World Cup singles from Warilla, New South Wales

Day 1:

Men:

Sec.1: Rd.1: Matt Le Ber (Guernsey) bt Law Kwok Fai (Singapore) 8-7 6-6, Brendan Aquilina (Malta) bt Kobi Hadar (Israel) 20-0 13-7, Dinesh Kumar (India) bt Frank De Vries (Netherlands) 6-6 7-5, Kevin Anderson (Scotland) bt CT Wong (Hong Kong China) 7-7 12-6, Jeremy Henry (Australia) bt Charlie Herbert (USA) 10-4 12-5 Rd.2: Pierre Brietenbach (South Africa) bt Fai 13-3 14-6, Le Ber bt Hadar 11-3 8-4, Henry bt De Vries 14-4 9-7, Anderson bt Herbert 10-3 6-7 5-1, Kumar bt Wong 5-7 16-2 2-1.

Sec.2: Rd.1: Hirendra Bhartu (Canada) bt Tom Rogers (Spain) 6-7 8-6 6-0, David Aitcheson (Fiji) bt Matu Bazo (Papua New Guinea) 7-9 17-3 4-1, Soufi Rusli (Malaysia) bt Chan Chuen Poon (Macao China) 6-8 8-6 6-0, Ali Forsyth (New Zealand) bt Russell Forsyth (Japan) 13-3 12-6, John Christian (Norfolk Island) bt Clive McGreal (Isle of Man) 11-6 6-5, David Ferguson (Australia) bt Ozkan Akar (Turkey) 8-7 9-9. Rd.2: Ferguson bt A Forsyth 14-3 6-9 2-1, Akar bt Christian 9-4 9-10 3-1, Aitcheson bt Poon 11-4 11-3, Rusli bt Bhartu 8-6 10-4, R Forsyth bt McGreal 10-4 4-10 3-2, Rogers bt Bazo 11-4 7-9 3-0.

Women:

Sec.1: Rd.1: Bec Van Asch (Australia) bt Alice Birkinshaw (USA) 13-3 11-4, Colleen Piketh (South Africa) bt Ruparani Turki (India) 6-9 7-5 6-1, Emma Firyana Saroji (Malaysia) bt Sio Peng Chan (Macao China) 15-4 20-4, Val Smith (New Zealand) bt Midori Matsuoka (Japan) 14-5 9-6, Loa Babona (Papua New Guinea) bt Bernice McGreal (Isle of Man) 7-7 11-5. Rd.2: Van Asch bt Smith 15-3 5-10 4-0, Piketh bt Babona 11-7 11-4, McGreal bt Chan 12-1 21-0, Turki bt Saroji 12-3 4-12 5-3, Matsuoka bt Birkinshaw 13-5 4-7 5-2.

Sec.2: Rd.1: Jo Edwards (New Zealand) bt Lucy Beere (Guernsey) 10-3 3-10 2-1, Sharon Callus (Malta) bt Danna Chiu (Hong Kong China) 11-2 6-4, Petal Jones (Norfolk Island) bt Elizabeth Moceiwai (Fiji) 8-4 7-3, Kay Moran (Scotland) bt Pricilla Westlake (Canada) 12-6 13-5. Rd.2: Li Li Leng (Singapore) bt Beere 8-7 5-13 4-0, Moran bt Jones 5-8 9-5 3-2, Westlake bt Callus 1-13 10-7 4-2, Chiu bt Moceiwai 12-7 7-8 4-2.

Photo: Forty-two international representatives hailing from 22 countries are contesting the 14th World Cup at Warilla.