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16/05/2019
Squash Squared Open 2019
Squash Squared Open 2019
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Squash Squared Open 2019
11 - 16 May
London, England, $50k |
ROUND TWO
12-13 MAY |
QUARTERS
14 MAY |
SEMIS
15 MAY |
FINAL
16 MAY |
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[1] Marwan Elshorbagy (EGY)
7-11, 11-7, 11-9, 11-7 (64m)
Fares Dessouky (EGY) |
Marwan Elshorbagy
11-13, 11-7, 7-11, 11-4, 11-6 (56m)
Baptiste Masotti |
Marwan Elshorbagy
11-9, 11-7, 11-8 (37m)
Mostafa Asal |
Marwan Elshorbagy
13-11, 11-7, 11-6 (51m)
Iker Pajares Bernabeu |
Baptiste Masotti (FRA)
11-4, 8-11, 11-5, 7-11, 11-7 (60m)
[5] Mathieu Castagnet (FRA) |
Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND)
11-9, 11-5, 11-9 (44m)
[7] Cesar Salazar (MEX) |
Mahesh Mangaonkar
11-9, 11-9, 11-9 (51m)
Mostafa Asal |
Mostafa Asal (EGY)
11-9, 11-4, 11-7 (42m)
[4] Tom Richards (ENG) |
[3] James Willstrop (ENG)
9-11, 11-7, 11-7, 8-11, 11-6 (78m)
Chris Simpson (ENG) |
James Willstrop
18-16, 11-6, 11-9 (70m)
Lucas Serme |
James Willstrop
11-5, 11-9, 11-8 (48m)
Iker Pajares Bernabeu |
[8] Lucas Serme (FRA)
11-4, 13-11, 11-6 (62m)
Ben Coleman (ENG) |
[6] Daryl Selby (ENG)
16-14, 3-11, 6-11, 11-7, 11-9 (93m)
George Parker (ENG) |
Daryl Selby
11-5, 5-11, 11-3, 11-3 (57m)
Iker Pajares Bernabeu |
Iker Pajares Bernabeu (ESP)
8-11, 12-10, 11-8, 4-11, 11-7 (99m)
[2] Omar Mosaad (EGY) |
[1] Marwan Elshorbagy (EGY) bye
Fares Dessouky (EGY) bt Asim Khan (PAK) 11-3, 11-2, 11-0 (27m)
Baptiste Masotti (FRA) bt [WC] Tom Walsh (ENG) 11-9, 11-7, 11-4 (30m)
[5] Mathieu Castagnet (FRA) bye
[7] Cesar Salazar (MEX) bye
Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND) bt Ramit Tandon (IND) 11-9, 11-3, 11-2 (38m)
Mostafa Asal (EGY) bt [WC] Jordan Warne (ENG) 11-1, 11-2, 11-2 (19m)
[4] Tom Richards (ENG) bye
[3] James Willstrop (ENG) bye
Chris Simpson (ENG) bt Olli Tuominen (FIN) 11-7, 11-4, 16-14 (47m)
Ben Coleman (ENG) bt Carlos Cornes (ESP) 11-6, 11-2, 11-1 (59m)
[8] Lucas Serme (FRA) bye
[6] Daryl Selby (ENG) bye
George Parker (ENG) bt Patrick Rooney (ENG) 11-13, 11-6, 11-9, 11-7
(66m)
Iker Pajares Bernabeu (ESP) bt Sébastien Bonmalais (FRA) 11-7, 11-9,
9-11, 11-3 (70m)
[2] Omar Mosaad (EGY) bye |
Elshorbagy Defeats Pajares To Win Title
 Marwan
ElShorbagy claimed the 10th PSA World Tour title of his career, as he
downed Iker Pajares Bernabeu to win the Wimbledon Club Squash Squared
Open.
The Egyptian was the No.1 seed for the tournament, and had made it
through to the final after dropping just three games along the way.
However, he came up against a young Spaniard who had knocked out the
No.2 seed Omar Mosaad, No.6 seed Daryl Selby and No.3 seed James
Willstrop en route to the final.
Claiming the title would be a step too far for Pajares though, as he
succumbed to a clinical performance from the World No.21, who won it
13-11, 11-7, 11-6.
The first game was a tight one, as Pajares pushed the ‘Jackal’ all the
way, but he clinched it on a tiebreak, before securing both the second
and third games in much easier fashion.
ElShorbagy will now turn his focus to the Allam British Open, which
starts on May 20, while Pajares’ next tournament will be the Midgal
Insurance 11K Tel Aviv at the end of the month.
Result – Final: The Wimbledon Club Squash Squared Open
[1] Marwan ElShorbagy (EGY) bt Iker Pajares Bernabeu
(ESP) 3-0: 13-11, 11-7, 11-6 (51m)
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Pajares’ Third Shock Win Sets Up Final
With
Elshorbagy
 Spain’s
Iker Pajares Bernabeu is through to the final of the Wimbledon Club
Squash Squared Open, after he earned his third shock victory of the
week, beating James Willstrop.
