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TODAY: 12-Jun, Day FIVE
Quarter-finals in Mulhouse saw the top
four seeds of Egypt, England, France and Australia through to
contest the semi-finals - as they have done in the previous
three editions of the event!
Day FIVE Results: (full
results on RESULTS page)
[4] Australia 2-0 [6] Germany
David Palmer 3-0 Raphael Kandra 11/9, 11/4, 13/11
(45m)
report
Cameron Pilley 3-0
Simon Rosner 11/3, 14/11, 11/5 (51m)
report
[1] Egypt 2-0 [8] India
Karim Darwish
3-0 Harinderpal Sandhu 11/7, 11/4, 11/2 (28m)
report
Ramy Ashour 3-1 Saurav
Ghosal 11/7, 11/9, 4/11, 13/11 (61m)
report
[2] England 3-0 [7] South Africa
James Willstrop
3-0 Shawn Le Roux 11/7, 11/6, 11/8
(38m)
Nick Matthew 3-0 Steve Coppinger
11/4, 11/4, 11/7 (33m)
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Daryl Selby 2-0
Rodney Durbach
11/7, 11/6 (18m)
[3] France 3-0 [5] Malaysia
Thierry Lincou 3-1 Nafiizwan Adnan 11/6, 8/11, 11/7, 11/7 (52m)
quote
report
Grégory Gaultier
3-0 Ong Beng Hee
11/6, 11/6, 11/5 (42m)
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Grégoire Marche 2-0
Sanjay Singh
11/3, 11/3 (16m)
Match reports and more ON THE BLOG
PHOTO GALLERY
Aussies first through
to the semis
 Fourth
seeds Australia were the first team to book their place
in the semi-finals as they brushed aside Germany with straight
game wins from David Palmer and Cameron Pilley.
Palmer was in control of his first two games, but Raphael Kandra
made a vaiiant effort to stay with the former world nubmer one
and world champion in the third, finally succumbing in extra
points.
 Pilley
made a rapid start against Simon Rosner, but the German found
his form from the middle of the second to make a real match of
it, but he too lost out on extra points at the very competitive
end of the second before Pilley wrapped it up in the third.
Match reports, quotes,
more photos, on the blog
Egypt and
England on course
 First
and second seeds Egypt and England played their
quarter-finals at the same time, and both won 2-0 to keep alive
their hopes of a repeat final.
Karim Darwish was too strong for Harinderpal Sandhu in
Egypt's first tie against India, and although Ramy Ashour
duly clinched the victory he was made to work very hard by
Saurav Ghosal.
 Ghosal
got the crowd behind him as he took the match to the world's top
player, taking the third game and having decent leads in the
second and fourth - as well as a game ball - too.
England's victory over South Africa was a more straightforward
affair as James Willstrop and Nick Matthew both
won in straight games against Shaun Le Roux and Steve Coppinger,
neither Springbok able to seriously threaten to take a game from
England's top duo.
Match reports, quotes,
more photos, on the blog
French make English
match
 The
semi-final lineup predicted by the seedings was completed when
France, in front of a packed and noisy crowd at the
Palais des Sports, despatched Malaysia with wins from their
perennial stars Thierry Lincou and Grégory Gaultier.
Lincou, playing his last tournament for France, started well
enough against Nafiizwan Adnan, but when the Malaysian levelled
at one-all some nerves were evident in the crowd.
Lincou though played assured squash to take the next two,
spinning with delight at the end as he put France into the lead.
Gaultier took early command against Malaysia's own 'veteran' Ong
Beng Hee, and after taking two fairly close games he raced
through the third - he couldn't serve quick enough as the finish
line approached - and despite a late rally from Ong France were
soon enough in the semis.
The
crowd salutes Thierry's win |
shot of the day from Hari
DISCOVER
Daily tours of Mulhouse in
English and French
5:
Automobile City
ON THE BLOG
RISE OF THE UNDERDOGS
In the day's other matches at the Palais des Sports there were
three upsets in the 9/16 playoffs
as Scotland overcame Finland, Pakistan beat
New Zealand and Canada got past Hong Kong - only the
USA's win over Mexico went to seeding in this group.
photos of these matches
in the gallery plus
report on the blog
PHOTO GALLERY
sport in a goldfish bowl
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