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2nd Bangabandu Ispahani Tournament 2022 |
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2nd Bangabandu Ispahani Tournament 2022
Men's Draw
05 - 10 Oct
Dhaka, Bangladesh, $6k |
Final:
[3] Ziad Ibrahim (EGY) v [8] Ravindu Laksiri (SRI)
Semi-finals:
[3] Ziad Ibrahim (EGY) bt [1] Ammar Altamimi (KUW) 2-11, 11-8, 11-3,
11-6 (29m)
[8] Ravindu Laksiri (SRI) bt [4] Amir Amirul (MAS) 11-7, 11-8, 11-3
(29m)
Quarter-finals:
[1] Ammar Altamimi (KUW) bt [11] Sami Ghasedabadi (IRI) 13-11, 11-5,
1-11, 5-11, 11-6 (46m)
[3] Ziad Ibrahim (EGY) bt [10] Abdelrahman Abdelkhalek (EGY) 11-4, 8-11,
11-6, 11-7 (34m)
[4] Amir Amirul (MAS) bt [6] Abdelaziz Hegazy (EGY) 11-7, 12-10, 12-10
(36m)
[8] Ravindu Laksiri (SRI) bt [2] Duncan Lee (MAS) 11-6, 9-11, 11-7,
5-11, 11-8 (60m)
2nd round:
[1] Ammar Altamimi (KUW) bt [9] Athbi Hamad (KUW) 11-4, 11-4, 7-11,
11-4 (31m)
[11] Sami Ghasedabadi (IRI) bt [WC] Md Shahadat Hossain (BAN) 11-5,
11-9, 11-7 (15m)
[10] Abdelrahman Abdelkhalek (EGY) bt [16] MD Shumon (BAN) 11-4, 11-7,
11-3 (18m)
[3] Ziad Ibrahim (EGY) bt [14] Yusuf Elsherif (EGY) 11-9, 11-7, 11-8
(34m)
[4] Amir Amirul (MAS) bt [12] Mohamed Gohar (EGY) 8-11, 11-8, 6-11,
11-3, 11-7 (36m)
[6] Abdelaziz Hegazy (EGY) bt Md Shahidul Islam (BAN) 11-4, 11-9, 9-11,
11-4 (25m)
[8] Ravindu Laksiri (SRI) bt [5] Sepehr Etemadpoor (IRI) 11-8, 11-6,
8-11, 11-7 (41m)
[2] Duncan Lee (MAS) bt [13] Mohammad Kashani (IRI) 11-8, 11-5, 7-11,
7-11, 11-5 (53m)
1st round:
[1] Ammar Altamimi (KUW) bye
[9] Athbi Hamad (KUW) bt [WC] MD Shorif (BAN) 11-7, 11-2, 11-8 (20m)
[11] Sami Ghasedabadi (IRI) bt Kawsar Ahmed (BAN) 11-1, 11-2, 11-4 (19m)
[WC] Md Shahadat Hossain (BAN) bt [7] Navaneeth Prabhu (IND) w/o
[16] MD Shumon (BAN) bt Khan Mohd Ershad (BAN) 11-2, 11-0, 11-1 (17m)
[10] Abdelrahman Abdelkhalek (EGY) bt Md Masum Ahmmad (BAN) 11-0, 11-4,
11-5 (17m)
[14] Yusuf Elsherif (EGY) bt Faiaz Rahman (BAN) 11-4, 11-7, 11-2 (18m)
[3] Ziad Ibrahim (EGY) bt [WC] Sazzad Arefin Alam (BAN) 11-3, 11-2, 11-2
(16m)
[4] Amir Amirul (MAS) bt Faraaz A Rahim (BAN) 11-4, 11-1, 11-2 (14m)
[12] Mohamed Gohar (EGY) bt Md Noor Mohammad (BAN) 11-1, 11-3, 11-4
(12m)
Md Shahidul Islam (BAN) bt [15] Hamza Ibn Saleheen (BAN) 11-2, 11-6,
11-3 (14m)
[6] Abdelaziz Hegazy (EGY) bt [WC] Runny Debnath (BAN) 11-6, 11-2, 11-8
(15m)
[5] Sepehr Etemadpoor (IRI) bt Fazley Ahmed (BAN) 11-2, 11-9, 11-7 (19m)
[8] Ravindu Laksiri (SRI) bt Abid Mansur (BAN) 11-3, 11-2, 11-1 (14m)
[13] Mohammad Kashani (IRI) bt Tarique Khan (BAN) w/o
[2] Duncan Lee (MAS) bye |
Laksiri and Ibrahim Cause Semi-Final Upsets
Sri Lanka’s Ravindu Laksiri and Egypt’s Ziad Ibrahim will contest the
final of the 2nd Bangabandhu Squash Tournament Presented by Ishaphani
Ltd after taking down higher-seeded players in the last four.
Ibrahim, the No.3 seed for the event, took on top seed and Kuwaiti No.1
Ammar Altamimi. The Egyptian lost the first game 11-2, but fought back
magnificently to win the next three games and secure victory in under
half an hour. He dropped jut nine points over the last two games, to
advance to only his second Tour final.
He will face Ravindu Laksiri in the last match of the event, after the
Sri Lankan No.1 defeated Malaysia’s Amir Amirul. Laksiri, who is
currently at his highest ever ranking of World No.281, won in straight
games in just 29 minutes against the Malaysian to advance to his first
final on Tour.
