Canada’s Shawn Delierre Quietly Posts
Best Worlds Mark Of North Americans
from DailySquashReport.com
August 30, 2011 - Overlooked in Canada’s disappointing 15th place finish in Saturday’s world team championship playoffs in Germany was the stellar tournament-long play of Quebec’s Shawn Delierre.
Delierre was a perfect 5-0 in his matches in the #2 slot for Team Canada, losing only to tough South African and PSA #35 Stephen Coppinger in an attritional four-game battle while stepping up to the #1 position.
The steady Delierre would have been a dangerous force in the third and deciding match versus the US, but he never got on the court as the Americans clinched at #1 and #3 in the round-of-16 encounter.
Mexico’s #1 Cesar Salazar played above his PSA #55 ranking and also turned in a strong performance, going an improbable 4-0 before running out of gas and losing his last three matches. His straight-set win over Italy’s #1 Stephane Galifi in the round-of-16 gave the Mexicans a shot at their first ever quarterfinal berth, but Eric Galvez’s comeback effort from two-love down fell just short in the deciding match.
#1 American and PSA #32 Julian Illingworth played every match due to an injury to teammate Gilly Lane and finished at 3-4, while Canadas’s #1 and world #29 Shahier Razik won only his final match of the event to end up 1-4, though in fairness Razik dealt with cramping issues throughout the tournament.
Intercollegiate champion Todd Harrity made the most of his first taste of big-time international competition and wound up 3-2.
Final Win-Loss Records Of North American Players
2011 World Championships - Paderborn, Germany
Shawn Delierre - Canada 5-1
Cesar Salazar - Mexico 4-3
Eric Galvez - Mexico 4-3
Todd Harrity - US 3-2
Andrew Schnell - Canada 3-2
Andrew McDougall - Canada 2-2
Julian Illingworth - US 3-4
Christopher Gordon - US 2-3
Erik Tepos - Mexico 2-5
Shahier Razik - Canada 1-4
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