England Squash & Racketball

The European Team Championships head off to Germany this year, with England strong favourites to win yet another double.

In Pool A favourites, England with Tom Richards making his debut cruised past Denmark 4-0 and In women’s division one top seed England also won their opening match at a canter.

“Good 4-0 win for us to start the tournament,” said Daryl Selby later on Twitter.

Laura Massaro also tweeted, “Team England got off to a winning start beating Wales 3-0.”

Men’s team is against Germany and Netherlands later today while women’s play Scotland and France.

Results:

Men’s Division 1
Pool A

⁴ Netherlands 1-3 ⁵ Germany

¹ England 4-0 ⁸ Denmark
James Willstrop bt Kristian Frost 11/8, 11/8, 11/8
Nick Matthew bt Casper Grauballe 11/2, 11/4, 11/4
Daryl Selby bt Morten Sorenson 11/4, 11/5, 7/11, 11/1
Tom Richards bt Thomas Pilak 11/1, 11/1, 11/1

Pool B
² France 4-0 ⁷ Finland
³ Italy 1-3 ⁶ Scotland

Women’s Division 1
Pool A

¹ England 3-0 ⁸ Wales
Jenny Duncalf bt Tesni Evans 11/2, 11/2, 11/5
Alison Waters bt Deon Saffery 11/4, 11/6, 114
Sarah Kippax bt Stacey Gooding 11/2, 11/3, 11/6

⁴ France 3-0 ⁵ Scotland

Pool B
² Netherlands 3-0 ⁷ Switzerland
³ Ireland 3-0 ⁶ Germany