Paul Coll in action. Photo: photosport
New Zealand have one win and one loss at the men's squash World Team Championship in Tauranga after being beaten 2-1 by Wales in their second group match.
Brothers Temwa and Lwamba Chileshe were beaten by Owain Taylor and Emyr Evans, with world no.3 Paul Coll the only New Zealand player to pick up a win, beating Joel Makin 3-1.
The hosts beat South Korea in their opening game in Group F.
Korea play Wales today in the last Group F match.
New Zealand has a rest day on Wednesday before progressing to playoffs.
Yannick Omlor and Simon Rösner delivered a seedings upset for Germany as they helped their side beat No.8 seeds Hong Kong, China, to top Group H.
Joining Rösner in playing in eight separate championships was Alan Clyne, with the 37-year-old helping No.7 seeds Scotland to a crushing win over Canada.
Elsewhere, there were a number of tight contests as teams jostled for the top spots in the groups.
In Group E, No.5 seeds USA and [9/12] seeds Czech Republic played out a 15-game thriller.
Czech Republic's Jakub Solnicky gave his side the lead with a tight win over Andrew Douglas, before Timothy Brownell clinched a 11-7, 10-12, 9-11, 11-9, 11-9 win against Viktor Byrtus and Shahjahan Khan squeezed past Daniel Mekbib 12-10 in game five with the scores at 2-2.
Top seeds and defending champions Egypt beat Malaysia, No.2 seeds England overcame South Africa, No.3 seeds France beat Australia and No.4 seeds Switzerland defeated Nigeria.
