In an enthralling encounter, Citco-sponsored Luxembourg Men’s Squash team upset the rankings again with a fine victory over Israel who were seeded 17. The national coach Nathan Sneyd set the ball rolling with his best performance of the week with a very impressive 3\/0 win over the Israeli #1. The Israeli #3 meanwhile levelled the tie with a victory over Luxembourg’s Stephane Ayache. This set the stage for a thrilling finale. Both Sanjay Raval’s game at #2 and Daniel Hutchines’ at #4 were evenly matched and the balance of the tie swung both ways as the games progressed. Danny Hutchines’ finally overpowered his rival from the European Junior squash circuit winning 9\/2 in the fifth. Sanjay Raval fought back from 2-1 down to level the scores 2-2 but in the end had to concede defeat when an injury prevented him from continuing the match. This made it 2-2 in individual matches, and 8-8 on sets won, but Luxembourg won by virtue of a superior points tally 108-95.<\/p>\n
Luxembourg now play Czech Republic tomorrow at 10am for the placings 17th and 18th.
Sneyd beat Nadav Wilenski 9\/2 9\/1 9\/3
Raval Lost to Nir Arkin 3\/9 9\/5 6\/9 9\/1 5\/9
Ayache lost to Ari Gittelband 6\/9 0\/9 5\/9
Hutchines beat Nir Zissman 6\/9 10\/9 9\/0 4\/9 9\/2 <\/p>\n
Further information:<\/p>\n
In an enthralling encounter, Citco-sponsored Luxembourg Men’s Squash team upset the rankings again with a fine victory over Israel who were seeded 17. The national coach Nathan Sneyd set the ball rolling with his best performance of the week with a very impressive 3\/0 win over the Israeli #1. The Israeli #3 meanwhile levelled the tie with a victory over Luxembourg’s Stephane Ayache. This set the stage for a thrilling finale. Both Sanjay Raval’s game at #2 and Daniel Hutchines’ at #4 were evenly matched and the balance of the tie swung both ways as the games progressed. Danny Hutchines’ finally overpowered his rival from the European Junior squash circuit winning 9\/2 in the fifth. Sanjay Raval fought back from 2-1 down to level the scores 2-2 but in the end had to concede defeat when an injury prevented him from continuing the match. This made it 2-2 in individual matches, and 8-8 on sets won, but Luxembourg won by virtue of a superior points tally 108-95. Luxembourg now play Czech Republic tomorrow at 10am for the placings 17th and 18th. Sneyd beat Nadav Wilenski 9\/2 9\/1 9\/3Raval Lost to Nir Arkin 3\/9 9\/5 6\/9 9\/1 5\/9Ayache lost to Ari Gittelband 6\/9 0\/9 5\/9Hutchines beat Nir Zissman 6\/9 10\/9 9\/0 4\/9 9\/2 Further information: Click here for information about CITCO Click here for the tournament website<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9222d-2B","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":159,"url":"https:\/\/www.fsl.lu\/index.php\/2008\/05\/01\/european-team-championship-2008-sponsored-by-citco11\/","url_meta":{"origin":161,"position":0},"title":"European Team Championship 2008 - sponsored by CITCO","date":"May 1, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Following yesterday's initial superb 3-1 victory over Ukraine in the European Team Squash Championship, the Citco-sponsored Luxembourg men's team registered another fine victory today over Latvia 3-1. 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