Scotland Trounce India In World Team Championship Upset

After two days of toil between 28 nations competing in the 22nd Men's World Team Championship in Denmark, Scotland recorded the only significant upset when they beat ninth seeds India in the qualifying rounds of the World Squash Federation event at the Squash Center Denmark in the city of Odense.

Seeded outside the top 16 and featuring a squad each ranked below their equivalent opponents, Scotland went into the tie led by Alan Clyne, the world No83 from Edinburgh, who beat India's Ritwik Bhattacharya - ranked almost 20 places higher - 11-7, 11-4, 11-5.

The British side sealed victory when unranked Chris Small, a 31-year-old from Dunfermline, beat Gaurav Nandrajog 11-8, 11-9, 11-5. The Scots celebrated a 3/0 win when squad number two, the world No 132 from Edinburgh, beat Harinder Pal Sandhu, from Chennai, 12-10, 11-4, 11-6.

India restored some pride later in Pool H by beating outsiders Venezuela 3/0, while Scotland went down 3/0 to Pool favourites Italy, the eighth seeds.

Defending champions England scored straightforward 3/0 wins over Japan and Austria in Pool B, while event favourites Egypt were also untroubled against Hong Kong and Kuwait.

Qualifying rounds - Pool A:
[1] EGYPT bt [17/24] KUWAIT 3/0
Amr Shabana bt Abdullah Almezayen 11-7, 11-4, 11-2 (21m)
Wael El Hindi bt Bader Al Hussaini 11-6, 11-7, 11-4 (31m)
Ramy Ashour bt Salem Fayez Mohammed 11-4, 11-4, 12-10 (18m)

[16] HONG KONG bt SERBIA 3/0
Dick Lau bt Dennis Drenjovski 11-9, 11-7, 11-5 (26m)
Anson Kwong bt Marko Matanovic 11-3, 11-1, 11-2 (18m)
Max Lee bt Ivan Djordjevic 10-12, 11-5, 11-3, 11-7 (25m)

[1] EGYPT bt [16] HONG KONG 3/0
Amr Shabana bt Dick Lau 11-5, 11-2, 11-1 (24m)
Wael El Hindi bt Anson Kwong 12-10, 11-7, 12-10 (31m)
Ramy Ashour bt Max Lee 11-7, 11-7, 12-10 (26m)

[17/24] KUWAIT bt SERBIA 3/0
Abdullah Almezayen bt Daniel Zilic 11-6, 11-3, 11-1 (25m)
Bader Al Hussaini bt Marko Matanovic 11-2, 11-0, 11-1 (17m)
Salem Fayez Mohammed bt Ivan Djordjevic 11-5, 11-7, 11-2 (11m)

Pool B:
[2] ENGLAND bt JAPAN 3/0
Nick Matthew bt Yuta Fukui 6-11, 11-4, 11-6, 11-3 (37m)
Adrian Grant bt Shimizu Takanori 11-5, 11-2, 11-2 (26m)
James Willstrop bt Tsukue Shinnosuke 11-1, 11-5, 11-3 (43m)

[15] GERMANY bt [17/24] AUSTRIA 3/0
Simon Rosner bt Aqeel Rehman 11-6, 11-4, 11-8 (29m)
Stefan Leifels bt Stefan Brauneis 11-8, 11-8, 11-9 (24m)
Jens Schoor bt Jakob Dirnberger 15-13, 11-3, 11-8 (33m)

[2] ENGLAND bt [17/24] AUSTRIA 3/0
James Willstrop bt Aqeel Rehman 11-3, 13-11, 9-11, 11-6 (39m)
Adrian Grant bt Christian Coufal 11-4, 11-5, 11-0 (22m)
Peter Barker bt Jakob Dirnberger 11-7, 11-5, 11-3 (25m)

[15] GERMANY bt JAPAN 3/0
Simon Rosner bt Yuta Fukui 11-5, 11-8, 11-2 (23m)
Stefan Leifels bt Jun Matsumoto 11-7, 11-8, 11-7 (28m)
Jens Schoor bt Tsukue Shinnosuke 6-11, 11-9, 9-11, 11-4, 11-6 (50m)

Pool C:
[14] IRELAND bt [17/24] DENMARK 3/0
Liam Kenny bt Rasmus Nielsen 5-11, 13-11, 11-6, 11-8 (57m)
Derek Ryan bt Danny Knudsen 11-8, 12-10, 11-5 (44m)
Arthur Gaskin bt Kristian Frost Olesen 11-8, 11-1, 8-11, 11-5 (40m)

[3] FRANCE bt [17/24] DENMARK 3/0
Thierry Lincou bt Rasmus Nielsen 11-9, 11-3, 11-5 (27m)
Julien Balbo bt Kim Povlsen 11-3, 11-2, 11-6 (26m)
Renan Lavigne bt Kristian Frost Olesen 11-6, 7-11, 11-7, 11-7 (57m)

Pool D:
[13] NETHERLANDS bt [17/24] WALES 2/1
Laurens Jan Anjema bt Rob Sutherland 11-3, 11-5, 11-4 (37m)
Sebastian Weenink lost to Peter Creed 5-11, 6-11, 11-3, 9-11 (39m)
Piedro Schweertman bt Jethro Binns 11-8, 11-6, 11-6 (38m)

