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Hong Kong Football Club Open 2022 |
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Hong Kong Football Club Open 2022
Men's Draw
06 - 10 Dec
Happy Valley, Hong Kong, $55k |
ROUND TWO
10 Dec |
QUARTERS
10 Dec |
SEMIS
10 Dec |
FINAL
10 Dec |
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[1] Marwan Elshorbagy (EGY)
11-6, 11-7, 11-1 (28m)
[9/16] Bernat Jaume (ESP) |
Marwan Elshorbagy
11-8, 11-5, 12-10 (36m)
Iker Pajares Bernabeu |
Marwan Elshorbagy
11-6, 3-11, 11-13, 11-6, 11-8 (66m)
Youssef Soliman |
Marwan Elshorbagy
11-8, 5-11, 11-9, 11-8 (43m)
Mazen Hesham
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[7] Iker Pajares Bernabeu (ESP)
12-14, 11-7, 11-9, 11-8 (73m)
Rory Stewart (SCO) |
[6] Eain Yow Ng (MAS)
11-5, 11-7, 11-9 (37m)
Juan Camilo Vargas (COL) |
Eain Yow Ng
11-5, 11-6, 11-6 (53m)
Youssef Soliman |
[3] Youssef Soliman (EGY)
11-9, 11-5, 11-5 (31m)
Balázs Farkas (HUN) |
[9/16] Dimitri Steinmann (SUI)
11-8, 11-3, 11-2 (29m)
[4] Nicolas Müller (SUI) |
Dimitri Steinmann
11-2, 11-7, 11-7 (30m)
Mohamed Abouelghar |
Dimitri Steinmann
11-4, 11-7, 11-6 (41m)
Mazen Hesham |
[5] Mohamed Abouelghar (EGY)
4-11, 11-6, 12-10, 11-2 (48m)
[9/16] Aly Abou Eleinen (EGY) |
[9/16] Mohamed Elsherbini (EGY)
7-11, 11-7, 11-8, 7-11, 11-3 (61m)
[8] Greg Lobban (SCO) |
Mohamed Elsherbini
11-7, 5-11, 11-5, 11-9 (45m)
Mazen Hesham |
Tsz Kwan Lau (HKG)
11-5, 15-13, 11-7 (31m)
[2] Mazen Hesham (EGY) |
[1] Marwan Elshorbagy (EGY) bye
[9/16] Bernat Jaume (ESP) bt [WC] Max Lee (HKG) 11-4, 4-11, 11-5, 12-10
(44m)
Rory Stewart (SCO) bt [9/16] Henry Leung (HKG) 11-5, 11-5, 7-11, 11-4
(47m)
[7] Iker Pajares Bernabeu (ESP) bye
[6] Eain Yow Ng (MAS) bye
Juan Camilo Vargas (COL) bt [9/16] Mazen Gamal (EGY) 11-8, 11-9, 11-8
(41m)
Balázs Farkas (HUN) bt [9/16] Faraz Khan (USA) 12-10, 11-9, 11-5 (40m)
[3] Youssef Soliman (EGY) bye
[4] Nicolas Müller (SUI) bye
[9/16] Dimitri Steinmann (SUI) bt [WC] Harley Lam (HKG) 11-8, 13-11,
11-8 (43m)
[9/16] Aly Abou Eleinen (EGY) bt Ivan Yuen (MAS) 11-1, 11-6, 12-10 (28m)
[5] Mohamed Abouelghar (EGY) bye
[8] Greg Lobban (SCO) bye
[9/16] Mohamed Elsherbini (EGY) bt Wong Chi Him (HKG) 11-5, 13-11, 9-11,
7-11, 15-13 (75m)
Tsz Kwan Lau (HKG) bt [9/16] Karim El Hammamy (EGY) 8-11, 8-11, 11-5,
13-11, 11-8 (81m)
[2] Mazen Hesham (EGY) bye |
Final
ElShorbagy Beats Hesham To Claim Hong Kong FC Open
Title
World No.6 Marwan ElShorbagy overcame compatriot and World No.8 Mazen
Hesham to claim his first title of the 2022/23 season at the Hong Kong
FC Open.
