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Greenwich Open 2022
Men's Draw
26 - 30 Oct
Greenwich, CT, USA, $6k |
Final:
[9/16] Marwan Tarek (EGY) bt [1] Andrés Herrera (COL) 11-4, 11-7,
11-4 (43m)
Semi-finals:
[9/16] Marwan Tarek (EGY) bt [9/16] Karim Elbarbary (EGY) 11-7,
11-7, 11-4 (38m)
[1] Andrés Herrera (COL) bt [6] Abdelrahman Nassar (EGY) 11-7, 8-11,
13-11, 4-11, 11-5 (73m)
Quarter-finals:
[9/16] Marwan Tarek (EGY) bt [2] Abhishek Agarwal (IND) 11-6, 12-10,
11-8 (29m)
[9/16] Karim Elbarbary (EGY) bt [3] Ricardo Toscano (GUA) 11-3, 11-8,
11-1 (27m)
[4] Babatunde Ajagbe (NGR) v [6] Abdelrahman Nassar (EGY)
[1] Andrés Herrera (COL) bt Carlos Vargas (MEX) 8-11, 13-11, 11-3, 11-3
(58m)
2nd round:
[2] Abhishek Agarwal (IND) bt [9/16] Muhammad Farhan Hashmi (PAK) 11-7,
11-8, 13-11 (44m)
[9/16] Marwan Tarek (EGY) bt [8] Hamza Sharif (PAK) 11-9, 11-6, 11-2
(32m)
[9/16] Karim Elbarbary (EGY) bt [7] Francesco Marcantonio (PAR) 11-7,
11-7, 11-8 (50m)
[3] Ricardo Toscano (GUA) bt [WC] Ricardo Lopez (MEX) 11-3, 11-5, 11-9
(26m)
[4] Babatunde Ajagbe (NGR) bt [WC] Tristan Eysele (RSA) 11-7, 4-11,
11-2, 11-7 (31m)
[6] Abdelrahman Nassar (EGY) bt [WC] David Beeson (USA) 11-4, 12-10,
7-11, 11-6 (41m)
Carlos Vargas (MEX) bt [5] Sanjay Jeeva (MAS) 5-11, 12-10, 5-11, 11-7,
12-10 (66m)
[1] Andrés Herrera (COL) bt Mohamed Nabil (EGY) 15-13, 11-6, 9-11, 11-8
(82m)
1st round:
[2] Abhishek Agarwal (IND) bye
[9/16] Muhammad Farhan Hashmi (PAK) bt [WC] Lockie Munro (CAN) 11-6,
6-11, 11-9, 11-6 (39m)
[9/16] Marwan Tarek (EGY) bt Elijah Thomas (NZL) 7-11, 11-9, 11-4, 13-11
(55m)
[8] Hamza Sharif (PAK) bye
[7] Francesco Marcantonio (PAR) bye
[9/16] Karim Elbarbary (EGY) bt Muhammad Ibrahim Noorani (PAK) 11-7,
11-4, 11-5 (17m)
[WC] Ricardo Lopez (MEX) bt [9/16] Nicolas Serna (COL) 11-5, 8-11, 11-4,
11-9 (69m)
[3] Ricardo Toscano (GUA) bye
[4] Babatunde Ajagbe (NGR) bye
[WC] Tristan Eysele (RSA) bt [9/16] Saeed Abdul (PAK) 11-6, 11-9, 11-9
(35m)
[WC] David Beeson (USA) bt [9/16] Petr Nohel (CZE) 11-7, 13-11, 11-8
(32m)
[6] Abdelrahman Nassar (EGY) bye
[5] Sanjay Jeeva (MAS) bye
Carlos Vargas (MEX) bt [9/16] Darosham Khan (CAN) 11-2, 11-6, 11-7 (16m)
Mohamed Nabil (EGY) bt [9/16] Abdul Malik Khan (PAK) 9-11, 11-4, 11-7,
6-11, 11-9 (50m)
[1] Andrés Herrera (COL) bye |
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Greenwich Open 2022
Women's Draw
26 - 30 Oct
Greenwich, CT, USA, $6k |