[4] AUSTRALIA bt [17/24] WALES 3/0
Stewart Boswell bt Rob Sutherland 11-4, 11-7, 11-3 (31m)
Aaron Frankcomb bt Nic Birt 11-4, 11-5, 11-5 (25m)
Cameron Pilley bt Peter Creed 11-7, 9-11, 11-2, 11-3 (43m)

Pool E:
[12] USA bt [17/24] FINLAND 2/1
Julian Illingworth lost to Olli Tuominen 7-11, 11-7, 8-11, 4-11 (48m)
Christopher Gordon bt Matias Tuomi 10-12, 9-11, 12-10, 11-9, 11-7 (81m)
Gilly Lane bt Henrik Mustonen 11-9, 11-2, 11-3 (30m)

[5] MALAYSIA bt [17/24] FINLAND 2/1
Mohd Azlan Iskandar lost to Olli Tuominen 8-11, 11-8, 6-11, 6-11 (51m)
Mohd Nafiizwan Adnan bt Hameed Ahmed 11-8, 11-8, 11-1 (29m)
Ong Beng Hee bt Henrik Mustonen 8-11, 12-10, 11-7, 11-4 (40m)

Pool F:
[6] PAKISTAN bt KENYA 3/0
Aamir Atlas Khan bt Hardeep Reel 11-3, 11-6, 11-6 (19m)
Yasir Butt bt Joseph Ndungu Karigithe 11-2, 11-5, 11-2 (18m)
Farhan Mehboob bt Rajdeep Bains 11-2, 11-6, 11-6 (20m)

[11] SOUTH AFRICA bt [17/24] SWEDEN 2/1
Stephen Coppinger lost to Rasmus Hult 11-9, 5-11, 9-11, 7-11 (55m)
Clinton Leeuw bt Joakim Larsson 11-3, 11-4, 11-5 (26m)
Jesse Engelbrecht bt Carl-Johan Lofvenborg 11-6, 11-4, 11-5 (30m)

[6] PAKISTAN bt [17/24] SWEDEN 3/0
Aamir Atlas Khan bt Rasmus Hult 11-7, 11-9, 11-4 (30m)
Mansoor Zaman bt Andre Vikstrom 11-8, 11-3, 11-0 (24m)
Farhan Mehboob bt Carl-Johan Lofvenborg 11-2, 11-8, 11-7 (21m)

[11] SOUTH AFRICA bt KENYA 3/0
Rodney Durbach bt Hardeep Reel 11-6, 11-2, 11-6 (23m)
Clinton Leeuw bt Joseph Ndungu Karigithe 11-7, 11-3, 11-5 (27m)
Jesse Engelbrecht bt Hartaj Bains 11-6, 11-3, 11-7 (20m)

Pool G:
[10] NEW ZEALAND bt [17/24] SPAIN 2/1
Kashif Shuja lost to David Vidal 11-0, 11-7, 8-11, 8-11, 6-11 (53m)
Martin Knight bt Eduardo Gonzales De Chaves 11-2, 11-4, 11-4 (37m)
Campbell Grayson bt Alejandro Garbi Caro 9-11, 11-4, 6-11, 11-7, 11-3 (60m)

[7] CANADA bt [17/24] SPAIN 3/0
Jonathon Power bt David Vidal 11-6, 11-4, 11-1 (28m)
Shawn Delierre bt Carlos Cornes Ribadas 11-8, 11-3, 11-7 (28m)
Shahier Razik bt Alejandro Garbi Caro 11-5, 11-8, 11-7 (35m)

Pool H:
[8] ITALY bt VENEZUELA 3/0
Marcus Berrett bt Francisco Valecillo 11-2, 11-0, 11-0 (13m)
Jose Facchini bt Juan Pablo Sanchez 11-3, 11-5, 11-1 (19m)
Amr Swelim bt Juan Pablo Rothie 11-5, 11-4, 11-5 (20m)

[17/24] SCOTLAND bt [9] INDIA 3/0
Alan Clyne bt Ritwik Bhattacharya 11-7, 11-4, 11-5 (29m)
Chris Small bt Gaurav Nandrajog 11-8, 11-9, 11-5 (43m)
Stuart Crawford bt Harinder Pal Sandhu 12-10, 11-4, 11-6 (30m)

[8] ITALY bt [17/24] SCOTLAND 3/0
Davide Bianchetti bt Alan Clyne 7-11, 11-7, 11-6, 11-9 (68m)
Amr Swelim bt Chris Small 11-7, 11-7, 11-8 (35m)
Marcus Berrett bt Stuart Crawford 9-11, 11-7, 11-5, 11-5 (40m)

[9] INDIA bt VENEZUELA 3/0
Ritwik Bhattacharya bt Juan Pablo Rothie 11-8, 12-10, 11-8 (23m)
Gaurav Nandrajog bt Gabriel Teran 11-1, 11-3, 11-5 (16m)
Harinder Pal Sandhu bt Juan Pablo Sanchez 11-5, 11-3, 11-1 (18m)