The Englishman, and former World No.1, was the No.3 seed for the
tournament, but he could not contain the Spaniard. Despite being ranked
41 places below his opponent, Pajares eased through to the final in
three games.
His semi final victory comes off the back of beating both the No.2 seed
Omar Mosaad, and No.6 seed Daryl Selby in the second round and quarter
finals, respectively.
Pajares will face No.1 seed Marwan ElShorbagy in the final, after he
came through an all-Egyptian clash against 18-year-old Mostafa Asal in
his semi final.
The World No.21 won out in straight games, despite all three games going
close to the distance, as the younger ElShorbagy brother won out 11-9,
11-7, 11-8 in 37 minutes.
You can watch the final live on the Wimbledon Club’s YouTube channel at
18:45 local time (UTC+1).
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Elshorbagy
Battles Past Masotti
To Reach Semis
 Tournament
No.1 seed Marwan ElShorbagy had to win the final two games to come from
behind to beat France’s Baptiste Masotti in the quarter finals.
It was the first time that the pair had face off on the PSA World Tour,
and it was the Frenchman, ranked 61st in the world, got off to the
better start.
He won the first on a tie-break, and after ElShorbagy fought back to
take the second, Masotti retook the lead by winning the third 11-7.
However, it would be the Egyptian, the World No.21, who took the
victory, as he won both the fourth and fifth games to seal his semi
final spot in just under an hour.
He will face countryman Mostafa Asal in the last four, after the
18-year-old defeated India’s Mahesh Mangaonkar in straight games.
The pair had both beaten seeded players to reach this point, in Tom
Richards and Cesar Salazar, respectively, and neither man wanted to give
up this chance of a semi final spot.
Asal eventually went on to win the first ever meeting between the pair
on the Tour, winning all three games 11-9 in a 51-minute battle.
On the other side of the draw, former World No.1 James Willstrop had a
monster three-game clash with France’s Lucas Serme, which lasted 70
minutes.
The first game alone took 36 minutes, which the Englishman won in a
lengthy tiebreak, 18-16. The 2016 Champion then took the next two games
to secure victory, booking his place in the last four.
His opponent in the semi finals will be Iker Pajares Bernabeu, the World
No.58. He came through a tricky clash with No.6 seed Daryl Selby, in a
match lasting just under an hour.
The Spaniard had already fought his way past No.2 seed Omar Mosaad in a
marathon 99 minute clash in the last 16, before beating the Englishman
to book his spot in the last four.
For more information on the Wimbledon Open, visit the tournament website
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The event is a significant fundraiser for Squash Squared, which is a UK
registered squash and education charity supporting disadvantaged
students for academic and sporting success. Tickets can be purchased via
the here and prices start from £20 for adults and £10 for juniors.
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Bernabeu Scalps Mosaad
To Reach Last Eight
 Spain’s
World No.58 Iker Pajares Bernabeu sent No.2 seed Omar Mosaad crashing
out of the Wimbledon Club Squash Squared Open at the second round stage
after prevailing in a gladiatorial 99-minute battle on day three of the
PSA World Tour Bronze tournament.
Bernabeu and Mosaad had met last month at the El Gouna International,
with former World No.3 Mosaad winning a five-game battle after 73
minutes of intense action.
This time the match went the way of Bernabeu as he got the better of
World No.11 Mosaad in an attritional match, winning 8-11, 12-10, 11-8,
4-11, 11-7 to claim the biggest win of his career.
Bernabeu will line up against World No.20 Daryl Selby for a place in the
semi-finals, with Selby overcoming fellow Englishman George Parker
16-14, 3-11, 6-11, 11-7, 11-9 in an encounter totalling 93 minutes.
Another all-English battle – starring former World No.1 James Willstrop
and World No.40 Chris Simpson – also went all the way to five games,
with the former taking it 9-11, 11-7, 11-7, 8-11, 11-6 to advance to the
next round.
Willstrop, the 2016 champion, will play Lucas Serme in the
quarter-finals. Serme beat England’s Ben Coleman 3-0 in the only match
of the day not to go the distance.
For more information on the Wimbledon Open, visit the tournament website
or follow the event on Twitter and Instagram.
The event is a significant fundraiser for Squash Squared, which is a UK
registered squash and education charity supporting disadvantaged
students for academic and sporting success. Tickets can be purchased via
the here and prices start from £20 for adults and £10 for juniors.
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Asal,
Masotti And Mangaonkar
Shock
Seeds On Day Two
 Mostafa
Asal, Baptiste Masotti (right) and Mahesh Mangaonkar are all into the
quarter
finals of the Wimbledon Club Squash Squared Open after beating their
seeded opponents in the second round.
Masotti and Mangaonkar are tied at 61st in the world rankings, but both
are through, after defeating Mathieu Castagnet and Cesar Salazar,
respectively.
The Frenchman got the better of compatriot Castagnet, who made it all
the way through to the semi finals of the Citigold Wealth Management
Canary Wharf Classic back in March.
Masotti, who has won the Carter Classic and the Crawford Fund Management
Open this year, continued his good form with a victory over his
countryman.
