Winning start for Team England at Men's World Team Championships

Team England produced a clinical performance on day one of the WSF Men's World Team Championships 2019 in Washington DC with straight victories over Canada.

Seeded to reach the final for the fourth time in a row, five-time champions Team England faced Canada in their opening tie - an encounter which turned out to be the nations' 10th meeting in the championships since 1983. Captain Daryl Selby led the five-time former champions to a 3-0 win, beating Nick Sachvie 11-3, 11-8, 11-4 in 35 minutes.

"Any time you can captain your country it fills you with pride," said Selby, the 37-year-old former World No.9. "I've been playing for more than 30 years and I've done it a few times at the Europeans, but this is the first time at World Championships.

"We've got a great team with a really good spirit, I say a big team, but I feel small in this team - they're all over 6ft and I'm the little guy which doesn't happen very often! We've got a lot of heart and we won't be easy to beat this week.

"Nothing is won on paper. Sport is a beautiful thing, you can say this team is going to beat that team but it doesn't always happen like that. A team championship is different and there are a lot of good teams out there, not just us and Egypt. It's a going to be a tough and good week and I think there are going to be fireworks this week."

Action from the WSF Men’s World Team Squash Championship continues on 16 December at 12pm local time (GMT-5) with all England matches shown live on the England Squash Facebook page. For more information on the tournament, follow the event on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, or visit www.worldteamsquashdc.com.

Results:

1st qualifying round - Pool A:

[1] EGYPT bt [12] USA 3/0

Tarek Momen bt Chris Hanson 11-2, 11-9, 11-8 (27m)

Ali Farag bt Todd Harrity 11-6, 11-7, 10-12, 11-4 (37m)

Karim Abdel Gawad bt Andrew Douglas 8-11, 11-9, 11-8, 11-6 (41m)

Pool B:

[2] ENGLAND bt [14] CANADA 3/0

Daryl Selby bt Nick Sachvie 11-3, 11-8, 11-4 (35m)

James Willstrop bt Michael McCue 11-8, 11-5, 2-11, 11-7 (37m)

Declan James bt David Baillargeon 11-8, 10-12, 11-6, 11-6 (52m)

[11] WALES bt [23] NIGERIA 3/0

Peter Creed bt Sodiq Taiwo 11-5, 11-3, 11-5 (24m)

Joel Makin bt Babatunde Ajagbe 11-5, 11-8, 11-2 (31m)

Emyr Evans bt Adewale Amao 11-13, 11-6, 11-9, 11-2 (41m)

Pool C:

[3] FRANCE bt [13] COLOMBIA 3/0

Gregory Gaultier bt Ronald Palomino 11-1, 11-5, 11-2 (23m)

Gregoire Marche bt Juan Camilo Vargas 11-6, 11-2, 11-7 (36m)

Baptiste Masotti bt Erick Herrera 11-5, 11-6, 11-3 (24m)

[10] MALAYSIA bt [22] REPUBLIC OF KOREA 3/0

Ivan Yuen bt Chang-Wook Woo 11-3, 11-2, 11-7 (25m)

Eain Yow Ng bt Ko Youngjo 11-9, 11-2, 11-5 (28m)

Mohd Syafiq Kamal bt Joong-Won Hwang 11-9, 11-7, 11-6 (34m)

Pool D:

[4] NEW ZEALAND bt [18] IRELAND 3/0

Campbell Grayson bt Oisin Logan 11-8, 11-5, 11-5 (32m)

Paul Coll bt Arthur Gaskin 11-7, 11-7, 11-6 (33m)

Evan Williams bt Steve Richardson 11-7, 11-7, 11-5 (33m)

[9] SCOTLAND bt [20] SINGAPORE 3/0

Alan Clyne bt Chua Man Chin 11-5, 11-2, 11-1 (25m)

Greg Lobban bt Samuel Kang 11-6, 11-8, 11-6 (30m)

Rory Stewart bt Brandon Tan 11-1, 11-4, 11-6 (22m)

Pool E:

[5] GERMANY bt [16] ARGENTINA 2/1

Valentin Rapp lost to Leandro Romiglio 11-4, 4-11, 5-11, 9-11 (70m)

Raphael Kandra bt Robertino Pezzota 11-7, 11-7, 11-3 (25m)

Rudi Rohrmuller bt Gonzalo Miranda 11-3, 11-5, 11-9 (30m)

[8] SPAIN bt [19] SOUTH AFRICA 3/0

Iker Pajares Bernabeu bt Christo Potgieter 11-5, 11-5, 11-5 (28m)

Borja Golan bt Jean-Pierre Brits 11-3, 11-9, 11-6 (31m)

Carlos Cornes bt Gary Wheadon 11-5, 11-3, 13-11 (30m)

Pool F:

[6] HONG KONG CHINA bt [17] JAMAICA 3/0

Max Lee bt Lewis Walters 10-12, 11-5, 11-2, 11-5 (39m)

Leo Au bt Christopher Binnie 11-7, 11-3, 11-7 (20m)

Yip Tsz Fung bt Bruce Burrowes 11-4, 11-5, 11-5 (16m)

[7] AUSTRALIA bt [21] KUWAIT 2/1

Cameron Pilley lost to Abdullah Al Muzayen 7-11, 6-11, 5-11 (29m)

Ryan Cuskelly bt Ammar Altamimi 11-7, 11-7, 11-4 (31m)

Rex Hedrick bt Yousif Nizar Saleh 11-2, 11-4, 11-3 (32m)