, 11-7 (19m)
Matías Kupferberg bt Filip Jarota 11-7, 11-9, 8-11, 11-6 (26m)
Juan Barreyro bt Maksymilian Wielgus 9-11, 11-8, 8-11, 11-5, 11-3 (43m)<\/p>\n
Pool E:
[5] ENGLAND bt [16] ISRAEL 3\/0
Kyle Finch bt Ido Burstein 11-0, 11-6, 11-6 (19m)
Harry Falconer bt Nadav Mizrachi 11-1, 11-3, 11-2 (21m)
Charlie Lee bt Nadav Raziel 11-2, 11-8, 7-11, 11-4 (32m)
[8] CANADA bt [20] ZIMBABWE 3\/0
Matthew Henderson bt Luke Mannion 11-2, 11-3, 11-1 (19m)
Ravi Seth bt Nicholas Joughin 11-2, 11-2, 11-2 (17m)
Michael Mehl bt Callum Lawton 11-5, 11-4, 11-9 (29m)<\/p>\n
Pool F:
[7] MALAYSIA bt [19] SPAIN 3\/0
Mohd Farez Izwan bt Sergio Garcia Pollan 12-10, 11-6, 11-9 (38m)
Marcus Sim Wei Jie bt Enrique Garcia 11-6, 11-4, 11-4 (31m)
Ong Sai Hung bt Nilo Vidal 11-9, 5-11, 11-4, 11-7 (38m)
[6] USA bt [17] SOUTH AFRICA 3\/0
Spencer Lovejoy bt Callan Mackenzie Hall 11-9, 11-3, 11-9 (31m)
Gabriel Morgan bt Adam Shean 11-2, 11-3, 11-9 (23m)
Andrew Douglas bt Richard-John Kuhn 13-11, 11-9, 11-8 (30m)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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