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Open PSA Lagord Tennis Squash 2022 |
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Open PSA Lagord Tennis Squash 2022
Men's Draw
01 - 05 Nov
Lagord, France, $20k |
ROUND TWO
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NOv |
QUARTERS
03
NOv |
SEMIS
04
NOv |
FINAL
05 NOv |
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[1] James Willstrop (ENG)
11-5, 11-8, 11-2 (20m)
[9/16] Edwin Clain (FRA) |
James Willstrop
11-1, 11-6, 11-6 (24m)
Rory Stewart |
Rory Stewart
7-11, 11-8, 11-3, 11-6 (56m)
Declan James |
Rory Stewart
11-7, 11-4, 11-2 (33m)
Auguste Dussourd |
[5] Rory Stewart (SCO)
11-8, 8-11, 11-6, 11-9 (52m)
[9/16] Daniel Poleshchuk (ISR) |
[6] Ryosei Kobayashi (JPN)
5-11, 11-7, 11-9, 13-11 (49m)
[9/16] James Peach (ENG) |
Ryosei Kobayashi
0-0 rtd (3m)
Declan James |
[3] Declan James (ENG)
4-11, 11-6, 11-8, 11-5 (43m)
[9/16] Viktor Byrtus (CZE) |
[4] Mazen Gamal (EGY)
11-6, 7-11, 11-5, 11-4 (42m)
[9/16] Ben Smith (ENG) |
Mazen Gamal
11-6, 11-1, 5-11, 9-11, 11-8 (63m)
Simon Herbert |
Mazen Gamal
14-12, 11-4, 11-2 (43m)
Auguste Dussourd |
[8] Simon Herbert (ENG)
11-7, 11-8, 7-11, 14-12 (55m)Simon Herbert
[WC] Toufik Mekhalfi (FRA) |
[7] Ibrahim Elkabbani (EGY)
11-4, 11-9, 11-5 (30m)
Abdalah El Masry (EGY) |
Ibrahim Elkabbani
11-3, 13-11, 11-2 (37m)
Auguste Dussourd |
Yuri Farneti (ITA)
11-3, 11-5, 13-11 (44m)
[2] Auguste Dussourd (FRA) |
[1] James Willstrop (ENG) bye
[9/16] Edwin Clain (FRA) bt Elliott Morris Devred (WAL) 11-9, 7-11,
11-7, 16-14 (55m)
[9/16] Daniel Poleshchuk (ISR) bt [WC] Laszlo Godde (FRA) 11-5, 11-3,
11-7 (27m)
[5] Rory Stewart (SCO) bye
[6] Ryosei Kobayashi (JPN) bye
[9/16] James Peach (ENG) bt Sam Buckley (IRL) 11-5, 11-5, 11-5 (36m)
[9/16] Viktor Byrtus (CZE) bt Sean Conroy (IRL) 12-10, 12-10, 11-8 (30m)
[3] Declan James (ENG) bye
[4] Mazen Gamal (EGY) bye
[9/16] Ben Smith (ENG) bt Stuart MacGregor (ENG) 11-9, 11-5, 11-3 (22m)
[WC] Toufik Mekhalfi (FRA) bt [9/16] Joeri Hapers (BEL) 11-9, 11-9, 11-5
(32m)
[8] Simon Herbert (ENG) bye
[7] Ibrahim Elkabbani (EGY) bye
Abdalah El Masry (EGY) bt [9/16] Robert Downer (ENG) 11-8, 8-11, 9-11,
11-3, 11-7 (76m)
Yuri Farneti (ITA) bt [9/16] Sandeep Ramachandran (IND) 11-4, 11-6, 11-6
(26m)
[2] Auguste Dussourd (FRA) bye |
Final
Dussourd Claims Second Win Of Season
Frenchman Auguste Dussourd took the victory on home soil at the Open PSA
Lagord Tennis Squash on Saturday, delighting the home crowd.
He came into the Challenger 20 level competition as the No.2 seed, and
after receiving a bye through the opening round, the Frenchman then got
the better of Italian No.1 Yuri Farneti to get his campaign underway.
The World No.42 then defeated Egypt’s No.7 seed Ibrahim Elkabbani in
straight games in the quarter finals, before going the distance in the
opening game of his last four lash with Mazen Gamal. He took the
tie-break 14-12, before then comfortably winning in straight games to
move through to the final.
The final saw Dussourd take on Rory Stewart, a man he had beaten twice
before on Tour, including at this year’s Open de France de Squash in
Nantes. He was yet to drop a game against the Scot, and that continued,
as he won the final in straight games in Lagord.
The Frenchman dropped just 13 points in an 11-7, 11-4, 11-2 victory,
spending just 33 minutes on court. Dussourd claimed his second title of
the season, following his victory at the 1st Kuwait International Squash
Championship. The victory in Lagord is also the biggest of his career to
date.
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Semi Finals
Stewart and Dussourd Set For Final
After dumping out the top seed on Thursday, Scotland’s Rory Stewart
caused another upset on Friday evening to reach the final of the Open
PSA Lagord Tennis Squash.
The Scotsman had defeated former World No.1 James Willstrop in the
quarter finals, and came up against another Englishman in Declan James
on Friday.
It was the Englishman that took the first game of their contest at the
Lagord Tennis Squash in France, but Stewart fought back strongly to
level the match after the second game. He then carried the momentum
through the rest of the contest, winning both the third and fourth to
secure victory, winning 3-1 to move through to the final.