Final:
[2] Wen Li Lai (MAS) bt [1] Alicia Mead (ENG) 11-8, 12-10, 11-2
(39m)
Semi-finals:
[1] Alicia Mead (ENG) bt [4] Alina Bushma (UKR) 3-11, 11-6, 9-11,
11-2, 11-7 (48m)
[2] Wen Li Lai (MAS) bt [9/16] Emma Trauber (USA) 11-6, 11-6, 11-7 (36m)
Quarter-finals:
[1] Alicia Mead (ENG) bt [7] Margot Prow (ENG) 13-11, 11-9, 13-11
(34m)
[4] Alina Bushma (UKR) bt [9/16] Hana Ismail (EGY) 11-8, 11-6, 11-5
(30m)
[9/16] Emma Trauber (USA) bt [9/16] Noa Romero (ESP) 11-9, 11-13, 7-11,
11-6, 11-8 (55m)
[2] Wen Li Lai (MAS) bt [6] Ninon Lemarchand (FRA) 11-4, 11-6, 11-5
(23m)
2nd round:
[1] Alicia Mead (ENG) bt [9/16] Grace Fazzinga (USA) 11-3, 11-3, 11-7
(17m)
[7] Margot Prow (ENG) bt [9/16] Charlotte Pastel (USA) 11-6, 11-2, 11-9
(25m)
[9/16] Hana Ismail (EGY) bt [8] Sohaila Ismail (EGY) 11-9, 11-9, 3-11,
12-14, 11-7 (68m)
[4] Alina Bushma (UKR) bt [9/16] Madeleine Hylland (NOR) 11-4, 11-8,
11-6 (27m)
[9/16] Noa Romero (ESP) bt [3] Hannah Blatt (CAN) 13-11, 7-11, 9-11,
11-8, 11-2 (44m)
[9/16] Emma Trauber (USA) bt [5] Élise Romba (FRA) 11-5, 11-8, 11-3
(23m)
[6] Ninon Lemarchand (FRA) bt Ella Schoonmaker (USA) 9-11, 11-6, 11-7,
12-10 (35m)
[2] Wen Li Lai (MAS) bt [9/16] Sarahi Lopez (MEX) 8-11, 11-5, 11-4, 11-6
(51m)
1st round:
[1] Alicia Mead (ENG) bye
[9/16] Grace Fazzinga (USA) bt Madeline Oh (USA) 11-3, 11-7, 11-9 (15m)
[9/16] Charlotte Pastel (USA) bt Mia Krishnamurthy (USA) 11-7, 11-4,
11-2
[7] Margot Prow (ENG) bye
[8] Sohaila Ismail (EGY) bye
[9/16] Hana Ismail (EGY) bt Ella Miller (USA) 11-2, 11-3, 11-3 (16m)
[9/16] Madeleine Hylland (NOR) bye
[4] Alina Bushma (UKR) bye
[3] Hannah Blatt (CAN) bye
[9/16] Noa Romero (ESP) bt Anniston Mahaffy (USA) 11-2, 11-6, 11-2 (16m)
[9/16] Emma Trauber (USA) bt Nayelly Hernandez (MEX) 11-5, 11-4, 7-11,
11-6 (28m)
[5] Élise Romba (FRA) bye
[6] Ninon Lemarchand (FRA) bye
Ella Schoonmaker (USA) bt [9/16] Sana Bahadar (PAK) 11-8, 11-6, 11-8
(25m)
[9/16] Sarahi Lopez (MEX) bt Adele Sammons (USA) 11-6, 11-4, 11-5 (20m)
[2] Wen Li Lai (MAS) byee |
Tarek and Lai Take Titles
Egypt’s Marwan Tarek and Malaysia’s Wen Li Lai were the two winners at
the Greenwich Open this week in the United States.
Tarek came into the tournament unseeded, and started his campaign in the
opening round with a win against New Zealand’s Elijah Thomas. He
defeated the Kiwi in a four-game battle, fighting back after losing the
opening game of their contest on Wednesday.
