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Grindrod, Shuja reach Invercargill main draw

Ben Grindrod and Kashif Shuja have joined Kiwis Martin Knight, Paul Coll and Lance Beddoes in the main draw of the 2014 ILT & Community Trust of Southland NZ Southern Open. 

The second night of qualifying began with an epic five setter between Ben Grinrod and Chris Van der Salm that kept the spectators on the edge of their seats for 62 minutes.  The two 20 year olds have a history of playing extremely close matches, and didn't disappoint this time either. Grindrod managed to sneak the win, taking the fifth set 11/9.

The second match between fourth seed Jaakko Vahamaa (FIN) and fifth seed Sanjay Singh (MAS) was quick and clinical with Singh taking just 21 minutes to overpower Vahamaa in three sets.Kashif Shuja 2009

Kashif Shuja and Hannan Tarmidi provided another mammoth and enjoyable match for the spectators with Shuja eventually closing out the fifth set 11-7 after 71 minutes.

The final match saw Adam Murrills (ENG) take 46 minutes to beat Arthur Moineau (FRA) in four sets.

All in all, four very good displays of squash that have whet the appetites of locals to watch more of the same as the weekend progresses.  For those based outside of Invercargill, matches can be live-streamed here.

Qualifying Final Results

Ben Grindrod beat Chris van der Salm 11-9, 5-11, 11-6, 15-17, 11-9 (62 mins) (plays Karwalski)
(5) Sanjay Singh (MAS) beat (4) Jaakko Vahama 11-7, 11-7, 11-3 (21 mins) (plays Adnan)
Kashif Shuja beat Hannan Tarmidi (MAS)  12-14, 11-6, 10-12, 11-4, 11-7 (71 mins) (plays Hedrick)
(2) Adam Murrills (ENG) beat (6) Arthur Moineau (FRA) 11-5, 7-11, 11-6, 11-8 (46 mins) (plays Al Tamimi)

Thursday Game Times

Game times for the first round of the ILT & Community Trust NZ Southern PSA Open tomorrow night.  Matches will be live streamed here.

5.30pm 

   (1) Mohd Nafizwan vs (Q) Sanjay Singh
   (Q) Adam Murrills vs (6) Abdullah Mohd Al Tamimi

6.30pm 

   (7) Paul Coll vs Matias Tuomi
   (Q) Kashif Shuja vs (4) Rex Hedrick

7.30pm 

   (3) Matthew Karwalski vs (Q) Ben Grindrod
   James Huang vs (8) Aqeel Rehman

8.30pm 

   (5) Jan Koukal vs (WC) Lance Beddoes
   Joe Chapman vs (2) Martin Knight


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