He will face home favourite Auguste Dussourd, the No.2 seed, in the
final on Saturday. The Frenchman defeated Egypt’s Mazen Gamal in
straight games, mainly thanks to taking the first on a tie-break.
Dussourd claimed it 14-12, before then dropping just six points across
the next two games to win in three.
The final of the Open PSA Lagord Tennis Squash will take place on
Saturday, November 5 with Scotland’s Rory Stewart and Frenchman Auguste
Dussourd taking each other on for the Challenger 20 level crown. You can
keep up to date with live scores from the event
here.
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Quarter Finals
Stewart Downs Top Seed
Scotland’s Rory Stewart made his way into the semis of the Open PSA
Lagord Tennis Squash after defeating top see James Willstrop in the last
eight on Thursday evening.
Stewart came into the tournament as the No.5 seed, and after beating
Israeli No.1 Daniel Poleshchuk, he came up against the former World No.1
in the quarter finals.
The Scot took the first game to the loss of just a single point, and
continued that form into the next two games. Both the second and third
games were won by an 11-6 scoreline, to see Stewart advance to the
semi-finals of the competition, downing the top seed in just 24 minutes.
He will now face No.3 seed Declan James in the last four, after the
Englishman spent just three minutes on court. Japan’s Ryosei Kobayashi
had to retire from their quarter final contest through injury. The other
semi-final will see Frenchman Auguste Dussourd take on Egypt’s Mazen
Gamal, after the latter came through his quarter final clash in five
games against England’s Simon Herbert.
The Open PSA Lagord Tennis Squash continues on Friday, November 4, with
the semi-finals of the Challenger 20 level tournament taking place. The
final four will do battle in an attempt to make it through to the final
on Saturday. You can keep up to date with live scores from the event
here.
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Round 2
Top Eight Seeds Into Quarters
The second day of the Open PSA Lagord Tennis Squash saw the seeded
players come into the draw, and all eight safely made it through to the
quarter finals on French soil.
Auguste Dussourd was the sole Frenchman to make it through from the
second round of matches in Lagord. The No.2 seed took on Italian No.1
Yuri Farneti in the last 16, and came through in straight games. He won
the first two games losing just eight points across them, but Farneti
came out stronger in the third. Dussourd took it eventually on a
tie-break, 13-11, to advance to the last eight.
He will now face Ibrahim Elkabbani, after the No.7 seed defeated fellow
Egyptian Abdallah Elmasry. He won in straight games to make it through
to the quarter finals.
Also advancing into the last eight in Lagord is top seed James Willstrop,
after the Englishman downed Edwin Clain. The former World No.1 got the
better of the Frenchman inside 20 minutes, and will now take on
Scotland’s Rory Stewart in an all-British battle.
Two other Englishmen, in Declan James and Simon Herbert, also booked
their spots in the quarter finals, with the latter taking down wildcard
Toufik Mekhalfi. Elsewhere, Japanese No.1 Ryosei Kobayashi and Egypt’s
Mazen Gamal made it through to the last eight as well, with both winning
in four games.
The quarter finals of the Open PSA Lagord Tennis Squash will take place
on Thursday, November 3 at the Lagord Tennis Squash. You can keep up to
date with live scores on the tournament website
here.
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Round 1
Wildcard Mekhalfi Among Surprise Winners
Wildcard Toufik Mekhalfi caused one of three seeding upsets at the Open
PSA Lagord Tennis Squash on Tuesday evening.
The Frenchman came into the event as one of two wildcards and took down
Belgium’s Joeri Hapers in the opening round. He won the first two games
by 11-9 scorelines, before then taking the third 11-5 to book his place
in the second round of the Challenger 20 level competition.
He will be joined by Egypt’s Abdallah Elmasry and Italian No.1 Yuri
Farneti in the last 16. The pair both caused upsets on the opening day.
Elmasry defeated England’s Robert Downer in a five-game battle, before
the Italian downed India’s Sandeep Ramachandran in straight games.
Mekhalfi was not the only Frenchman to won on the first day in Lagord,
with Edwin Clain downing Elliott Morris Devred on Tuesday afternoon. The
Frenchman will now face former World No.1 James Willstrop in the second
round.
The second round of the Open PSA Lagord Tennis Squash will take place on
Wednesday, November 2, with the seeded players making their debuts at
the tournament. You can keep up to date with live scores from the
tournament
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Preview
The Open PSA Lagord Tennis Squash, which will take place from Tuesday,
November 1 to Saturday, November 5.
Former World No.1 James Willstrop will lead the way in the Challenger 20
level tournament, which will take place at the Lagord Tennis Squash in
France.
Declan James, the man Willstrop won Gold alongside in the Men’s Doubles
at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, will be among the top seeds for
the tournament. Auguste Dussourd and Mazen Gamal will join the English
pair in the top four.
Scotland’s Rory Stewart, who was victorious at the PSA Bordeaux
Gradignan on Sunday afternoon, will be among the top eight seeds. He
will be joined in that bracket by Japanese No.1 Ryosei Kobayashi,
Egypt’s Ibrahim Elkabbani and England’s Simon Herbert. Ben Smith,
another winner from last week, after he took home the Swiss Open title,
will also be in action.
Along with Dussourd, there will be three other Frenchman involved on
home soil. The wildcard duo of Toufik Mekhalfi and Laszlo Godde will
join Edwin Clain in the draw for the Challenger 20 level tournament.
For more information on the event, Where available see the PSA
Live Scores page, or
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