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Shuja and Williams qualify for Australian Open

Kashif and Evan have joined Martin and Campbell in the main draw in Canberra

New Zealand is well represented in the men's draw at this week's Australian Open in Canberra.

Four kiwis are lining up in the 32-strong draw, after Kashif Shuja and Evan Williams safely navigated their way through qualifying at the weekend. They join Martin Knight and Campbell Grayson, who gained automatic entry via their world rankings.

Shuja earned his spot in the draw with a tough four-game win over Australian Nathan Stevenson, bouncing back from a second game scare to win 11-9, 9-11, 11-8, 11-5.  His reward is the rather unenviable task of facing the top seed, Egyptian world number four Ramy Ashour, in the opening round tomorrow.

Williams also got the better of an Australian in the qualifying finals, beating Jamie McErvale 11-8, 11-5, 11-8.  He too will face an Egyptian in Amr Khaled Khalifa, ranked 67th in the world.

Paul Coll narrowly missed out on being the fifth New Zealander in the draw, going down 11-9, 7-11, 6-11, 11-8, 11-6 to Hong Kong's Dick Lau.

Meanwhile, there could be five Kiwis in the women's draw, with Kylie Lindsay, Amanda Landers-Murphy and Megan Craig all involved in qualifying.  Joelle King and Jaclyn Hawkes are already in the draw, seeded 9th and 13th respectively.

Results
Men's Qualfying finals
Dick Lau (HKG) bt Paul Coll (NZL) 11-9, 7-11, 6-11, 11-8, 11-6 (66m)
Aqeel Rehman (AUT) bt Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND) 9-11, 3-11, 11-5, 11-8, 11-7 (77m)
Gonzalo Miranda (ARG) bt Kevin Moran (SCO) 11-1, 11-9, 11-9 (38m)
Aaron Frankcomb (AUS) bt Joshua Larkin (AUS) 11-5, 11-3, 11-4 (31m)
Kashif Shuja (NZL) bt Nathan Stevenson (AUS) 11-9, 9-11, 11-8, 11-5 (52m)
Justin Beard (AUS) bt Sunil Seth (AUS) 11-4, 11-4, 11-5 (29m)
Evan Williams (NZL) bt Jamie McErvale (AUS) 11-8, 11-5, 11-8 (31m)
Mike Corren (AUS) bt Greg Lobban (SCO) 13-15, 11-7, 11-9, 12-10 (60m)

Tournament site...www.squashsite.co.uk/2009/australianopen2012.htm


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