English Open Draw

Just three days earlier, in the Indian city of Chennai (formerly Madras), the courageous trio fought back from a match down to beat major rivals Australia 2/1 in the final of the biennial Men's World Team Championship - successfully defending the title that Willstrop and Matthew helped to wrest back from Australia in 2005.

1st round draw:

12.00 [4] Peter Barker (ENG) v Daryl Selby (ENG)

13.00 [5] Alex Gough (WAL) v Chris Ryder (ENG)

14.00 [1] James Willstrop (ENG) v Davide Bianchetti (ITA)

15.00 [7] Renan Lavigne (FRA) v Scott Handley (ENG)

17.00 [8] Bradley Ball (ENG) v Jonathan Kemp (ENG)

18.00 [2] Nick Matthew (ENG) v Alex Stait (ENG)

19.00 [3] John White (SCO) v Jan Koukal (CZE)

20.00 [6] Shahier Razik (CAN) v Chris Simpson (ENG)

Check the schedule on PSALIVE.TV for more details and all the important stats on the above matches.