British Grand Prix Main Draw Finalised by Nathan Clarke September 10, 2015
- The main draw for the 2015 AJ Bell British Squash Grand Prix has been
finalised after Cesar Salazar, Laurens Jan Anjema, Alan Clyne and
Gregoire Marche came through the final round of qualification to book
their berths in the first round of the PSA World Tour M70 event.
Mexican Salazar, the top seeded player in qualification, moved into the
main draw after an hour-long battle with talented French youngster
Lucas Serme, while French number three Marche bettered his countryman -
coming through a monstrous 86-minute encounter with Egypt’s Zahed
Mohamed 3-1.
Marche’s powers of recovery will be tested to the max when he takes on
World No.4 Miguel Angel Rodriguez, the Colombian live-wire, in the
first round at the National Squash Centre, Manchester, tomorrow while
Salazar goes up against England number three Peter Barker.
Clyne and Anjema will face Gregory Gaultier and James Willstrop,
respectively, in what promises to be a fascinating day of action, with
every match being played out live and exclusively on SQUASHTV.
Results - Qualifying Finals:
[1] Cesar Salazar (MEX) bt [6] Lucas Serme (FRA) 3-0: 13-11, 11-8, 12-10 (59m)
[4] Laurens Jan Anjema (NED) bt Charles Sharpes (ENG) 3-0: 11-8, 11-3, 11-9 (56m)
[3] Alan Clyne (SCO) bt [7] Joe Lee (ENG) 3-0: 11-3, 11-6, 11-7 (37m)
[2] Gregoire Marche (FRA) bt [5] Zahed Mohamed (EGY) 3-1: 9-11, 11-8, 11-6, 17-15 (86m)
Results - Qualification: 1st round
[1] Cesar Salazar (MEX) bt James Earles (ENG) 3-2: 11-8, 8-11, 11-9, 13-15, 11-9
[6] Lucas Serme (FRA) bt Piedro Schweertman 3-0: 12-10, 11-2, 11-9
Charles Sharpes (ENG) bt Joel Hinds (ENG) 3-1: 12-14, 11-5, 11-3, 11-9
[4] Laurens Jan Anjema (NED) bt (L) Nicholas Wall (ENG) 3-0: 11-3, 11-2, 11-3
[3] Alan Clyne (SCO) bt Chris Fuller (ENG) 3-1: 11-7, 7-11, 11-2, 11-5
[7] Joe Lee (ENG) bt (L) Ashley Davies (ENG) 3-0: 11-4, 11-4, 11-7
[5] Zahed Mohamed (EGY) bt Aqeel Rehman (AUT) 3-0: 11-8, 11-6, 11-6
[2] Gregoire Marche (FRA) bt (L) Alex Noakes (ENG) 3-0: 11-3, 11-4, 11-2
Main Draw - First Round:
[1] Mohamed Elshorbagy (EGY) v [WC] Richie Fallows (ENG)
Cameron Pilley (AUS) v [7] Daryl Selby (ENG)
[5] Peter Barker (ENG) v [Q] Cesar Salazar (MEX)
[Q] Alan Clyne (SCO) v [3] Gregory Gaultier (FRA)
[4] Miguel Angel Rodriguez (COL) v [Q] Gregoire Marche (FRA)
Tom Richards (ENG) v [6] Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY)
[8] James Willstrop (ENG) v [Q] Laurens Jan Anjema (NED)
Chris Simpson (ENG) v [2] Nick Matthew (ENG)
