Squash: England coast into the last eight at the Women's World Team Squash Championship - Sportsister – The Women’s Sports Magazine

Top seeds England coasted into the last eight at the biennial World Squash Federation event in Palmerston North, New Zealand, with a 3/0 win over Austria.

Laura Massaro, Sarah Kippax and Jenny Duncalf all secured victories in their matches in less than an hour of playing time.

The favourites now face seventh seeds Ireland in the quarter-finals - with the winners taking on either New Zealand or France for a place in the final.

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Elsewhere in the Championship, hosts New Zealand pulled off their third successive win in the pool stages by beating Malaysia 2/1 to finish in top place in Pool D. The win ensures that the home team will not face one of the top three seeds in the quarter-finals.

The later quarter-final draw saw the victorious hosts lined up against France, runners-up in Pool C. The sixth seeds secured their spot in the quarter-finals after a thrilling victory over South Africa.

Defending champion Egypt made short work of Mexico, with the third seeds warming up for the quarter-finals with a 3/0 demolition of the Central Americans.

Results:

Final qualifying round - Pool A:
[1] ENGLAND bt [16] AUSTRIA 3/0
Laura Massaro bt Sandra Polak 11-3, 11-4, 11-2 (18m)
Sarah Kippax bt Sabrina Rehman 11-2, 11-4, 11-2 (16m)
Jenny Duncalf bt Birgit Coufal 11-6, 11-2, 11-1 (17m)

[9] USA bt [8] NETHERLANDS 2/1
Latasha Khan bt Annelize Naude 15-13, 11-7, 11-7 (47m)
Amanda Sobhy bt Orla Noom 6-11, 11-1, 11-5, 12-10 (34m)
Natalie Grainger lost to Vanessa Atkinson 10-12, 7-11, 11-4, 11-3, 10-12 (30m)
Final positions: 1 England, 2 USA, 3 Netherlands, 4 Austria

Pool B:
[2] AUSTRALIA bt [7] IRELAND 3/0
Sarah Fitz-Gerald bt Laura Mylotte 11-4, 11-6, 11-6 (19m)
Donna Urquhart bt Zoe Barr 11-7, 11-7, 11-3 (24m)
Rachael Grinham bt Aisling Blake 11-6, 11-2, 11-6 (24m)

[10] INDIA bt [15] JAPAN 3/0
Joshna Chinappa bt Miwa Maekawa 11-3, 11-3 ret. (12m)
Anaka Alankamony bt Yuki Sakai 15-13, 11-13, 11-6, 11-5 (37m)
Dipika Pallikal bt Misaki Kobayashi 11-3, 3-11, 11-8, 11-8 (29m)
Final positions: 1 Australia, 2 Ireland, 3 India, 4 Japan

Pool C:
[3] EGYPT bt [14] MEXICO 3/0
Engy Kheirallah bt Nayelly Hernandez 11-6, 11-4, 11-4 (20m)
Nour El Tayeb bt Imelda Salazar Martinez 11-9, 11-5, 11-3 (24m)
Raneem El Weleily bt Graciela Lopez Perez 11-6, 11-2, 11-4 (15m)

[6] FRANCE bt [11] SOUTH AFRICA 3/0
Isabelle Stoehr bt Siyoli Waters 10-12, 11-6, 11-8, 11-4 (34m)
Maud Duplomb bt Milnay Louw 8-11, 4-11, 11-5, 11-8, 12-10 (48m)
Camille Serme bt Tenille Swartz 11-7, 11-9, 11-6 (23m)
Final positions: 1 Egypt, 2 France, 3 South Africa, 4 Mexico

Pool D:
[5] NEW ZEALAND bt [4] MALAYSIA 2/1
Joelle King bt Low Wee Wern 11-6, 11-4, 9-11, 11-9 (56m)
Shelley Kitchen bt Delia Arnold 11-4, 11-7, 11-4 (33m)
Jaclyn Hawkes lost to Nicol David 3-11, 5-11, 5-11 (27m)

[13] HONG KONG bt [12] CANADA 2/1
Elise Ng bt Alexandra Norman 5-11, 4-11, 12-10, 11-8, 11-6 (43m)
Carmen Lee bt Samantha Cornett 11-8, 11-13, 11-8, 14-12 (40m)
Liu Tsz-Ling lost to Miranda Ranieri 8-11, 8-11, 6-11 (27m)
Final positions: 1 New Zealand, 2 Malaysia, 3 Hong Kong, 4 Canada

Quarter-final line-up:
[1] ENGLAND v [7] IRELAND
[5] NEW ZEALAND v [6] FRANCE
[3] EGYPT v [4] MALAYSIA
[2] AUSTRALIA v [9] USA

9th - 16th place play-offs:
[8] NETHERLANDS v [15] JAPAN
[13] HONG KONG v [14] MEXICO
[12] CANADA v [11] SOUTH AFRICA
[10] INDIA v [16] AUSTRIA

To watch the quarter-finals live visit www.worldsquash.org.

Jessica Whittington, Sportsister
The Women’s Sports Magazine