WORLD SQUASH NEWS

RESULTS: Catella Swedish Open Squash Championship, Linköping, Sweden

Qualifying finals:
Rodney Durbach (RSA) bt Christian Drakenberg (SWE) 15-9, 15-13, 15-14
Alister Walker (ENG) bt Laurens-Jan Anjema (NED) 15-13, 4-15, 15-17, 15-9, 15-10
Joey Barrington (ENG) bt Lars Harms (SUI) 15-12, 15-6, 15-9
Peter Barker (ENG) bt Raj Nanda (AUS) 15-6, 15-9, 15-3

English Dominate Swedish Open Qualifiers

England players claimed all but one of the qualifying places in the 2004 Catella Swedish Open Squash Championship after the qualifying finals in Linköping.

Essex's Peter Barker beat Australia's Raj Nanda in straight games to earn a replay of the 2002 World Junior Open final against compatriot James Willstrop, the 8th seed.

Another all-English clash will take place between fifth seed Nick Matthew and Joey Barrington, the Somerset 25-year-old who toppled Switzerland's Lars Harms 15-12 15-6 15-9.

Alister Walker's 15-13 4-15 15-17 15-9 15-10 victory over Dutchman Laurens-Jan Anjema gives the Hertfordshire player a first round clash with Egypt's Karim Darwish, the third seed who is aiming to win his third title already this year.

Walker's Broxbourne team-mate Rodney Durbach took the final qualifying place.  The 31-year-old South African beat Sweden's Christian Drakenberg 15-9 15-13 15-14 and now faces Malaysia's seventh seed Ong Beng Hee, the 2002 champion, in the first round.

Egypt's new world champion Amr Shabana is seeded to win the $30,000 PSA Tour event.  The 24-year-old from Cairo meets France's Renan Lavigne in the opening round.

1st round draw:
[1] Amr Shabana (EGY) v Renan Lavigne (FRA)
[8] James Willstrop (ENG) v [Q] Peter Barker (ENG)
[4] Joseph Kneipp (AUS) v Davide Bianchetti (ITA)
[5] Nick Matthew (ENG) v [Q] Joey Barrington (ENG)
[6] Gregory Gaultier (FRA) v Adrian Grant (ENG)
[3] Karim Darwish (EGY) v [Q] Alister Walker (ENG)
[7] Ong Beng Hee (MAS) v [Q] Rodney Durbach (RSA)
[2] Jonathon Power (CAN) v Daniel Forslund (SWE)