Great Britain & Hong Kong To Contest World University Team Final

Hong Kong and former champions Great Britain will contest the final of the 7th World University Team Squash Championships after straightforward wins in today's semi-finals at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia.

Earlier in the day, the two top-seeded teams had finished top of the two qualifying pools following comprehensive victories over all their opposition.

Newly-crowned men's individual champion Joel Hinds, of Birmingham University, led favourites Great Britain, champions in 1996 & 2006, to a 3/0 triumph over third seeds USA with an 11-7, 11-5, 11-9 win over Christopher Hanson.

Later victories by Emma Chorley and Welshman Peter Creed put GB into the final for the third successive time.

Then other semi-final saw Hong Kong claim a place in the final for the first time in the 14-year history of the event.

It was a family effort that saw the second seeds through against Canada, the fourth seeds. Siblings Annie Au and Leo Au, both of Hong Kong Polytechnic University, despatched Canadians Colin West and Laura Gemmell, respectively, to clinch the place in the final.

But Canada gained some consolation when Fred Reid beat Chiu Ho Fai 11-7, 11-7 in the best-of-three dead rubber.