CHENNAI: Title favorite Egypt and defending champion England booked semifinal slots in the squash World Cup Wednesday. Top-ranked Egypt swept aside Sri Lanka and France 3-0 both times to top five-team Pool A with four victories. No. 2-ranked England defeated Mexico 2-1 for its second win in four-team Pool B. Third-seeded Australia also moved into the knockout stage with a 3-0 victory over India for its second win, leaving its clash with England Thursday to determine the pool winner. Karim Darwish led Egypt's win over Sri Lanka, and No. 2 Ramy Ashour won the opening match against France. Raneem El Weleilywon both of her singles. Australia's Cameron Pilley was taken the distance by top Indian Saurav Ghosal in winning 9-11, 12-10, 11-4, 10-12, 11-5. However, former No. 1 Rachael Grinham and Aaron Frankcomb were dominant in their victories in straight games over Dipika Pallikal and Harinder Pal Singh. England suffered a hiccup against Mexico when Laura Massaro lost to Samantha Teran 11-8, 12-10, 5-11, 6-11, 11-9, but Tom Richards defeated Jorge Baltazar 11-7, 11-7, 11
