World Games 2013 / Squash

At the World Games 2013 in Cali , two squash competitions took place from August 2nd to 4th . A total of 40 athletes from 19 countries took part in the competitions, 21 of them in the men's and 19 in the women's competition. Simon Rösner , Raphael Kandra and Franziska Hennes from Germany took part, participants from other German-speaking countries did not start.

In the women's category, the top seeded world number one Nicol David defended her title from 2009 without losing a set . In the new edition of the final of 2009, she defeated Natalie Grinham again . Bronze went to French woman Camille Serme . In the men's category, too, the top seeded player, the French Grégory Gaultier, prevailed. With his victory he won the first gold medal in squash for France at the World Games. In the final he defeated Simon Rösner from Germany, who was able to prevail in the semifinals against the second-placed Englishman Peter Barker . This brought him the second medal in squash for Germany after Sabine Schöne 1997 , who also won the silver medal. Bronze went to Miguel Ángel Rodríguez from Colombia without a fight .

Men's

Settlement

No. player Round reached 01.  Grégory Gaultier gold 02.  Peter Barker Semifinals 03.  Simon Rösner silver 04th  Cameron Pilley Quarter finals

No. player Round reached 05.  Tom Richards Round of 16 06th  Miguel Ángel Rodríguez bronze 07th  Ong Beng Hee Quarter finals 08th.  Ryan Cuskelly Quarter finals

Main round

First round									Round of 16									Quarter finals									Semifinals									final
									1	G. Gaultier	11	11	11
										S. Delierre	6th	3	1
																		1	G. Gaultier	11	11	11
																		8th	R. Cuskelly	6th	4th	4th
										J. Illingworth	3	4th	11	12	2
									8th	R. Cuskelly	11	11	9	10	11
																											1	G. Gaultier	11	11	8th	11
																											6th	M. Á. Rodríguez	6th	5	11	9
									4th	C. Pilley	11	11	11
	H. Pal Sandhu	10	8th	10					WC	C. Binnie	8th	4th	5
WC	C. Binnie	12	11	12														4th	C. Pilley	11	8th	6th	6th
	M. Mangaonkar	11	11	11														6th	M. Á. Rodríguez	5	11	11	11
	A. Török	5	4th	7th						M. Mangaonkar	9	7th	4th
									6th	M. Á. Rodríguez	11	11	11
																																				1	G. Gaultier	9	11	11	11
																																				3	S. Rösner	11	7th	5	4th
									5	T. Richards	6th	12	11	10
										M. Castagnet	11	10	13	12
																			M. Castagnet	8th	12	9	10
	Y. Nizar Saleh	12	13	11														3	S. Rösner	11	10	11	12
WC	A. Cardona	10	11	9						Y. Nizar Saleh	4th	3	5
									3	S. Rösner	11	11	11
																											3	S. Rösner	11	11	11
																											2	P. Barker	8th	7th	8th
									7th	O. Beng Hee	8th	11	11	6th	11
	R. Kandra	5	11	11	11					R. Kandra	11	7th	9	11	7th
	D. Elias	11	7th	9	6th													7th	O. Beng Hee	4th	8th	4th
	C. Gordon	11	8th	10	11	11												2	P. Barker	11	11	11
	R. Kobayashi	7th	11	12	8th	9				C. Gordon	8th	5	8th
									2	P. Barker	11	11	11

The game for third place was not played because Peter Barker gave his opponent a walkover .

winner

space	country	athlete
1	France	Grégory Gaultier
2	Germany	Simon Rösner
3	Colombia	Miguel Ángel Rodríguez

Women

Settlement

No. Player Round reached 01.  Nicol David gold 02.  Low Wee Wern Semifinals 03.  Natalie Grinham silver 04th  Camille Serme bronze

No. Player Round reached 05.  Rachael Grinham Quarter finals 06th  Donna Urquhart Round of 16 07th  Sarah-Jane Perry Quarter finals 08th.  Samantha Teran Round of 16

Main round

First round									Round of 16									Quarter finals									Semifinals									final
									1	N. David	11	11	11
WC	F. Hennes	11	11	11					WC	F. Hennes	3	3	4th
	M. Fung-A-Fat	3	2	3														1	N. David	11	11	11
																		7th	S.-J. Perry	9	9	8th
										S. Cornett	12	5	8th	10
									7th	S.-J. Perry	10	11	11	12
																											1	N. David	11	11	11
																											4th	C. Serme	5	5	8th
									4th	C. Serme	11	11	11
	C. Peláez	11	11	11						C. Peláez	7th	7th	8th
	E. Szombati	3	2	3														4th	C. Serme	7th	11	11	11
																		5	R. Grinham	11	3	7th	6th
										J. Chinappa	6th	6th	3
									5	R. Grinham	11	11	11
																																				1	N. David	11	11	11
																																				3	N. Grinham	6th	9	8th
									3	N. Grinham	11	11	11
	T. Serafini	14th	10	11	11					T. Serafini	3	8th	5
WC	L. Tovar Perez	12	12	5	5													3	N. Grinham	9	11	11	11
																			M. Kobayashi	11	9	7th	5
										M. Kobayashi	11	4th	11	8th	11
									8th	S. Teran	9	11	5	11	8th
																											3	N. Grinham	11	2	11	11
																											2	L. Wee Wern	7th	11	4th	4th
									6th	D. Urquhart	7th	3	7th
										E. Beddoes	11	11	11
																			E. Beddoes	8th	6th	8th
																		2	L. Wee Wern	11	11	11
										M. Toor Pakay
									2	L. Wee Wern	w.	O.

In the game for third place, Camille Serme defeated her opponent Low Wee Wern 11: 8, 11: 4 and 11: 4.

winner

space	country	sportswoman
1	Malaysia	Nicol David
2	Netherlands	Natalie Grinham
3	France	Camille Serme

Medal table

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	France	1	-	1	2
2	Malaysia	1	-	-	1
3	Germany	-	1	-	1
	Netherlands	-	1	-	1
5	Colombia	-	-	1	1

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