ElShorbagy was appearing in his fourth final of the season but hadn’t
been able to convert in his previous three attempts, finishing runner-up
in the NetSuite Open, Open De France and Grasshopper Cup. Hesham however
had 100% conversion rate in finals this year as he claimed victory at
the Malaysian Open, his only final appearance of the season.
ElShorbagy came through a tough five-set battle with fellow-Egyptian
Youssef Soliman to reach the final and showed no signs of fatigue as he
secured the opening game of the contest 11-8 to lead 1-0. Hesham
responded in typical style, firing the ball in short and using his
trademark deception to wrong foot ElShorbagy, he levelled 11-5.
ElShorbagy celebrates
Two tight games followed with both players desperate to claim the Bronze
event title, the rallies became cagey and hard-fought. ElShorbagy is
renowned for thriving in these conditions and did so once again as he
went fro strength to strength to frustrate Hesham in the big points.
ElShorbagy closed out the third game 11-9 before taking the fourth 11-8
to win his first title since March 2021.
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Semi Finals
Top Seeds Advance To Final In Contrasting Styles
It will be an all-Egyptian final in the last PSA World Tour event of the
year in the Hong Kong FC Open as top seeds Marwan ElShorbagy and Mazen
Hesham progressed in contrasting styles to set up a mouth watering clash
for the title.
ElShorbagy overcame compatriot Youssef Soliman in a brutal five-set
clash to reach the final. After conceding the opening game, Soliman
showed his class and quality to bounce back and take the game to the
World No.6. He took the next two games wining 11-3, 13-11 to take a 2-1
lead.
ElShorbagy wasn’t going to go away easily however and managed to wrestle
back control of the match and after levelling the score at 2-2 he ran
through and converted the match, taking the fifth game 11-8 and moving
into his fourth final of the season.
His opponent will be recent Malaysian Open Champion and No.2 seed Mazen
Hesham, who defeated surprise semi-finalist Dimitri Steinmann in
straight games.
The ‘Black Falcon’ has been in great form recently and has spoken about
how he is relishing being injury free and finally feels he is playing
the squash that he has always been capable of. Despite the speed of the
Swiss No.2, Steinmann couldn’t find a way into the match and struggled
to dictate the pace or get control. Hesham won 11-4, 11-7, 11-6 in 41
minutes.
Despite ElShorbagy holding a 5-2 advantage over Hesham, the later has
won the last two encounters between the two, coming at the Houston Open
and the British Open earlier this year. |
Quarter Finals
Steinmann Stops Abouelghar Run To Reach Biggest
Semi-Final Of His Career
Switzerland’s Dimitri Steinmann ended the comeback of former World No.7
Mohamed Abouelghar in the quarter finals of the Hong Kong FC Open 2022
as the Swiss No.2 claimed a straight games victory to advance to the
final four of the PSA World Tour Bronze event.
Steinmann was fast off the mark in the opening game and really took the
pace to Abouelghar, who is featuring in back to back competitive matches
for the first time since October 2021. After sealing the first game
11-2, Steinmann only gained in confidence and despite a better showing
from the Egyptian, he couldn’t match the physicality needed to compete
further. Steinmann took the following two games both 11-7 to move into
the biggest semi-final of his career.
Steinmann will be up against ‘The Falcon’ Mazen Hesham in the
semi-finals, as the Egyptian defeated compatriot Mohamed ElSherbini in
four games to advance. With the scores level at 1-1, it was Hesham who
made the positive move, taking the third game 11-5 to move closer to
victory. He then converted a tight fourth game 11-9 to move into yet
another semi-final.
In the top half of the draw, there were straight games victories for the
seeded players as No.1 seed Marwan ElShorbagy defeated Spain’s Iker
Pajares Bernabeu to move into his fifth semi-final of the season, after
winning in 36 minutes and No.3 seed Youssef Soliman produced a terrific
performance to beat Malaysia’s Eain Yow Ng in 53 minutes. The two
Egyptian’s will go head-to-head for the third time this season, with
Soliman looking to score a win to level the all time score which is
currently 2-1 to ElShorbagy.
