Frankcomb bows out

23-Feb-2010 - Squash Australia

Tasmania’s Aaron Frankcomb bowed out of the North American Open in Richmond, Virginia after losing his first round match to England’s James Willstrop on Monday.
Frankcomb struggled to come to terms with the speed and precision of the Englishman and fell to an 11-4, 11-4, 11-8 defeat.
David Palmer takes to the court on Tuesday for his second round match against Finland’s Olli Tuominen.

First round results – prefix denotes seeding:

12-Alister Walker (ENG) bt Nicolas Mueller (SUI) 11-9, 11-4, 11-8
7-James Willstrop (ENG) bt Aaron Frankcomb (AUS) 11-4, 11-4, 11-8 
15-Joey Barrington (ENG) bt Rafael Alarcon (BRA) 10-12, 11-5, 11-7, 9-11, 11-6 
4-Gregory Gaultier (FRA) bt Yasir Butt (PAK) 11-6, 11-9, 11-6 
10-Adrian Grant (ENG) bt Simon Rosner (GER) 11-9, 11-9, 6-11, 10-12, 11-6 
5-Karim Darwish (EGY) bt Amr Swelim (ITA) 11-6, 11-5, 11-2  
Mohammed Abbas (EGY) bt 16-Julian Illingworth (USA) 8-11, 11-7, 11-7, 11-6
2-Nick Matthew (ENG) bt Esteban Casarino (PAR) 11-3, 11-3, 11-8