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Down to the playoffs in Nimes
It was the final sets of pool matches today in Nimes, on the second day of the Women’s World Teams.
England, Egypt, Malaysia, New Zealand and Australia were able to sit back and watch, having already finished top of their pools, while Malaysia and Hong Kong had one final pressure-free match to confirm their places as pool winners.
India and hosts France had the tasks of beating the third seeded teams in their pools to consolidate yesterday’s upset results and both achieved that with solid wins over Argentina and Germany respectively.
“It’s huge,” said Indian National Coach Cyrus Poncha. “Our aim was to top the pool – and making the quarter-finals is our goal.”
That settled the eight pool winners, but elsewhere there were plenty of decisive matches to determine who finished second in their pools to guarantee a place in the last sixteen.
USA, Mexico, South Africa and Wales won their crucial final matches in the earlier play, and Canada and the Czech Republic grabbed the final two spots in the evening session.
US coach Chris Walker was happy: “The beauty of having this young squad is that they are gaining important experience and learning all the time.”
13 Nov, Pools Day Two:
Pool F: Canada 3-0 Austria Canada into last 16
(4) Stephanie Edmison 3-0 (3) Jacqueline Peychar 11-1, 11-6, 11-4
(2) Alexandra Norman 3-0 (2) Judith Gradnitzer 11-3. 11-3, 11-3
(1) Samantha Cornett 3-0 (1) Birgit Coufal 11-8, 11-2, 11-2
Pool H: France 3-0 Germany France top the pool
(3) Maud Duplomb 3-1 (4) Caroline Sayegh 11-3, 10-12, 11-7, 11-4
(2) Coline Aumard 3-0 (2) Franziska Hennes 11-6, 11-1, 11-1
(1) Camille Serme 3-0 (1) Pamela Hathway 11-5, 11-6, 11-4
Pool D: Czech Republic 3-0 Colombia Czech into last 16
(3) Anna Klimundova 3-1 (3) Karol Gonzalez 12-14, 11-8, 11-2, 11-6
(2) Olga Ertlova 3-2 (2) Catalina Pelaez 11-6, 13-15, 8-11, 11-7, 11-5
(1) Lucie Fialova 3-1 (1) Silvia Angulo Ruge 8-11, 13-11, 11-4, 11-6
Pool E: USA 2-1 Japan USA goes into last 16
(3) Olivia Fiechter 3-0 (3) Mayu Yamazaki 11-3, 11-3, 11-3
(2) Sabrina Sobhy 3-2 (2) Chinatsu Matsui 9-11, 11-5, 11-9, 6-11, 11-8
(1) Natalie Grainger 1-3 (1) Misaki Kobayashi 11-8, 11-13, 8-11, 10-12
Pool C: Malaysia 3-0 Spain Malaysia top group
(3) Delia Arnold 3-0 (4) Chantal Moros-Pita 11-3, 11-3, 11-2
(2) Low Wee Wern 3-0 (3) Cristina Gomez 11-3, 11-3, 11-3
(1) Nicol David 3-0 (2) Xisela Aranda Nune 11-2, 11-3, 11-7
Pool G: India 3-0 Argentina India top group
(3) Anaka Alankamony 3-0 (4) Maria Eugenia Boni 11-4, 11-4, 11-7
(2) Joshana Chinappa 3-0 (2) Cecilia Cerquetti 11-6, 9-2, 11-4
(1) Dipika Pallikal 3-0 (1) Antonella Falcione 11-8, 11-7, 11-8
Pool D: Hong Kong 3-0 Namibia Hong Kong top group
(4) Tong Tsz-Wing 3-0 (3) Lucinda Rodrigues 11-2, 11-0, 11-2
(3) Liu Tsz-Ling 3-0 (2) Adri Lambert 11-6, 11-2, 11-7
(2) Joey Chan 3-0 (1) Isabell Schnoor 11-3, 11-5, 11-4
Pool A: Mexico 2-1 Rep Korea Mexico goes into last 16
(3) Nayelly Hernandez 3-2 (4) Kim Ga-Hye 11-6, 11-6, 6-11, 6-11, 11-9
(2) Karla Urrutia 0-3 (2) Park Eun-Ok 4-11, 4-11, 5-11
(1) Samantha Teran 3-1 (1) Song Sun-Mi 11-1, 11-7, 10-12, 10-12
Pool B: Wales 3-0 Scotland Wales go into last 16
(3) Hannah Davies 3-0 (3) Rosie Allan 11-8, 11-5, 11-7
(2) Deon Saffery 3-0 (2) Alexandra Clark 11-8, 11-6, 11-5
(1) Tesni Evans 3-0 (1) Frania Gillen-Buch 11-3, 11-7, 11-5
Pool C: South Africa 3-0 China RSA goes into last 16
(3) Milnay Loouw 3-1 (3) Xiu Chen 11-9, 9-11, 11-3, 11-2
(2) Diana Haynes 3-0 (2) Gu Jinyue 11-1, 11-6, 11-3
(1) Siyoli Waters 3-1 (1) Li Dongjin 11-2, 4-11, 13-11, 13-11
Final Pool Standings 17-26 playoffs
Pool A: England W2, Mexico W1 Korea W0
Pool B: Egypt W2, Wales W1 Scotland W0
Pool C: Malaysia W3, S/Africa W2 China W1, Spain W0
Pool D: HKG W3, Czech W2 Colombia W1, Namibia W0
Pool E: New Zealand W2, USA W1 Japan W0
Pool F: Australia W2, Canada W1 Austria W0
Pool G: India W2, Ireland W1 Argentina W0
Pool H: France W2, Netherlands W1 Germany W0
