ODENSE, Denmark – Former world number-one Jonathon Power of Montreal had his hands full in his match but prevailed to clinch Canada’s 3-0 victory over Scotland in the round of 16 on Wednesday at the men’s world team squash championships.
Shahier Razik of Toronto opened the match with a comfortable 11-2, 11-3, 11-3 victory over Stuart Crawford in 25 minutes.
In the second match, Power also appeared headed to a straight games victory over Alan Clyne after winning the first two games. The 23-year-old Clyne turned the tables on the Canadian and nearly caused one of the biggest upsets of the tournament. In the end Power won the match 11-5, 11-8, 3-11, 6-11, 11-2 in 63 minutes.
“It was a harder match than I expected,” said Power, 35. “It was a very bouncy court and Clyne was very fit. Even though I was making him run he kept hanging on and I got a bit tired. I wanted to make sure I saved some strength for the fifth game and it managed to work out.”
Editors note: There is a great recap of the Power vs Clyne match from this afteroon here: http://www.squashsite.co.uk/worldteams/today.htm
Shawn DeLierre of Brossard, Que., won the third match 11-7, 16-14 over Chris Small.
Canada, seeded seventh, faces number-one Egypt in its quarterfinal on Thursday.
“Our team is really pumped about our performances so far,” said Power, competing at his 10th team worlds. “We reached a big goal by making the top-eight. We know we face a difficult task in our next match but we’re confident we can end this tournament in strong fashion.”
The Canada-Egypt match will be carried live on-line at http://profuivs01.dedicated.cohaesio.net/ at 7 a.m (EDT)
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