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New Zealand's Martin Knight is safely through to the second round of the Australian Open.

Knight has held off a late fightback from Australian qualifier Justin Beard to win 11-5, 11-9, 9-11, 11-4.  He will face 7th seeded Scotsman Alan Clyne in the last 16.

Fellow Kiwi Evan Williams is out of the tournament.  After safely negotiating his way through qualifying, Williams has come unstuck in the first round of the main draw, beaten 12-10, 11-5, 11-8 by Egypt's Amr Khaled Khalifa.

Meanwhile, Kylie Lindsay, Amanda Landers-Murphy and Megan Craig remain on target to claim places in the women's main draw.  All three are through to the final round of qualifying later today.

Results

Men

1st round (lower half of draw):

[3] Tom Richards (ENG) bt Kamran Khan (MAS) 11-7, 11-7, 14-12 (59m) Ryan Cuskelly (AUS) bt Muhd Asyraf Azan (MAS) 11-5, 11-9, 11-8 (50m) Martin Knight (NZL) bt [Q] Justin Beard (AUS) 11-5, 11-9, 9-11, 11-4 (49m) [7] Alan Clyne (SCO) bt Siddharth Suchde (IND) 11-7, 11-5, 11-8 (41m) [5] Ong Beng Hee (MAS) bt Ivan Yuen (MAS) 12-10, 11-8, 11-7 (47m) Amr Khaled Khalifa (EGY) bt [Q] Evan Williams (NZL) 12-10, 11-5, 11-8 (33m) Jan Koukal (CZE) bt [Q] Mike Corren (AUS) 11-5, 11-2, 11-4 (27m) [2] Omar Mosaad (EGY) bt Max Lee (HKG) 11-2, 12-10, 11-4 (37m)

 

Women

1st round qualifying

Kylie Lindsay (NZL) bye

Jessica Turnbull (AUS) bt Genevieve Lessard (CAN)3-11, 6-11, 11-7, 11-8, 11-7 (36m) Sarah Cardwell (AUS) bt Victoria Leow (AUS) 11-3, 11-4, 11-2 (16m) Larissa Huffer (AUS) bt Alix Younger (CAN) 8-11, 11-5, 11-6, 11-5 (21m) Olga Ertlova (CZE) bye Chloe Mesic (FRA) bt Lakeesha Rarere (AUS) 11-5, 11-6, 11-5 (21m) Thaisa Serafini (BRA) bt Stacey Cope (AUS) 11-4, 11-5, 11-4 (15m) Vanessa Pickerd (AUS) bt Carin Clonda (EST) 11-3, 11-5, 11-3 (14m) Selena Shaikh (AUS) bt Rachael Gibson (AUS) 11-9, 11-5, 10-12, 11-8 (26m) Tesni Evans (WAL) bt Jane Kennedy (AUS) 11-6, 11-3, 11-4 (17m) Tong Tsz-Wing (HKG) bt Taylor Flavell (NZ) 11-9, 11-4, 11-2 (22m) Amanda Landers-Murphy (NZL) bt Kristen Nightingale (AUS) 11-5, 11-6, 11-7 (18m) Jennifer Brown (AUS) bt Grace Mcervale (AUS) 11-9, 11-8, 11-8 (27m) Lisa Aitken (SCO) bt Natalie Newton (AUS) 11-2, 11-9 11-2 (18m) Megan Craig (NZL) bt Nicole Stoneham (AUS) 11-2, 11-4, 11-7 (15m) Joshna Chinappa (IND) bye

 

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


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