The final of the 2nd Bangabandhu Squash Tournament Presented by
Ishaphani Ltd will take place on Sunday, October 9, with either Ziad
Ibrahim or Ravindu Laksiri taking home the title from Dhaka.
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Laksiri
Gatecrashes Last Four
The 2nd Bangabandhu Squash Tournament Presented by Ishaphani Ltd quarter
finals took place on Friday in Dhaka, with Sri Lanka No.1 Ravindu
Laksiri taking down the tournament’s No.2 seed to make the semis.
Laksiri, the World No.281, came up against No.2 seed Duncan Lee in the
last of the four quarter final contests. The Sri Lankan won the first
and third games of their last eight match-up, but saw Lee fight back to
level the tie on both occasions. The final game of the match almost went
the distance, with Laksiri coming out on top, taking it 11-8 to secure
victory after exactly an hour on court.
He will now face another Malaysian in the semi-finals in Amir Amirul.
The tournament’s No.4 seed overcame the challenge of Egypt’s Abdelaziz
Hegazy, winning 11-7, 12-10, 12-10 in 36 minutes to book his spot in the
last four in Dhaka.
The other semi-final will see top seed Ammar Altamimi take on Egypt’s
Ziad Ibrahim, after the pair both came through their respective quarter
final contests. Altamimi had to go the distance to overcome Iranian Sami
Ghasedabadi, while Ibrahim defeated compatriot Abdelrahman Abdelkhalek
to advance.
The semi-finals of the 2nd Bangabandhu Squash Tournament Presented by
Ishaphani Ltd will take place on Saturday, October 8, with the final
four aiming to reach the finals of the competition.
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Amirul
and Lee Survive Five-Gamers
The second round of the 2nd Bangabandhu Squash Tournament Presented by Ishaphani Ltd took place on Thursday afternoon in Dhaka, with two
Malaysians scraping through five-game battles to make the last eight.
No.2 seed Duncan Lee took on Iran’s Mohammad Kashani in the second
round, and after winning the opening two games of their contest, he was
in control. However, the Iranian fought back to level the match after
four and send it into a decider, where Lee had to dig deep, winning it
11-5 to book his spot in the last eight.
Compatriot Amir Amirul, the tournament’s No.4 seed, found himself behind
twice in his second round match. The Malaysian lost both the first and
third games in Dhaka, but battled back to level the match on both
occasions. He then carried the momentum into the fifth game, taking a
quick-fire encounter 3-2 in 37 minutes.
Elsewhere in the last 16, top seed Ammar Altamimi got the better of
fellow Kuwaiti Athbi Hamad in a four-game battle, while Sri Lankan No.1
Ravindu Laksiri got the better of No.5 seed Sepehr Etemadpoor to make it
through to the quarter finals.
The quarter finals of the 2nd Bangabandhu Squash Tournament Presented by
Ishaphani Ltd will take place on Friday, October 7, with the last eight
doing battle to try and make it into the semi-finals in Dhaka.
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Busy First Day In
Dhaka
The first round of the 2nd Bangabandhu Squash Tournament Presented by
Ishaphani Ltd took place in Dhaka on Wednesday. There was plenty of
action, with twelve matches being played at the Gulshan Club in the
Bangladeshi capital.
Due to a couple of late withdrawals, the tournament’s top two seeds both
received byes through to the last 16. Top seed Ammar Altamimi will now
face Athbi Hamad in an all-Kuwaiti battle on the second day. Hamad got
the better of one of four wildcards, MD Shorif, in straight games, to
move into the last 16.
Meanwhile, Malaysia’s Duncan Lee, the No.2 seed, will face off against
Iran’s Mohammad Kashani in the second round. Kashani is one of three
Iranian into the second round, alongside Sepehr Etemadpoor and Sami
Ghasedabadi, who both won in three on the opening day.
Elsewhere, No.3 seed Ziad Ibrahim and No.14 seed Yusuf Elsherif have set
up an all-Egyptian second round battle, while Sri Lankan No.1 Ravindu
Laksiri and two home hopes, in Md Shumon and Md Shahadat Hossain all
made it through to the second round.
The second round of the 2nd Bangabandhu Squash Tournament Presented by
Ishaphani Ltd will take place on Thursday, October 6. Stay up to date
with what is happening in the event on the PSA’s website and on the
Challenger Tour Twitter and Facebook pages.
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Preview
2nd Bangabandhu Squash Tournament presented by Ishaphani Ltd. The
Challenger 5 level tournament will take place from Wednesday, October 5
to Sunday, October 9.
The Gulshan Club Ltd will play host to the tournament once again, when
Egypt’s Yassin Elsahfei claimed the title in October 2021.
This year’s Challenger 5 level competition will feature 32 players, with
Kuwaiti No.1 Ammar Altamimi being the top seed. He will be joined by the
Malaysia duo of Duncan Lee and Amir Amirul, along with Egypt’s Ziad
Ibrahim, among the top four seeds for the tournament.
The top 16 players will be seeded for the competition, with the Iranian
trio of Sepehr Etemadpoor, Sami Ghasedabadi and Mohammad Kashani, Sri
Lanka’s Ravindu Laksiri and Pakistan’s Muhammad Farhan all in that
grouping.
The rest of the draw will be filled with Bangaldeshis aiming to impress
on home soil. Hamza Ibn Saleheen will be the leading home hope, while
Runny Debnath, Md Shahadat Hossain, MD Shorif and Sazzad Arefin Alam
will be the wildcards in the draw.
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