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| December 10, 2005 | Saturday | Ziqa’ad 7, 1426 |
Pakistan outclass Spain
ISLAMABAD, Dec 9: Pakistan picked up their second straight victory in the World Team squash championship on Friday blanking Spain 3-0 at the Roshan Khan Complex.
While Farhan Mahboob and Mansoor Zaman were comfortable winners, it was Shahid Zaman who had to go full length in overcoming a stubborn Lago Cornes.
After a 2-1 win over Scotland on the opening day, the home players began in stormy fashion, young Farhan providing a perfect start, crushing Alejandro Garbi 9-0, 9-4, 9-3 in less than half an hour.
But Shahid, facing Borja Golan had to toil for exactly one hour before overpowering him 9-5, 4-9, 9-2, 5-9, 9-7.
Shahid’s victory brought Mansoor on to the stage and he quickly blew Lago Cornes away 9-3, 9-0, 9-0 to round off a fine day’s work.
Pakistan coach Jamshed Gul was pleased with the effort of his boys.
“They played well, Shahid had a hard match... and I am confident the boys will do well against Malaysia on Saturday.”
Malaysia are going to be tough opponents and beating their ace players M. Azlan Iskander and Ong Beng Hee will require something special from the home players.
Defending champions Australia flogged Finland 3-0 in Pool D, Joseph Knipp, Anthony Ricketts and Stuart Boswell proving just too good for their opponents.
Knipp’s victim was Hameed Ahmed whom he dispatched 9-3, 9-6, 9-1 while Ricketts walloped Olli Tuominen 9-0, 9-4, 9-0. Stuart Boswell needed only 18 minutes to rout Erno Teitti 9-1, 9-0, 9-0.
It was Australia’s second straight victory in two days of competition coming after Thursday’s 3-0 hammering of the United States.
Top seeds England had another easy day, brushing aside South Africa 3-0 in a Pool A match. Nick Matthew, Lee Beachill and Peter Nicol were on show.
Except for Matthew, who had to go four games in beating Clinton Leeuw 9-1, 9-2, 2-9, 9-3, Beachill and Nicol picked up straight victories over Rodney Durbach and Rowan Smith.
The powerful Egyptians outplayed Germany 3-0 through Wael El- Hendi, Karim Darwish and Mohammed Abbas, all of whom were on court for little time.
El-Hendi showed Patrick Caessler the door in only 19 minutes for a 9-3, 9-0, 9-0 win and both Darwish and Abbas each required less than 30 minutes to complete the destruction.
Results:
Pakistan bt Spain 3-0 (Farhan Mahboob bt Alejandro Garbi 9-0, 9-4, 9-3, Shahid Zaman bt Borja Golan 9-5, 4-9, 9-2, 5-9, 9- 7, Mansoor Zaman bt Lago Corns 9-3, 9-3, 9-0.
Canada bt Wales 3-0 ( Matthew Giuffre bt Rick Davis 9-5, 9-7, 5- 9, 9-3, Graham Ryding bt David Evans 9-5, 9-4, 9-4, Shahier Razik bt Gavin Jones 5-9, 4-9, 9-0, 9-3, 9-3)
Netherlands bt USA 2-1 (Tom Hoevenaars lost to Chris Gordon 9-1, 8-10, 4-9, 9-6, 0-9, Laurens jan Anjema bt Preston Quick 9-5, 9- 2, 9-2, Dylan Bennett bt Julian Illingworth 1-9, 9-4, 9-5, 3-9, 9-5)
Australia bt Finland 3-0 (Joseph Kneipp bt Hameed Ahmed 9-3, 9-6, 9-1, Anthony Ricketts bt Olli Tuominen 9-0, 9-4, 9-0, Stuart Boswell bt Erno Teitti 9-1, 9-0, 9-0)
Kuwait bt Austria 3-0 (Nasser Ramzy bt Andreas Freudensprung 9-6, 7-9, 9-7, 9-0, Abdullah Al Mezayen bt Aqeel Rehman 9-2, 9-0, 9-2, Badar Al-Hussaini bt Jakob Dirnberger 9-7, 9-7, 9-2)
England bt South Africa 3-0 (Nick Matthew bt Clinton Leeuw 9-1, 9-2, 2-9, 9-3, Lee Beachill bt Rodney Durbach 9-2, 10-8, 9-0, Peter Nicol bt Rowan Smith 9-2, 9-0, 9-0).
Egypt bt Germany 3-0 (Wael El Hendi bt Patrick Caessler 9-3, 9-0, 9-0, Karim Darwish bt Simon Rosner 9-2, 9-2, 9-3, Mohammad Abbas bt Simon Baker 9-3, 9-1, 9-0)
New Zealand bt Iran 3-0 (Martin Knight bt Mohamad Hassan Jafari 9-4, 9-0, 9-0, Kashif Shuja bt Majid Rohani 9-0, 9-0, 9-0, Campbell Grayson bt Poya Ahmad Abadi 9-1, 9-0, 9-0.
Malaysia bt Scotland 2-1 (Timothy Owen Arnold lost to Stuart Crawford 9-3, 1-9, 10-9, 5-9, 1-9; M. Azlan Iskander bt John White 9-4, 9-3, 10-8, Ong Beng Hee bt Harry Leitch 9-5, 9-0, 9-0. France led India 1-0 (Renan Lavigne bt Siddharth Suchide 9-5, 4- 9, 9-4, 9-2).
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