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England win men's doubles squash

October 13, 2010 21:12 IST

Top seeds Nick Matthew and Adrian Grant of England [ Images ] won the men's doubles gold in squash, beating Australia's [ Images ] Stewart Boswell and David Palmer at the Commonwealth Games [ Images ] on Wednesday.

Grant and world No 2 Matthew, who won his maiden singles gold last week, took a little more than two hours to complete a 11-9, 6-11, 11-5 win over the second seeds Australia at the Siri Fort Sports Complex.

In the bronze medal play-off, Australia's Ryan Cuskelly and Cameron Pilley defeated the Scottish pair of Alan Clyne and Harry Leitch 11-5, 11-7 in 52 minutes.

Top seeds Kasey Brown and Cameron Pilley played a marathon final, lasting an hour and 37 minutes, to win the gold medal in the mixed doubles. They defeated New Zealand [ Images ]'s Joelle King and Martin Knight 8-11, 11-7, 11-5.

Nicol David and Beng Hee Ong of Malaysia took bronze in the mixed doubles. The pair defeated Donna Urquhart and David Palmer of Australia 11-9, 11-6 in 33 minutes.

In the women's doubles, the fourth seeded New Zealand pair of Jaclyn Haekes and Joelle King won the beating Laura Massaro and Jenny Duncalf of England 11-9, 11-9 in an hour-long contest.

In the bronze medal play-off, top seeds Kasey Brown and Donna Urquhart of Australia beat team-mates Amelia Pittock and Lisa Camilleri, seeded second, 11-4, 10-11, 11-5.

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