Sporting Digest: Squash

HI-TEC BRITISH OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS (Lambs Club): Men's first round: P Whitlock (Eng) bt C Van der Wath (SA) 9-4 9-0 6-9 9-5; P Marshall (Eng) bt A Davies (Wal) 9-2 9-5 9-0; S Elopuro (Fin) bt H Wiens (Ger) 8-10 9-4 9-2 5-0 disqualified; C Dittmar (Aus) bt S Frienz (Ger) 9-6 9-3 9-0; B Martin (Aus) bt J Nicolle (Eng) 9-2 7-9 9-5 6-9 9-6; G Waite (Can) bt Mir Zaman Gul (Pak) 9-7 9-2 9-4; R Eyles (Aus) bt A Hill (Aus) 9-7 9-4 9-0; C Walker (Eng) bt J Ransome (Eng) 7-9 9-1 9-3 9-3; Zarak Jahan Jahan (Pak) bt R Martin (Aus) 9-1 9-3 9-5; P Lord (Eng) bt A Adarraga (Sp) w/o; S Parke (Eng) bt P Johnson (Eng) 9-5 7-9 9-0 9-6; M Carlyon (Aus) bt M Maclean (Sco) 9-3 9-1 9-2; D Harris (Eng) bt S Meads (Eng) 6-9 9-3 9-5 5-9 10-8. Women's first round: M Martin (Aus) bt S Cowdry (SA) 9-0 9-3 9-3; F Geaves (Eng) bt S Suck (Ger) 9-3 9-0 9-1; H Wallace (Can) bt T Weeks (Aus) 9-1 9-4 9-2; S Brady (Aus) bt A McArdle (Irl) 9-3 9-3 9-1; C Jackman (Eng) bt P Beams (NZ) 9-3 9-1 9-2; S Schoene (Ger) bt D Vardy (Eng) 9-5 6-9 9-5 9-4; S Wright (Eng) bt E Pierce (US) 2-9 9-2 9-3 9-4.