US Players Fall At First Hurdle

Domestic interest in the 2006 Bear Stearns Tournament of Champions was wiped out on the opening day of action in New York when all five US players failed to survive the first qualifying round at the New York Athletic Club.

1st qualifying round:
Simon Parke (ENG) bt David Phillips (CAN) 11-7, 11-3, 11-6
Ben Gould (AUS) bt Ryan Donegan (USA) 11-8, 11-8, 6-11, 11-6
Mark Heather (ENG) bt Jonny Smith (USA) 11-6, 11-4, 11-10 (4-2)
Shawn Delierre (CAN) bt Robert McFadzean (USA) 11-7, 11-8, 11-6
Mark Chaloner (ENG) bt Kumail Mehmood (PAK) 11-7, 11-4, 11-10 (3-1)
Yasser El Halaby (EGY) bt Laurent Elriani (FRA) 11-7, 11-7, 11-7
Eric Galvez (MEX) bt Patrick Bedore (CAN) 11-5, 11-2, 11-10
Bernardo Samper (COL) bt Dylan Patterson (USA) 11-8, 9-11, 11-2, 11-4
Clive Leach (ENG) bt Christopher Gordon (USA) 11-10 (2-0), 11-10 (2-0), 11-4
Matthew Giuffre (CAN) bt Siddharth Suchde (IND) 9-11, 11-7, 11-10 (2-0), 11-5
Miguel Angel Rodriguez (COL) bt Karim Yehia (EGY) 8-11, 11-9, 8-11, 11-7, 11-4
Borja Golan (ESP) bt Damien Mudge (AUS) 10-11 (0-2), 11-5, 11-5, 11-2
Alex Stait (ENG) bt Mathieu Castagnet (FRA) 7-11, 11-6, 11-9, 11-10
Liam Kenny (IRL) bt Ahmed Maged Hamza (EGY) 11-10 (2-0), 11-3, 11-7
Simon Rosner (GER) bt Jay Fleishman (CAN) 11-6, 11-3, 11-6
Dan Jenson (AUS) bt Paul Davis (AUS) 11-4, 11-3, 11-6