WOMEN'S WORLD TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS
(Sheffield)
Stage two, first round (last 16).-
1-England 3 Malaysia 0 (Linda Charman bt Sharon Wee 9-0, 9-2, 9-1; Tania Bailey bt Tricia Chuah 9-3, 9-2; Stephanie Brind bt Ooiean Teng 9-1, 9-0, 9-0).
9-Canada 2 5-Netherlands 1 (Melanie Jans lost to Vanessa Atkinson 0-9, 2-9, 6-9; Marnie Baizley bt
Denise Sommers 9-4, 4-9, 9-1, 9-4; Carolyn Russell bt Daphne Jelgersma 9-4, 9-1, 9-2).
3-NZ 3 12-Hong Kong 0 (Leilani Joyce bt Rebecca Chiu 9-3, 9-3, 9-1; Sarah Cook bt Christina Mak 9-3, 9-2; Lara Petera bt Karen Lau 9-3, 9-4, 9-2).
7-South Africa 3 Brazil 0 (Claire Nitch bt Karen Redfern 9-3, 9-6, 9-7; Angelique Clifton-Parks bt Flavia Roberts 5-9, 9-2, 9-3; Farrah Sterne bt Alessandra Bello 9-0, 9-3, 10-9).
8-Germany 2 Switzerland 1 (Sabine Schoene bt Agnes Muller 9-0, 9-1, 9-2; Karin Beriere lost to Manuela Zehnder 6-9 5-9; Daniela Grzenia bt Olivia Hauser 8-9, 9-5, 9-4, 9-5).
4-Egypt 2 11-Denmark 1 (Salma Shabana lost to Ellen Petersen 9-1, 4-9, 8-10, 3-9; Maha Zein bt Julie Dorn-Jensen 9-4, 9-3, 9-0; Omneya Abdel Kawy bt Mette Jorgensen 9-3, 9-1, 9-4).
10-France 2 6-Scotland 1 (Isabelle Stoehr bt Pamela Nimmo 9-5, 9-6, 9-2; Corinne Castets bt Senga Macfie 1-9, 9-3, 4-9, 9-4, 9-6; Astrid Gamory lost to Wendy Maitland 9-3, 7-9, 3-9, 7-9).
2-Australia 3 bt Ireland 0 (Sarah Fitz-Gerald bt Aisling Blake 9-0, 9-0, 9-3; Natalie Grinham bt Anna McGeever 9-1, 10-8; Robyn Cooper bt Eleanor Lapthorne 9-0, 9-0, 9-0).