Central Gauteng Squash Open
Parkview Squash Centre
Johannesburg
Results : Women: Qualifying 2nd Round: Sachika Ingale (Ind) bt Lume Landman 10-12 15-13 11-6 11-7, Lauren Siddall bt Karen Schultz 11-4 11-4 11-7, Katie Smith (Eng) bt Alexa Pienaar 12-10 11-13 11-9 5-11 14-12, Farrah Sterne bt Hannah Shipley (Eng) 11-5 11-7 11-5.
Men: 1st Round: 1- Aqeel Rehman (Aut) bt Haseeb Gul (Pak) 11-3 11-3 11-8, Hesham Aly (Egy) bt Mubarak Mohsin (Pak) 11-7 12-10 11-9, Oliver Pett (Eng) bt Baba Ajagbe(Nig) 11-9 11-5 11-3, Kyle Maree bt 6- Anthony Graham (Eng) 11-5 11-7 11-8, 5-Thoboki Mohohlo bt Sanjay Singh (Mas) 11-8 12-10 7-11 11-8, Piedro Schweertman (Ned) bt Gareth Naidoo 11-8 11-9 11-4, Andrew Martin bt Diego Gobbi (Bra) 13-11 11-5 11-4, 4-Muhammed Yousaf(Pak) bt Lawrence Kuhn 13-11 12-10 14-12, 3- Tom Ford (Eng) bt Tom Bamford (Eng) 11-1 11-8 11-9, Zuko Kubukeli bt Benjamin Coates (Eng) 11-7 11-7 11-6, Ray Simbule (Zam) bt Ahmed Ashoush (Egy) 9-11 8-11 12-10 11-9 11-8, Amaad Fareed (Pak) bt 7- JP Brits 4-11 11-7 11-2 11-2, 8-Arthur Moineau (Fra) bt Alex Noakes (Eng) 6-11 13-11 11-6 11-6, Mike Tootill bt Chaudhary Anwar (Pak) 11-3 11-3 11-3, Devon Hendrickse bt Tristan Eysele 9-11 11-8 11-7 11-7, Michael Wood bt 2- Tayyab Aslam (Pak) 3-11 11-8 11-8 11-4 .
Second seed, Tayyab Aslam (Pak), 6th seed Anthony Graham (Eng) and 7th seed Jean-Pierre Brits of South Africa were tumbled out of the first round of the Central Gauteng Open Squash Championships being played at the Parkview Squash Centre, Johannesburg.
Aslam took the first game easily at 9-3 against 23 year old Michael Wood before the former Border player, now based in Gauteng, levelled at one game all and coasted through the next two games 11-8 11-4.
Former British and European Junior champion , Anthony Graham, who was born in Mutare, Zimbabwe had no answer to Kyle Maree’s attacking play and faded in straight games.
Pakistan’s Amaad Fareed who had upset Tayyab Aslam in the Northerns Open last week outplayed Jean-Pierre Brits in four games to go through to the last 16.
The first round of the women’s draw and the second of the men’s together with play in various other sections takes place from 17h00 This afternoon at Parkview Centre.
Liz Addison
