Worlds Update: Huang On The Brink Of History

Taiwan’s James Huang is one win away from making history and becoming the first Taiwanese squash player ever to compete in the main draw of the sport’s most prestigious competition, after reaching the final round of qualifiying at the 2015 Men’s World Squash Championship in Bellevue, Washington.

Huang defeated South Africa’s Clinton Leeuw 3-0 to set up a final round match-up with former top ten ranked player Laurens Jan Anjema, the Dutchman who is looking to breathe new life back into his career at the Worlds after a troublesome 18-months has seen his world ranking plummet.

Elsewhere in round one Christopher Gordon, Todd Harrity and Chris Hanson will be hoping to give home fans something to celebrate as the US trio bid to make it into the main draw in what is the first ever Men’s World Championship to take place in the United States.

Results – 2015 Men’s World Championship: Qualification Round One
James Huang (TPE) bt Clinton Leeuw (RSA) 3-0: 11-7, 11-7, 11-5 (34m)
Lance Beddoes (NZL) bt Joel Hinds (ENG) 3-1: 11-8, 11-8, 10-12, 15-13 (60m)
Kristian Frost Olesen (DEN) bt Robertino Pezzota (ARG) w/o
Christopher Gordon (USA) bt Nicolas Talbott (USA) 3-0: 11-4, 11-5, 11-9 (25m)
Peter Creed (WAL) bt Shahjahan Khan (PAK) 3-1: 11-5, 9-11, 11-4, 11-7 (61m)
Nathan Lake (ENG) bt Chris van der Salm (NZL) 3-1: 11-6, 8-11, 11-5, 11-8 (49m)
Henrik Mustonen (FIN) bt Ben Grindrod (NZL) 3-0: 11-5, 11-5, 11-9 (24m)
Shawn Delierre (CAN) bt Babatunde Ajagbe (NGR) 3-0: 11-7, 11-4, 11-8 (32m)
Shehab Essam (EGY) bt Manoel Pereira (BRA) 3-0: 11-5, 11-6, 11-9 (36m)
George Parker (ENG) bt Ahmed Hassan (ZIM) 3-0: 11-6, 11-6, 11-5 (21m)
Farhan Zaman (PAK) bt Sam Gould (USA) 3-0: 11-2, 11-4, 11-7 (22m)
Charles Sharpes (ENG) bt Wael El Hindi (EGY) 3-0: 11-8, 11-7, 15-13 (44m)
Steven Finitsis (AUS) bt Ramit Tandon (IND) 3-1: 11-7, 7-11, 11-2, 11-9 (53m)
Karim El Hammamy (EGY) bt Elliot Selby (ENG) 3-0: 11-7, 11-8, 12-10 (34m)
Reiko Peter (SUI) bt Charlie Johnson (ENG) 3-1; 10-12, 11-6, 11-6, 11-8 (49m)
Jaymie Haycocks (ENG) bt Supreet Singh (IND) 3-0: 11-5, 11-7, 11-8 (31m)
Todd Harrity (USA) bt Basem Makram (EGY) 3-0: 11-2, 11-9, 11-3 (34m)
Muhd Asyraf Azan (MAS) bt Sharif Khan (USA) 3-0: 13-11, 11-7, 11-7 (24m)
Carlos Cornes Ribadas (ESP) bt Amaad Fareed (PAK) 3-0: 11-7, 11-5, 14-12 (37m)
Thoboki Mohohlo (RSA) bt Abdulla Mohd Al Tamimi (QAT) 3-1: 11-9, 11-9, 8-11, 11-8 (47m)
Mohamed Reda (EGY) bt Karim Abouhassan (KUW) w/o
Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu (IND) bt Faraz Khan (USA) 3-1: 11-4, 12-10, 6-11, 11-6 (47m)
Chris Hanson (USA) bt Adam Perkiomaki (USA) 3-0: 11-6, 11-4, 11-6 (30m)
Shahier Razik (CAN) bt Matias Tuomi (FIN) 3-0; 11-8, 11-5, 11-2 (32m)
Tsz Fung Yip (HKG) bt Jan van den Herrewegen (BEL) 3-1: 7-11, 11-4, 11-3, 11-7 (47m)
Ben Coleman (ENG) bt Mike Lewis (USA) 3-0: 11-5, 11-3, 11-3 (24m)
Evan Williams (NZL) bt Andrew Schnell (CAN) 3-1: 8-11, 11-4, 11-6, 13-11 (50m)
Andrew Wagih Shoukry (EGY) bt Salim Khan (USA) 3-0: 11-5, 11-5, 13-11 (23m)

Draw: Qualifying Finals:
[1] Laurens Jan Anjema (NED) v [26] James Huang (TPE)
[6] Shawn Delierre (CAN) v [31] Shehab Essam (EGY)
[4] Joe Lee (ENG) v [20] Reiko Peter (SUI)
[7] Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu (IND) v [23] Chris Hanson (USA)
Lance Beddoes (NZL) v [15] Kristian Frost Olesen (DEN)
[32] George Parker (ENG) v [16] Farhan Zaman (PAK)
[21] Jaymie Haycocks (ENG) v [13] Todd Harrity (USA)
[24] Shahier Razik (CAN) v [9] Tsz Fung Yip (HKG)
[10] Christopher Gordon (USA) v [19] Peter Creed (WAL)
[11] Charles Sharpes (ENG) v [25] Steven Finitsis (AUS)
[14] Muhd Asyraf Azan (MAS) v [27] Carlos Cornes Ribadas (ESP)
[12] Ben Coleman (ENG) v Evan Williams (NZL)
[29] Nathan Lake (ENG) v [5] Henrik Mustonen (FIN)
[28] Karim El Hammamy (EGY) v [3] Rex Hedrick (AUS)
Thoboki Mohohlo (RSA) v [8] Mohamed Reda (EGY)
[18] Andrew Wagih Shoukry (EGY) v [2] Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND)