Commonwealth Games 2010 / Squash

At the Commonwealth Games 2010 in New Delhi , five squash competitions were held from October 4th to 13th .

The venue was the Siri Fort Sports Complex.

A total of 101 athletes, 39 women and 62 men, took part in the competitions.

Men's singles

Nick Matthew won his first gold at the Commonwealth Games with an extremely sovereign performance. In the final, the world number two defeated his long-term rival James Willstrop 3-0. Bronze went to Peter Barker , whereby England won all medals in this discipline. Barker defeated Malaysian Mohd Azlan Iskandar 3-0 in the bronze medal match .

Settlement

No. player Round reached 01.  Nick Matthew gold 02.  James Willstrop silver 03.  Peter Barker bronze 04th  Daryl Selby Quarter finals

No. player Round reached 05.  David Palmer Quarter finals 06th  Mohd Azlan Iskandar Semifinals 07th  Cameron Pilley Quarter finals 08th.  Stewart Boswell Quarter finals

Main round from quarterfinals

	Quarter finals									Semifinals									final
	1	Nick Matthew	11	11	11
	7th	Cameron Pilley	7th	5	6th
										1	Nick Matthew	11	11	11
										3	Peter Barker	9	2	9
	3	Peter Barker	10	11	11	11
	8th	Stewart Boswell	12	9	3	3
																			1	Nick Matthew	11	11	11
																			2	James Willstrop	6th	7th	7th
	6th	MA Iskandar	11	7th	13	13
	4th	Daryl Selby	6th	11	11	11
										6th	MA Iskandar	4th	7th	5
										2	James Willstrop	11	11	11					3rd place match
	5	David Palmer	11	11	5	8th	5
	2	James Willstrop	9	8th	11	11	11												3	Peter Barker	11	11	11
																			6th	MA Iskandar	5	4th	2

winner

space	country	athlete
1	England	Nick Matthew
2	England	James Willstrop
3	England	Peter Barker

Ladies singles

Nicol David , current number 1 in the world and reigning world champion, won the competition sovereignly and without losing a set and won the first ever gold medal in squash for Malaysia at the Commonwealth Games. The Englishwoman Jenny Duncalf narrowly prevailed against her teammate Alison Waters in the semi- finals, but could not oppose David in the final. Bronze went to the surprisingly strong Australian Kasey Brown , who knocked out the fourth seeded Irish Madeline Perry in five sets in the quarterfinals . The game for bronze was canceled due to an injury to Waters.

Settlement

No. Player Round reached 01.  Nicol David gold 02.  Jenny Duncalf silver 03.  Alison Waters Semifinals 04th  Madeline Perry Quarter finals

No. Player Round reached 05.  Laura Massaro Quarter finals 06th  Kasey Brown bronze 07th  Jaclyn Hawkes Quarter finals 08th.  Donna Urquhart Round of 16

Main round from quarterfinals

	Quarter finals									Semifinals									final
	1	Nicol David	11	11	11
	5	Laura Massaro	5	3	7th
										1	Nicol David	11	11	11
										6th	Kasey Brown	6th	3	3
	4th	Madeline Perry	11	11	12	9	10
	6th	Kasey Brown	5	6th	14th	11	12
																			1	Nicol David	11	11	11
																			2	Jenny Duncalf	3	5	7th
	12	Joelle King	10	11	5	12	2
	3	Alison Waters	12	9	11	10	11
										3	Alison Waters	11	10	9	4th
										2	Jenny Duncalf	6th	12	11	11				3rd place match
	7th	Jaclyn Hawkes	8th	4th	10
	2	Jenny Duncalf	11	11	12														6th	Kasey Brown	w.	O.
																			3	Alison Waters

winner

space	country	sportswoman
1	Malaysia	Nicol David
2	England	Jenny Duncalf
3	Australia	Kasey Brown

Men's doubles

Nick Matthew won his second gold with Adrian Grant . In the final they defeated the Australians David Palmer and Stewart Boswell . Palmer remains without a gold medal after three Commonwealth Games participation, while Boswell is defeated for the third time in a row in the final of the men's doubles (2002 and 2006 with Anthony Ricketts ). Bronze went to Cameron Pilley and Ryan Cuskelly from Australia, who were able to prevail against Alan Clyne and Harry Leitch from Scotland.

Settlement

No. pairing Round reached 01.  Adrian Grant Nick Matthew   gold 02.  David Palmer Stewart Boswell   final 03.  Peter Barker Daryl Selby   Quarter finals 04th  Ryan Cuskelly Cameron Pilley   bronze

No. pairing Round reached 05.  Harry Leitch Alan Clyne   Semifinals 06th  Mohd Nafiizwan Adnan Mohd Azlan Iskandar   Quarter finals 07th  Campbell Grayson Martin Knight   Quarter finals 08th.  Gaurav Nandrajog Siddharth Suchde   Round of 16

Main round from quarterfinals

	Quarter finals									Semifinals									final
	1	Adrian Grant Nick Matthew	11	11
	6th	Mohd Nafiizwan Adnan Mohd Azlan Iskandar	5	10
										1	Adrian Grant Nick Matthew	11	11
										4th	Ryan Cuskelly Cameron Pilley	10	9
	7th	Campbell Grayson Martin Knight	9	10
	4th	Ryan Cuskelly Cameron Pilley	11	11
																			1	Adrian Grant Nick Matthew	11	6th	11
																			2	David Palmer Stewart Boswell	9	11	5
	3	Peter Barker Daryl Selby	7th	7th
	5	Harry Leitch Alan Clyne	11	11
										5	Harry Leitch Alan Clyne	10	6th
										2	David Palmer Stewart Boswell	11	11						3rd place match
	9	Lyall Paterson Chris Small	2	2
	2	David Palmer Stewart Boswell	11	11															4th	Ryan Cuskelly Cameron Pilley	11	11
																			5	Harry Leitch Alan Clyne	5	7th

winner

space	country	athlete
1	England	Adrian Grant Nick Matthew
2	Australia	Stewart Boswell David Palmer
3	Australia	Ryan Cuskelly Cameron Pilley

Ladies doubles

The two top seeded doubles from Australia had to admit defeat in the semi-finals, so that it came to the final between England and New Zealand. After an hour of play, the New Zealand doubles Jaclyn Hawkes and Joelle King secured the gold medal. For Jenny Duncalf it was the second silver medal after the women's singles.

Settlement

No. pairing Round reached 01.  Kasey Brown Donna Urquhart   bronze 02.  Lisa Camilleri Amelia Pittock   Semifinals 03.  Jenny Duncalf Laura Massaro   silver 04th  Jaclyn Hawkes Joelle King   gold

No. pairing Round reached 05.  Tania Bailey Sarah Kippax   Quarter finals 06th  Lisa Aitken Frania Gillen-Buchert   Quarter finals 07th  Tamsyn Leevey Kylie Lindsay   Quarter finals 08th.  Delia Arnold Low Wee Wern   Quarter finals

Main round from quarterfinals

	Quarter finals									Semifinals									final
	1	Kasey Brown Donna Urquhart	11	11
	8th	Delia Arnold Low Wee Wern	4th	9
										1	Kasey Brown Donna Urquhart	11	5	4th
										3	Jenny Duncalf Laura Massaro	6th	11	11
	7th	Tamsyn Leevey Kylie Lindsay	4th	9
	3	Jenny Duncalf Laura Massaro	11	11
																			3	Jenny Duncalf Laura Massaro	9	10
																			4th	Jaclyn Hawkes Joelle King	11	11
	4th	Jaclyn Hawkes Joelle King	11	9	11
	5	Tania Bailey Sarah Kippax	4th	11	4th
										4th	Jaclyn Hawkes Joelle King	5	11	11
										2	Lisa Camilleri Amelia Pittock	11	5	5					3rd place match
	6th	Lisa Aitken Frania Gillen-Buchert	8th	9
	2	Lisa Camilleri Amelia Pittock	11	11															1	Kasey Brown Donna Urquhart	11	10	11
																			2	Lisa Camilleri Amelia Pittock	4th	11	5

winner

space	country	Sportswomen
1	New Zealand	Jaclyn Hawkes Joelle King
2	England	Jenny Duncalf Laura Massaro
3	Australia	Kasey Brown Donna Urquhart

Mixed

As in all double competitions, the preliminary round was played in groups, so that there were duels between the four top-seeded teams in the quarter-finals. In the end, the top seeded Kasey Brown and Cameron Pilley from Australia prevailed in a hard-fought final against New Zealanders Joelle King and Martin Knight . For Brown it was already the third medal after two bronze medals in singles and women doubles, her partner Cameron Pilley already secured the bronze medal in men doubles. King had only recently won gold in the women's doubles and, apart from a short break between the finals, was on the court for a total of 156 minutes.

Settlement

No. pairing Round reached 01.  Kasey Brown Cameron Pilley   gold 02.  Jenny Duncalf James Willstrop   Quarter finals 03.  Nicol David Ong Beng Hee   bronze 04th  Joshana Chinappa Saurav Ghosal   Quarter finals

No. pairing Round reached 05.  Jaclyn Hawkes Campbell Grayson   Quarter finals 06th  Sarah Kippax Adrian Grant   Round of 16 07th  Dipika Pallikal Harinder Pal Sandhu   retreat 08th.  Donna Urquhart David Palmer   Semifinals

Main round from quarterfinals

	Quarter finals									Semifinals									final
	1	Kasey Brown Cameron Pilley	11	7th	11
	2	Jenny Duncalf James Willstrop	7th	11	8th
										1	Kasey Brown Cameron Pilley	11	11
										8th	Donna Urquhart David Palmer	10	10
	10	Lisa Aitken Harry Leitch	3	3
	8th	Donna Urquhart David Palmer	11	11
																			1	Kasey Brown Cameron Pilley	8th	11	11
																			11	Joelle King Martin Knight	11	7th	5
	3	Nicol David Ong Beng Hee	11	7th	11
	4th	Joshana Chinappa Saurav Ghosal	5	11	7th
										3	Nicol David Ong Beng Hee	7th	10
										11	Joelle King Martin Knight	11	11						3rd place match
	5	Jaclyn Hawkes Campbell Grayson	6th	9
	11	Joelle King Martin Knight	11	11															3	Nicol David Ong Beng Hee	11	11
																			8th	Donna Urquhart David Palmer	9	6th

winner

space	country	athlete
1	Australia	Kasey Brown Cameron Pilley
2	New Zealand	Joelle King Martin Knight
3	Malaysia	Nicol David Ong Beng Hee

Medal table

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	England	2	3	1	6th
2	Australia	1	1	3	3
3	New Zealand	1	1	-	2
4th	Malaysia	1	-	1	2

Web links

• Info page with results, news etc. ( Memento of March 8, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (English)