Worlds Update: Qualifying Completed

Welshman Peter Creed downed top ranked American challenger Christopher Gordon in he final round of qualification at the 2015 Men’s World Squash Championship in Bellevue, Washington, today.

Creed came through a tough 84-minute 301 battle to overcome Gordon and consign him to the same fate as compatriot Chris Hanson, who fell at the last qualifying hurdle to Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu on India. Both defeat smear that Todd Harrity is the only home-talent to progress through the qualification rounds and reach the main draw of the prestigious tournament, which is taking place in the United Stats for the first time.

Harrity will now face Scotland’s Alan Clyne in the first round, while Creed will take on World No.8 Mathieu Castagnet when the main draw action gets underway at the Maydenbauer Centre, on November 15.

Results – 2015 Men’s World Squash Championship: Qualifying Finals:
[1] Laurens Jan Anjema (NED) bt [26] James Huang (TPE) 3-1: 11-3, 6-11, 11-5, 11-8 (59m)
[6] Shawn Delierre (CAN) bt [31] Shehab Essam (EGY) 3-1: 11-9, 11-9, 8-11, 11-5 (59m)
[4] Joe Lee (ENG) bt [20] Reiko Peter (SUI) 3-0: 11-7, 11-2, 11-7 (35m)
[7] Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu (IND) bt [23] Chris Hanson (USA) 3-0: 11-4, 12-10, 11-4 (32m)
[15] Kristian Frost Olesen (DEN) bt Lance Beddoes (NZL) 3-0: 11-4, 12-10, 11-1 (37m)
[16] Farhan Zaman (PAK) bt [32] George Parker (ENG) 3-2: 11-3, 10-12, 11-8, 10-12, 11-6 (61m)
[13] Todd Harrity (USA) bt [21] Jaymie Haycocks (ENG) 3-0: 11-4, 12-10, 11-4 (35m)
[9] Tsz Fung Yip (HKG) bt [24] Shahier Razik (CAN) 3-0: 11-6, 11-4, 11-7 (33m)
[19] Peter Creed (WAL) bt [10] Christopher Gordon (USA) 3-1: 11-7, 11-9, 5-11, 11-5 (84m)
[11] Charles Sharpes (ENG) bt [25] Steven Finitsis (AUS) 3-2: 11-8, 13-15, 9-11, 11-7, 11-7 (84m)
[27] Carlos Cornes Ribadas (ESP) bt [14] Muhd Asyraf Azan (MAS) 3-0: 11-9, 11-5, 11-4 (32m)
[12] Ben Coleman (ENG) bt Evan Williams (NZL) 3-0: 12-10, 11-7, 11-8 (51m)
[5] Henrik Mustonen (FIN) bt [29] Nathan Lake (ENG) 3-1: 8-11, 11-9, 12-10, 11-3 (52m)
[28] Karim El Hammamy (EGY) bt [3] Rex Hedrick (AUS) 3-0: 12-10, 11-9, 11-8 (64m)
[8] Mohamed Reda (EGY) bt Thoboki Mohohlo (RSA)3-0: 11-3, 11-6, 11-2 (25m)
[18] Andrew Wagih Shoukry (EGY) bt [2] Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND) 3-0: 11-6, 11-5, 11-8 (34m)

Draw – First Round:
[1] Mohamed Elshorbagy (EGY) v Alfredo Avila (MEX)
Tom Richards (ENG) v [Q] Laurens Jan Anjema (NED)
James Willstrop (ENG) v [Q] Ben Coleman (ENG)
Ryan Cuskelly (AUS) v [16] Saurav Ghosal (IND)
[9] Mathieu Castagnet (FRA) v [Q] Peter Creed (WAL)
Alan Clyne (SCO) v [Q] Todd Harrity (USA)
Campbell Grayson (NZL) [Q] Carlos Cornes Ribadas (ESP)
[WC] Julian Illingworth (USA) v [5] Miguel Angel Rodriguez (COL)
[6] Simon Rösner (GER) v [Q] Tsz Fung Yip (HKG)
Nicolas Mueller (SUI) v [Q] Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu (IND)
Ali Farag (EGY) v [Q] Kristian Frost Olesen (DEN)
Greg Lobban (SCO) v [13] Max Lee (HKG)
[11] Peter Barker (ENG) v Karim Ali Fathi (EGY)
Nasir Iqbal (PAK) v Fares Dessouki (EGY)
Omar Abdel Meguid (EGY) v Olli Tuominen (FIN)
Lucas Serme (FRA) v [3] Gregory Gaultier (FRA)
[4] Ramy Ashour (EGY) v Mazen Hesham (EGY)
Mohamed Abouelghar (EGY) v [Q] Shawn Delierre (CAN)
Cesar Salazar (MEX) v [Q] Mohamed Reda (EGY)
[Q] Andrew Wagih Shoukry (EGY) v [12] Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY)
[14] Borja Golan (ESP) v Alister Walker (BOT)
Shaun Le Roux (RSA) v Paul Coll (NZL)
Nafiizwan Adnan (MAS) v [Q] Charles Sharpes (ENG)
[Q] Farhan Zaman (PAK) v [7] Omar Mosaad (EGY)
[8] Tarek Momen (EGY) v [Q] Joe Lee (ENG)
Adrian Grant (ENG) v Diego Elias (PER)
Gregoire Marche (FRA) v [Q] Henrik Mustonen (FIN)
Chris Simpson (ENG) v [15] Stephen Coppinger (RSA)
[10] Marwan Elshorbagy (EGY) v Leo Au (HKG)
Daryl Selby (ENG) v Zahed Mohamed (EGY)
Declan James (ENG) v [Q] Karim El Hammamy (EGY)
Cameron Pilley (AUS) v [2] Nick Matthew (ENG)

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