Shuja saves the best till last
Just as in the first round of qualifying, the last match of the day at the Kuwait Squash Federation Complex was the longest, and this time it produced the biggest upset of the day too.
Pakistani-born New Zealander Kashif Shuja came from 2/1 down against the Englishman set to make his European Team debut next week, then saved two match balls in a tense ending to the deciding game before sealing his entry into the main draw on extra points. Shuja's reward is a meeting with the in-form James Willsrop.
The other upset came earlier as Egyptian youngster Tarek Momen eased past third Davide Bianchetti in straight games with the Italian looking 'a bit flat'. The Egyptian contingent in the main draw was further boosted as Omar Abdel Aziz won his all-Egyptian clast with Amr Swelim.
The English pair of Daryl Selby and Alister Walker both won through in four games, to be joined by Frenchman Renan Lavigne, American Julian Illingworth and Pakistan's Aamir Atlas Khan, whose defeat of compatriot Farhan Mehboob earned him a meeting with world number one Amr Shabana.
Renan Lavigne (Fra) bt Dylan Bennett (Ned) 11/7, 11/2, 11/9 (45m)
plays Darwish
Julian Illingworth (Usa) bt Ritwik Bhattacharya (Ind) 11/7, 11/4, 11/9 (42m)
plays Barker
Tarek Momen (Egy) bt Davide Bianchetti (Ita) 11/7,11/6, 11/8 (41m)
plays Abbas
Omar Abdel Aziz (Egy) bt Amr Swelim (Egy) 11/3, 14/12, 11/4 (45m)
plays Anjema
Daryl Selby (Eng) bt Saurav Ghosal (Ind) 11/8, 5/11, 11/5, 11/6 (65m)
plays Lincou
Alister Walker (Eng) bt Jan Koukal (Cze) 11/5, 11/9, 6/11, 11/6 (50m)
plays Iskandar
Aamir Atlas Khan (Pak) bt Farhan Mehboob (Pak) 8/11, 11/8, 11/6, 11/8 (50m)
plays Shabana
Kashif Shuja (Nzl) bt Joey Barrington (Eng) 11/8, 7/11, 7/11, 11/6, 12/10 (68m)
plays Willstrop
Qualification Round 2 