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Round 2
Abouelghar Scores Victory On Return To PSA Action
Former World No.7 Mohamed Abouelghar has scored a victory in his first
match on the PSA World Tour since November 2021 as he overcame in-form
compatriot Aly Abou Eleinen to reach the quarter finals at the Hong Kong
FC Open 2022.
Abouelghar has been sidelined due to a knee injury for over a year and
has seen his ranking drop to World No.850 in that time. He showed no
times of dropping his level as after losing the opening game 11-4 to
Eleinen, he recovered to take the next three games and score his first
victory since last year’s Qatar Classic in October 2021.
He now faces Switzerland’s Dimitri Steinmann who scored a surprise
victory over compatriot and No.4 seed Nicolas Mueller to reach the
quarter finals. Steinmann took a tight first game 11-8 before
steamrolling the next two games, winning 11-3, 11-2 to score the win in
just under half an hours play.
Mohamed ElSherbini scored the only other seeding upset as he overcame
Scotland’s No.8 seed Greg Lobban in a 61-minute five-game encounter.
ElSherbini led 2-1 in games and looked in the driving seat to close the
match out in four games. Lobban battled back to take the fourth game and
force a decider but the Egyptian rose to the occasion and went from
strength to strength to book his place in the last 8, winning 11-3 in
the fifth.
He’ll now play Egypt’s Malaysian Open champion Mazen Hesham for a
semi-final place after the No.2 seed defeated the last remaining home
player in the draw, Tsz Kwan Lau. The crowd favourite had his chances to
level in the second game but lost out by a close 15-13 scoreline, giving
Hesham a 2-0 lead. Hesham then converted 11-7 in the third to record a
straight games win.
Spain’s Iker Pajares Bernabeu had to battle back from a game down to
defeat Scotland’s Rory Stewart to advance. The World No.31 lost a brutal
first game 14-12 in 22 minutes to give the Scot a 1-0 lead in the
encounter. Pajares quickly bounced back and continued to work the tall
frame of Stewart and went on to capture the next three games 11-7, 11-9,
11-8 to set up a quarter final match up with top seed Marwan ElShorbagy.
There were also wins for Malaysia’s Eain Yow Ng and Egyptian duo Marwan
ElShorbagy and Youssef Soliman who defeated Juan Camilo Vargas, Bernat
Jaume and Balasz Farkas all in straight games to advance.
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Round 1
Kwan Lau Scores Upset To Reach RD2
Hong Kong No.2 Tsz Kwan Lau scored the pick of the upsets on day one of
the The Hong Kong Football Club Open 2022 as he fought back from 2-0
down to beat Egypt’s World No.44 Karim El Hammamy and move into round
two of the PSA World Tour Bronze event.
Karim El Hammamy secured the opening two games of the round one contest
both 11-8 and looked well on his way to booking his round two spot and
upsetting the home crowd. Lau had other ideas however and fought back to
level the match at 2-2 after clinching a tight fourth game 15-13. Lau
completed the comeback, scoring an 11-8 victory in the final game to
reach round two and continue his great form from last week’s Platinum
event. He’ll take on Malaysian Open champion Mazen Hesham in round
three.
More upsets followed on day one in Hong Kong as European pair Rory
Stewart from Scotland and Hungary’s Balazx Farkas scored victories over
Henry Leung and Faraz Khan to reach the second round of the final World
Tour event of the year. Stewart dropped the third game but managed to
comfortably take the fourth game to advance in four to set up a match
with Spain’s Iker Pajares.. Farkas however wasted no time in dispatching
USA’s Khan, winning in straight games to move into the second round
where he will meet No.3 seed Youssef Soliman.
World No.29 Mohamed ElSherbini survived a scare from local player Wong
Chi Him in his opening match as the Hong Kong player came back from 2-0
down to level the match at 2-2 but El Sherbini was able to hang on in
the fifth and final game to take it 15-13 and move through to the next
round. He will now face No.8 seed Greg Lobban for a quarter final place.
There were comfortable wins throughout the day for Dimitri Steinmann,
Aly Abou Eleinen and Juan Camilo Vargas, who all recorded straight games
victories to advance. Whilst, Spain’s Bernat Jaume closed out day one
with a four-game victory over former World No.12 and wildcard Max Lee to
set up a last 16 encounter with No.1 seed Marwan ElShorbagy. |
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