The veteran Kiwi, who had to overcome a tough first hurdle, won the second match in the division-one 15-10 17-14 10-8. Moin Ahmed clinched a similar win over Chris Grant 15-10 17-15 15-3.

Dieter Eppler and Shobaith Gupta had to go the full distance in division-two. Eppler got the better of Antoun Ghanem 15-10 9-15 7-15 15-1 15-12 and Gupta edged out Mark Griffin 7-15 15-13 15-12 10-15 15-11. Mayro Fascio beat Paul Bell in three games and Mohammed Abdel Fatah overcame Farooq Ali by the same score in a couple of other encounters in the same division.

In a division-three clash, Wendy Griffin downed Jirar Shawwa 15-8 15-7 5-15 15-8 and Bader Tayyar beat Hussain Hassanein 3-0 in a junior division.

Earlier, Mike Dravitzki was made to work hard before pulling off a 3-1 win over Chay Andrews in the opening night of the tournament.

The veteran Kiwi lost the opening game 13-15 before clinching the next three 15-10 17-14 15-11 to advance into the second round.

In other matches, Ahmed Farooq overcame Mubarak Mohsin 3-1 while Bilal Mutte, Hisham Fergani and Rami Borai blanked out Antoun Ghanem, Mabrouk Al Nahdy and Jay Bidal, all 3-0 respectively.

Mohammed Khair beat Bader Tayyar 3-1 in a division-two match and Mohammed Hekal got the better of Saif Weheda 3-1 in a junior event.