Power Meets Parke In St Louis Comeback

After withdrawing from this month's US Open with a gluteus minimus injury, former world No1 Jonathon Power makes his comeback at the St Louis Open in Missouri, USA, where the top seed faces English qualifier Simon Parke, a former US Open champion, in the first round.

Parke maintained the form which took him to the final of the English Open in August and the quarter-finals of the US Open two weeks ago - both times as a qualifier - to claim a first round berth in St Louis by beating Australia's Cameron Pilley 11-3 11-5 8-11 11-6 in 68 minutes in the qualifying finals.

The Nottingham-based Yorkshireman was joined by compatriot Ben Garner in the first round after the Surrey 24-year-old beat fellow Englishman Lee Drew 11-9 11-3 11-7. Garner will meet Australia's Anthony Ricketts, the sixth seed, in the first round.

Updated 1st round draw:
[1] Jonathon Power (CAN) v [Q] Simon Parke (ENG)
[6] Anthony Ricketts (AUS) v [Q] Ben Garner (ENG)
[3] Karim Darwish (EGY) v [Q] Wael El Hindi (EGY)
[8] Graham Ryding (CAN) v Mark Chaloner (ENG)
[5] Joseph Kneipp (AUS) v Michael Puertas (USA)
[4] Gregory Gaultier (FRA) v Alex Gough (WAL)
[7] Mohammed Abbas (EGY) v [Q] Laurens Jan Anjema (NED)
[2] Amr Shabana (EGY) v Paul Price (AUS)

Qualifying finals:
Laurens Jan Anjema (NED) bt Rodney Durbach (RSA) 11-6, 11-10 (2-0), 11-10 (2-0) (53m)
Simon Parke (ENG) bt Cameron Pilley (AUS) 11-3, 11-5, 8-11, 11-6 (68m)
Ben Garner (ENG) bt Lee Drew (ENG) 11-9, 11-3, 11-7 (44m)
Wael El Hindi (EGY) bt Gavin Jones (WAL) 11-6, 7-11, 11-4, 11-4 (52m)