Wins then followed against No.8 seed Hamza Sharif, No.2 seed Abhishek
Agarwal and compatriot Karim Elbarbary, who was also unseeded. He won
all three of those matches without dropping a game to make it through to
the final of the Challenger 5 level competition.
In the final, the Egyptian took on Colombia’s Andres Herrera, the
tournament’s top seed. Tarek dropped just 15 points in the contest,
claiming a comfortable 11-4, 11-7, 11-4 to secure the title, in his
first event on Tour in over twelve months.
After receiving a bye in the opening round of the women’s event, No.2
seed Wen Li Lai started her campaign in Greenwich with a
come-from-behind victory against Mexico’s Sarahi Lopez. The Malaysian
lost the first game 11-8, but came through to win in four to advance to
the quarter finals.
There, she defeated No.6 seed Ninon Lemarchand in straight games, before
going on to down the unseeded Emma Trauber in three as well, ending any
American hopes of home success in the competition.
The final saw Lai take on top seed Alicia Mead for the title, and after
two tight games, it was the Malaysian who had full control of the
contest. She went on to win in straight games to secure the victory, her
third on Tour.
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Tarek and Elbarbary Set Up Surprise Semi-Final
Egypt’s Marwan Tarek and Karim Elbarbary are both unseeded, but will
meet in the semis of the Greenwich Open on Saturday after taking down
two of the top three seeds.
Tarek is featuring on Tour for the first time in a year, and caused an
upset on Thursday when he got the better of No.8 seed Hamza Sharif. The
former World Junior Champion then took down India’s Abhishek Agarwal in
the last eight. The young Egyptian defeated the No.2 seed in straight
games to book his spot in the semi-finals.
He will face compatriot Elbarbary on Saturday afternoon after his fellow
Egyptian defeated No.3 seed Ricardo Toscano. The World No.288 needed
just 27 minutes, dropping only 12 points, en route to a straight games
victory over the Guatemalan.
Top seed Andres Herrera will continue to lead the draw, after getting
the better of Carlos Vargas in the quarter finals. The Colombian will
now face another Egyptian, in No.6 seed Abdelrahman Nassar, after he
received a walkover through his last eight tie with Nigerian Babatunde
Ajagbe.
In the women’s draw, Emma Trauber delighted the home crowd as she beat
Noa Romero to make the last four. The American fell behind after three
games, but fought back to win in five against the Spaniard, taking the
fifth game 11-8 to win in 55 minutes.
Trauber will now face No.2 seed Wen Li Lai, while top seed Alicia Mead
will meet Ukraine’s Alina Bushma in the semis. Mead needed two
tie-breaks in a straight games victory over compatriot Margot Prow,
while the Ukrainian downed Hana Ismail in half an hour to advance.
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Six
Unseeded Players Into Quarters
Six unseeded players took surprise victories on Thursday to move into
the quarter finals of the Greenwich Open.
Former World Junior Champion Marwan Tarek is one of those to cause a
seeding set. The Egyptian is playing in his first tournament for over a
year, and he got the better of Pakistan’s Hamza Sharif in straight games
to book his spot in the quarter finals where he will face India’s
Abhishek Agarwal.
Elsewhere in the men’s draw, Egypts Karim Elbarbary and Mexico’s Carlos
Vargas also took down seeded players. The Mexican overcame Malaysia’s
Sanjay Jeeva in a five-game battle, winning 12-10 in the fifth, while
Elbarbary defeated Paraguayn No.1 Francesco Marcantonio in straight
games.
There were also three surprise results in the women’s event as well.
American Emma Trauber used home advantage to defeat France’s No.5 seed
Elise Romba, while Spain’s Noa Romero defeated No.3 seed Hannah Blatt in
five, coming from a game down to take the win. Hana Ismail defeated
namesake Sohaila, the No.8 seed, to make it through to the quarters as
well.
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Wildcard
Trio Into Second Round
Three wildcards took surprise wins on the opening day of the Greenwich
Open to make their way into the second round of the Challenger 5
competition.
