Wed 19-Sep, Qualifying
Finals:
Adrian Waller (Eng) 3-0 Chris Ryder (Eng)
17-15, 12-10, 11-5 (54m)
plays Gaultier
Mathieu Castagnet (Fra) 3-0 Marwan El Shorbagy (Egy)
14-12, 12-10, 11-7 (60m)
plays Rosner
Saurav Ghosal (Ind) 3-2 Jonathan Kemp (Eng)
5-11, 11-4, 11-8, 5-11, 11-9 (54m) plays Grant
Chris Simpson (Eng) 3-0 Joe Lee (Eng)
11-6, 11-6, 11-5 (50m)
plays Walker
Qualifying complete in Wolverhampton
In contrast to last night's series of marathon round one matches
at Wolverhampton LT&SC, tonight's qualifying final of the
Springfield Solutions British Grand Prix were comparatively
straightforward with just one of the four matches reaching the
hour mark.
 Not that it was easy for any of the four qualifiers -
Adrian
Waller and Mathieu Castagnet both won 3/0 in the opening pair of
matches, but both needed to win the first two game son extra
points before completing their wins.
Waller, having taken out top seed Max Lee yesterday, overcame
local favourite Chris Ryder 17/15, 12/10, 11/5 in 54 minutes,
the effect of Ryder’s recent illness taking its toll as he
became slower on the ball as the match progressed.
 Castagnet took exactly an hour to beat world junior champion
Marwan El Shorbagy in a similar scoreline of 14/12, 12/10, 11/7.
The pair were trading drop shots throughout the match but the
Frenchman, who had a much shorter match last night, made his
higher winning percentage count.
Waller now faces third seeded Frenchman Gregory Gaultier in the
main draw, while Castagnet meets Germany's Simon Rosner, who he
was due to meet in the first qualifying round before withdrawals
forced a draw shuffle!
 Top qualifying seed
Saurav Ghosal had a momentous five game
match with local Jonathan Kemp. None of the games were
particularly long with both players going for their shots and
inevitably making mistakes.
However, a large crowd was greatly
entertained with the range of shots played and it was only after
54 enthralling minutes that Ghosal prevailed 11-9 in the fifth
to book a place in the main draw against Adrian Grant.
 On the other court Joe Lee, who had a shock win over Scotland’s
Alan Clyne the previous evening, was up against compatriot Chris
Simpson.
The game was played in great spirit with both players
ensuring that the referee’s job was easy. Although this 3/0
match was the shortest of the night it still lasted 50 minutes
to the delight of the supporters of both men.
Simpson's reward is a match against Alister Walker - a repeat of
their Allam British Open meeting in May - on the
all-glass court at Manchester's National Squash Centre in the
main draw which gets under way at noon on Friday.
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