Mixed Fortunes For Hosts On Second World Doubles Day In Darwin by Howard Harding August 16, 2016 -
There were mixed fortunes for hosts Australia on the second day of
action in the WSF World Doubles Squash Championships in Darwin where,
despite a surprise defeat for the second seeds in the final qualifying
round of the Women's Doubles event, home pair Rachael Grinham &
Donna Urquhart will still line up in Wednesday's semi-finals.
Grinham and Urquhart were beaten 11-7, 11-8 by third-seeded New
Zealanders Joelle King & Amanda Landers-Murphy in the World Squash
Federation event at the Darwin Squash Centre - and will now face event
favourites Joshna Chinappa & Dipika Pallikal Karthik, the reigning
Commonwealth Games champions from India for a place in the final.
The indefatigable Grinham, the 39-year-old former world No.1 and world
champion from Queensland, also suffered two successive shock defeats in
the Mixed Doubles qualifiers. She and Cameron Pilley, the top-seeded
pair, went down in three games both to the Indian pair Joshna Chinappa
& Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu, the fifth seeds, and compatriots Donna
Urquhart & David Palmer, seeded four - and cannot now reach the
event's knockout stage.
Australia are well-placed in Pool A of the Men's Doubles, with both
teams sitting in first and second place. Top seeds Ryan Cuskelly &
Cameron Pilley recorded their fourth successive win to maintain an
unbeaten record in the event, whilst the fourth-seeded Aussies David
Palmer & Zac Alexander have only lost to Cuskelly and Pilley and
will meet the Colombian pair Andrés Herrera & Juan Camilo Vargas on
Wednesday for a spot in the semi-finals.
Second-seeded Scots Alan Clyne & Greg Lobban also suffered a
surprise defeat, going down 11-6, 11-10 to New Zealanders Paul Coll
& Campbell Grayson, the third seeds.
RESULTS: WSF World Doubles Squash Championships, Darwin, Australia
2nd qualifying rounds
Men's Doubles, Pool A:
[4] David Palmer & Zac Alexander (AUS) bt [9] Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu & Ramit Tandon (IND) 11-5, 11-8
[1] Ryan Cuskelly & Cameron Pilley (AUS) bt [5] Andrés Herrera & Juan Camilo Vargas (COL) 11-5, 11-6
[5] Andrés Herrera & Juan Camilo Vargas (COL) bt [8] Sanjay Singh Chal & Ivan Yuen (MAS) 11-4, 7-11, 11-7 (35m)
[1] Ryan Cuskelly & Cameron Pilley (AUS) bt [4] David Palmer & Zac Alexander (AUS) 11-6, 11-6 (26m)
[9] Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu & Ramit Tandon (IND) bt [8] Sanjay Singh Chal & Ivan Yuen (MAS) 6-11, 11-4, 11-10
Pool B
[3] Paul Coll & Campbell Grayson (NZL) bt [10] Douglas Kempsell & Kevin Moran (SCO) 9-11, 11-6, 11-2
[7] Peter Creed & Joel Makin (WAL) bt [10] Douglas Kempsell & Kevin Moran (SCO) 11-8, 6-11, 11-7 (52m)
[2] Alan Clyne & Greg Lobban (SCO) bt [6] Nafiizwan Adnan & Mohd Syafiq Kamal (MAS) 11-4, 11-7 (32m)
[6] Nafiizwan Adnan & Mohd Syafiq Kamal (MAS) bt [7] Peter Creed & Joel Makin (WAL) 11-9, 8-11, 11-2 (41m)
[3] Paul Coll & Campbell Grayson (NZL) bt [2] Alan Clyne & Greg Lobban (SCO) 11-6, 11-10 (39m)
Women's Doubles, Pool A:
[4] Delia Arnold & Rachel Arnold (MAS) bt [5] Sarah Cardwell & Christine Nunn (AUS) 11-10, 11-8
[1] Joshna Chinappa & Dipika Pallikal Karthik (IND) bt [8] Aika Azman & Teh Min Jie (MAS) 11-5, 11-5
Pool B
[7] Tesni Evans & Jenny Haley (WAL) bt [6] Catalina Pelaez & Laura Tovar (COL) 11-3, 11-6 (17m)
[3] Joelle King & Amanda Landers-Murphy (NZL) bt [2] Rachael Grinham & Donna Urquhart (AUS) 11-7, 11-8 (24m)