USA’s David Beeston delighted the home crowd to book his spot in the
second round, getting the better of Czech Republic’s Petr Nohel. The
American won in straight games including a second game tie-break, to
book his spot in the second round.
He is joined in the men’s draw by Tristen Eysele and Ricardo Lopez, two
other wildcards for the tournament. The South African defeated
Pakistan’s Saeed Abdul and Lopez overcame the challenge of Nicolas
Serna.
In the women’s event, four Americans made it through to the last 16 of
the competition. Grace Fazzinga, Charlotte Pastel, Emma Trauber and Ella
Schoonmaker will all mature in the second round.
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Preview
Mead Aiming
For World Tour Events
World No.81 Alicia Mead
Challenger 5 level tournament.
The Round Hill Club and the Field Club of Greenwich will both play host
to the tournament, which will see 48 players take to the court in an
attempt to take home the titles.
World No.81 Alicia Mead will be the top seed for the women’s event and
the highest ranked player in the tournament. We spoke to the
Englishwoman ahead of the event, and she believes that she is playing
well, coming off a semi-final appearance at the Life Time Chicago Open
last week.
“At times I feel like I’ve put together some of my best squash,
especially over the last couple of tournaments. I’ve made some quite big
technical changes over the last two years and at times have found it a
slow progress,” the Englishwoman said.
“When my coach and the team around me looked at the number of technical
breakdowns and tactical errors happening over a match, I knew it would
(and continues) to take a long time and I’ve had to be on at myself a
lot to stop slipping back into some habits. It’s a lot more enjoyable
when you start to see it improving! I’ve really enjoyed the last few
events and I think as the season progresses; I’ll keep growing in
confidence.
“I had a patch before the summer where my health was coming second to
training amid a busy tournament period. I kept wanting to put myself out
there and push through but eventually it led to a few withdrawals from
events. You feel like they’re missed opportunities but there’s always
going to be more and ultimately your health should always be the
priority.”
After making that semi-final last week, where she got the better of top
seed Haley Mendez, Mead is now looking ahead to the Greenwich Open,
where she has a clear idea of what she is looking for.
Mead is currently just outside the world’s top 80, and she is aiming to
break onto the World Tour in the near future, despite trying not to
focus on her World Ranking.
“This week in Greenwich is about being clear on game plans and what I’m
trying to do in each match. I put a lot of work in over the summer with
good intensity, trying to do all the rights things and a lot of physical
work, but it’s about the quality of the squash,” she explained.
“These girls are all a high level and you don’t expect any less than for
them to turn up wanting to win the tournament so I can’t just go on and
hope to play well without being really clear on the tactics I’ve been
working on. I’ll talk things through with my coach beforehand so I can
go in feeling confident and enjoy the challenge of being the top seed. I
had some good results in Chicago this week so I’m excited for this week
and keeping myself in a really positive head space.
“I’ve got to a few semi-finals and finals of Challenger Tour events,
particularly last summer and felt I’ve come close to breaking through
and sneaking into some bigger tournaments but it’s tough out there. I
needed to be better at working things out quicker in matches when the
opportunities arose.
“You try not to become too fixated on rankings and hope results will
eventually aid that, but the overriding goal is to play World Tour
events and I need to get myself up there to do that. I’m working on
adding different dimensions to my game, getting into better positions to
add threat and generally do the basics well more consistently.
“I’ve started having inputs from a new coach alongside the people I’m
currently working with and feel like that’s really helping me. The
challenge is to translate the work I’ve been doing better into matches
and get myself in the mix with the higher ranked girls.”
Malaysia’s Wen Li Lai, Canadian Hannah Blatt and Ukraine’s Alina Bushma
will make up the rest of the top four seeds in the women’s event. Lara
Varma will be the leading American in the draw, while juniors Charlotte
Pastel, Emma Trauber and Grace Fazzinga also in action.
Colombia’s Andres Herrera will be the top seed in the men’s Challenger 5
level competition, with India’s Abhishek Agarwal, Guatemala’s Ricardo
Toscano and Nigeria’s Babatunde Ajagbe as the closest competitors for
the crown.
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