Day 2
The remaining two Australian single players both put in a huge effort overnight in Round 3 but fell short of advancing to the round of 16.
After a bye in round 1 and a dominant straight set victory in round 2, reigning Australian Junior Open U19 Girls champion Madison Lyon faced 5/8 seed Malak Khafagy from Egypt overnight. While the opening two sets were a close contest of back-and-forth points, Khafagy ran away with the final set to claim the win 3-0 (12-10, 11-8 11-3).
In the men’s competition, Oscar Curtis faced Ireland’s Denis Gilevskiy in the Round of 32. Curtis came into the match off the back of two straight set victories in the opening rounds of competition on Friday. However Ireland’s 9/16 seed proved dominant on the court, and took the victory 3-0 (11-3 11-6 11-4) to advance to the Round of 16.
In the Plate matches, all five Aussie men notched wins on the board, as did Maggie Goodman and Erin Classen in the women’s event.
Plate Match Results
Brendan Macdonald def Raphael Margon (FRA) 3:0 (11-7 11-6 11-7)
Dylan Classen def Daniel Lynch (IRL) 3:0 (11-9 11-7 11-6)
Andre Lynn def Kian Englund Jonsson (NOR)3:0 (11-4 11-8 12-10)
Greg Chan def Abdul Rahman Mohamad Al Maghrabi (KWT) 3:0 (11-8 11-6 11-9)
Luke Eyles def Juan Irisarri (COL) 3:2 (11-6 7-11 11-7 8-11 11-6)
Maggie Goodman def Maria Camila Sabogal (COL) 3:0 (11-7 11-2 11-3)
Erin Classen def Rachael Shannon (RSA) 3:0 (11-7 11-3 11-6)
Kurstyn Mather def by Shameena Riaz (IND) 1:3 (4-11 11-7 9-11 7-11)
Hannah Slyth def by Lilou Brevard (FRA) 1:3 (11-5 2-11 7-11 5-11)
Sophie Fadaely def by Marie Van Riet (GER) 1:3 (13-11 5-11 6-11 5-11)
Day 3
It was a mixed day of results for our young Aussie athletes.
In the Consolation Round of 16, Luke Eyles defeated Ukraine’s Timofey Radionov in a five-set back-and-forth battle (12-10 6-11 11-5 4-11 11-8). Eyles will now face Harith Danial Jefri from Malaysia in the Consolation quarter-final at 11.40am local time (7.40pm AEST).
Dylan Classen was the other Aussie to secure a victory on Day 3 of competition, defeating Samuel Gerrits of the Netherlands 3:2 (11-5 4-11 11-7 5-11 11-8).
Others had tough battles on their hands, and unfortunately lost to their opponents:
33th/48th place: Jhansi Bhavsar (USA) def Erin Classen 3:0 (11-9 11-3 11-2)
Arav Bhagwati (USA) def Brendan Macdonald 3:1 (11-5 10-12 11-4 11-9)
65th/80th place: Ana Munos (FRA) def Margaret Goodman 3:2 (11-5 6-11 11-13 3-11 11-7)
Seth Flisberg (RSA) def Gregory Chan 3:0 (11-6 11-7 17-15)
49th/64th place: Maya Weishar (GER) def Kurstyn Mather 3:0 (11-7 11-4 11-8)
49th/64th place Maria Clara Ramirez Velasquez (COL) def Hannah Slyth 3:1 (11-8 7-11 11-9 11-7)
17th/32nd place Ocean Ma (CAN) def Madison Lyon 3:1 (11-5 11-4 11-9)
49th/64th place Naomi Nohar (NED) def Sophie Fadaely 3:1 (11-9 9-11 11-9 11-3)
Day 4
It was a tough day on court for Team Australia.
In the Men’s Plate, Western Australia’s Dylan Classen came agonisingly close to advancing to the semi-finals but went down to Eygptian Omar Azzam in the quarter-final. Azzam, who is just 16-years-old and has experience on the PSA Tour, showed his dominance in game one to take it 11-1. As Classen found his groove, he made it tough for the Egyptian to ease through the match, testing him in game two and three. Unfortunately, it wasn’t to be as Azzam secured a Plate semi-finals spot with a 3-0 (11-1 11-6 12-10) win.
Meanwhile, in the Men’s – Special Plate, Luke Eyles went down to Malaysia’s Harith Danial Jefri 0-3 (11-4 11-8 13-11). Over on the women’s side of the draw, Queensland Madison Lyon will play for a 27-28 place finish after going down to France’s Lauren Baltayan 1-3 (11-3 11-0 8-11 11-1).
Hannah Slyth beat Belgium’s Jeanne Dael in the places 57-64 in a tense five-game match. Coming from behind after losing the first two games, Slyth turned the game around in the third, winning 12-10. She continued on the winning path in game four and five to secure a 3-2 (4-11 6-11 12-10 11- 11-) victory.
Sophie Fadaely also won her places 57-64 match defeating South Africa’s Nicola Bently 3-0 (11-8 11-2 11-5). Maggie Goodman produced a win against Poland’s Jagoda Gora 3-0 (11-2 11-3 11-1). Erin Classen will play for a 45-48 place finish after France’s Ella Galova won 3-1 (11-6 11-2 7-11 11-7).
Matches will be streamed across several different platforms:
- YouTube WSF: All matches on the glass court 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
Aussies in Action (Perth Time)
Ona Blasco v Madison Lyon – 5pm
Anne Leakey v Hannah Slyth – 5pm
Sophie Fadaely v Rachael Shannon – 5pm
Kurstyn Mather v Jeanne Dael – 6:20pm
Maiden-Lee Coe v Erin Classen – 6:40pm
Maggie Goodman v Renske Huntelaar – 8:40pm
The full schedule and results can be found here.
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