Aussies bow out in Manitoba

15-Mar-2010 - Squash Australia

Australian pair Wade Johnstone (pictured) and Zac Alexander bowed out of the first round of the Manitoba Open in Winnipeg.
Top seed Laurens Jan Anjema beat the 21-year-old Alexander 11-8, 11-1, 11-4 while eighth seeded Czech Jan Koukal battled hard to eventually overcome Johnstone 6-11, 10-12, 11-7, 11-9, 11-4.
Both Alexander and Johnstone had had to win through two rounds of qualifying just to make the main draw.

First round results – prefix denotes seeding:

1-Laurens Jan Anjema (NED) bt Zac Alexander (AUS) 11-8, 11-1, 11-4 
8-Jan Koukal (CZE) bt Wade Johnstone (AUS) 6-11, 10-12, 11-7, 11-9, 11-4 
3-Hisham Ashour (EGY) bt Bernardo Samper (COL) 11-6, 6-11, 11-4, 11-7 
7-Arturo Salazar (MEX) bt Robbie Temple (ENG) 6-11, 11-8, 11-4, 11-1 
6-Eric Galvez (MEX) bt Shawn Delierre (CAN) 11-6, 11-9, 11-6 
4-Shahier Razik (CAN) bt Eddie Charlton (ENG) 10-12, 11-6, 11-4, 11-9 
5-Martin Knight (NZL) bt Thomas Brinkman (CAN) 11-4, 8-11, 11-7, 11-9 
2-Daryl Selby (ENG) bt Cesar Salazar (MEX) 8-11, 10-12, 11-8, 11-8, 11-4