It was a mixed day on court in Nancy as competition got underway in the women’s and men’s singles draw at the WJCs.
After a tough day of competition, two Aussies have secured a spot in Round 3 – Madison Lyon and Oscar Curtis.
Hannah Slyth (also the youngest member of the team) went straight into Round 2 where she faced Hong Kong’s Tse Yee Lam Toby. It proved to be a close match despite the scoreline with Toby winning out in the end 3-0 (12-10 11-9 11-6).
Meanwhile, Western Australia’s Erin Classen had a tough draw on her hands. She defeated Greece’s Ioanna Zoi 3-0 (11-1 11-3 11-2) in the opening round, before she came face-to-face with No.2 seed Amina Orifi of Eygpt. 15-year-old Orifi, who has a British Open Junior title to her name, won 3-0 (11-3 11-0 11-0).
Oscar Curtis eased past USA’s Rehan Luthra 3-0 (11-7 11-7 11-4) and South Africa’s Luke James Jacoby 3-0 (11-6 11-3 11-4). He will now face 9/16 seed Denis Gilevskiy of Ireland on Friday 12 August at 10pm Saturday (Perth time).
Greg Chan was ousted in Round 1 with Canada’s Jacob Lin taking the match 3-1 (11-6 11-6 6-11 11-8) while Dylan Classen went down 0-3 (10-12 11-13 5-11) in a close match against USA’s Avi Agarwal.
The full schedule and results can be found here.
Day 2 (All times are for Perth)
Denis Gilevskiy v Oscar Curtis – 10pm (Ct 4)
Malak Khafagy v Madison Lyon – 11:20pm (Ct 1)
Plate
Brendan Macdonald v Raphael Margon – 4pm (Ct 6)
Dylan Classen v Daniel Lynch – 4:40am (Ct 8)
Kian Englund Jonsson v Andre Lynn – 6pm (Ct 3)
Abdul Rahman Mohamad Al Maghrabi v Greg Chan – 6:40pm (Ct 6)
Luke Eyles v Juan Irisarri – 7:20pm (Ct 3)
Kurstyn Mather v Shameena Riaz – 7:20pm (Ct 8)
Lilou Brevard v Hannah Slyth – 8pm (Ct 5)
Marie Van Riet v Sophie Fadaely – 10pm (Ct 2)
Maggie Goodman v Maria Camila Sabogal – 10pm (Ct 8)
Rachael Shannon v Erin Classen – 12:40am (Ct 2)
YouTube WSF: All matches on the glass court 1 and court 4 (Squash du Rêve)
Sport en France: Glass court matches on the app, semi-finals and finals on the channel
Olympic Channel: Quarterfinals (to be confirmed), Semi-finals and Finals
YouTube Squash du Reve – FFSquash: courts 2, 3 and 5