Brownlee wins easily

Press, 6 October 1980, Page 3

Brownlee wins easily

NZPA Adelaide New Zealand’s Bruce Brownlee, together with the other top seeds, advanced to the second round of the $50,000 World Open Squash Championship after easily ’ winning his first match on Saturday. Brownlee, the seventh seed for the tournament, de- i feated his Queensland opponent, T. Cheetham, 9-1, 7-9, 9-6. 9-2. Of the other New Zealand' players Ross Norman and]l Craig Blackwood went through to the second round.! Norman defeating the South! Australian T. Quick, 9-2, 9-6,{ 9- and Blackwood beating! R. Hozark (N.S.W.) 10-8, 9-1, 10- I

Brian Barrett, of New Zealand, found himself no match for England’s Jonah Barrington, going down 5-9, 6-9, 5-9, while P. Mounsey, of Victoria, beat Paul Viggers, 5-9, 9-0, 9-6, 9-0. None of the top seeds were troubled advancing into round two of the championship. The No. 1 seed, Geoff Hunt, was in superstar form ! and took just 13 minutes to {beat hits fellow Victorian (Bruce Turner 9-0, 9-2, 9-1. | Earlier in the day Hunt {was the centre of a controversy which saw the ! strong Pakistani contingent threatening to withdraw from the tournament. Upset at Hunt being’

■ seeded No. 1 when the latest > computer world ranking had i him No. 2 behind Qamar , Zaman, the Pakistanis were . involved in three hours of discussions before deciding they would stay and play in i the tournament. i Of the six Pakistanis, the 16-year-old Jehangir Khan, and’ Maqsood Ahmed were ' the most impressive. Jehangir, being tipped as ■ the most likely replacement to Hunt at the top of the squash world, thrashed his South Australian opponent Richard Massev, 9-1, 9-1, 9-1. Maqsood was in equally devastating form crushing {another South Australian, Mike Nash, 9-0, 9-0, 9-3.