The lower ranked man held the lead twice, at 1-0 and 2-1, but Castagnet
refused to go away, fighting back to level the match on both occasions.
However, Masotti got over the line in the fifth, taking an 11-4, 8-11,
11-5, 7-11, 11-7 victory in exactly an hour.
Meanwhile, India’s No.3 Mangaonkar got the better of Mexico’s Cesar
Salazar, beating the World No.24 in straight games, 11-9, 11-5, 11-9.
He will now face Egypt’s World No.33, Mostafa Asal, who overcame
England’s Tom Richards, ranked 11 places above him in the world, in the
last 16. Asal won the match in straight games.
The only favourite to win on the second day of the tournament was the
No.1 seed, Marwan ElShorbagy, who defeated compatriot Fares Dessouky.
The World No.18 has been on a great run of form since returning from his
14-month layoff due to an ACL injury, by reaching the semi finals of the
El Gouna International, his first appearance in the last four of a PSA
Platinum event.
The event is a significant fundraiser for Squash Squared, which is a UK
registered squash and education charity supporting disadvantaged
students for academic and sporting success. Tickets can be purchased via
the tournament website and prices start from £20 for adults and £10 for
juniors. |
Hope Hopes
Through On Day One
 English
trio Chris Simpson, Ben Coleman and George Parker all progressed on day
one of the Wimbledon Club Squash Squared Open PSA World Tour Bronze
event.
World No.40 Simpson was in dominant form to dispatch experienced Fin
Olli Tuominen by an 11-7, 11-4, 16-14 scoreline and book his place in
the second round where he will face England’s former World No.1 James
Willstrop.
Simpson, will be joined in the second round by compatriot Coleman
following his battle with Spain’s Carlos Cornes Ribadas in round one.
The Englishwoman prevailed in a 59-minute battle with the Spaniard to
advance by an 11-6, 11-2, 11-1 scoreline. He will now face number eight
seed Lucas Serme for a place in the quarter-finals.
World No.38 Parker completed a good day for the home contingent after he
came from a game down against compatriot Patrick Rooney in 66 minutes.
Parker will now take on fellow Englishman Daryl Selby in the second
round.
Elsewhere, Egyptians Fares Dessouky and Mostafa Asal both secured second
round berths courtesy of respective victories over Pakistan’s Asim Khan
and English wildcard Jordan Warne. Dessouky will now face top seed
Marwan ElShorbagy, while Asal will take on England’s Tom Richards.
There were also wins for India’s Maesh Magaonkar, Spain’s Iker Pajares
Bernabeu and France’s Baptiste Masotti on day one.
The event is a significant fundraiser for Squash Squared, which is a UK
registered squash and education charity supporting disadvantaged
students for academic and sporting success. Tickets can be purchased via
the tournament website and prices start from £20 for adults and £10 for
juniors. |
Rated in the Top 4 squash tournaments in the UK, the Squash Squared Open
is a World Tour level, professional squash tournament, held at The
Wimbledon Club. It is also one of the biggest fundraisers for Squash
Squared, the first UK sports and education charity.
This year represents the highest prize pot to date at $50,000 USD,
attracting the highest ranking line up of world class pros to date, such
as James Willstrop, former World No 1 and Common Wealth Games Gold
Medallist.
The Squash Squared Open is also special for being one of the few World
Tour level events held in a club. This provides an intimate viewing
experience and provides a fantastic, aspirational event for club
members.
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Full line up and PSA Press Release below:
Egypt’s Marwan ElShorbagy to Headline
Wimbledon Club Squash Squared Open
Egypt’s World No.11 Marwan ElShorbagy will lead the line-up at the
Wimbledon Club Squash Squared Open when the PSA World Tour Bronze
tournament takes place from May 11-16 in London, England.
This year’s tournament, which takes place at the Wimbledon Club, will be
the fourth instalment of the event and the largest to date with a prize
purse of $50,000 on offer.
Last season saw France’s Mathieu Castagnet claim the title, his first
PSA title triumph in two years, and the Frenchman will once again return
to defend his title at this year’s event.
ElShorbagy and Castagnet will be joined by some big names in men’s
squash, including Egypt’s former World No.3 Omar Mosaad, England’s No.1
Declan James and former World No.1 James Willstrop.
Alongside James and Willstrop, there is a strong English contingent
featuring at the tournament with the likes of last season’s runner-up
Tom Richards, Daryl Selby, Chris Simpson and George Parker all battling
it out for the title, while the wildcard spots are occupied by Jordan
Warne and Tom Walsh.
The likes of Mexico’s Cesar Salazar, France’s Lucas Serme and Egypt’s
World Junior champion Mostafa Asal will also all be in action in the
English capital.
The event is a significant fundraiser for Squash Squared, which is a UK
registered squash and education charity supporting disadvantaged
students for academic and sporting success. Tickets can be purchased via
the tournament website and prices start from £20 for adults and £10 for
juniors.
Entry List
Marwan ElShorbagy (EGY)
Omar Mosaad (EGY)
Declan James (ENG)
James Willstrop (ENG)
Tom Richards (ENG)
Mathieu Castagnet (FRA)
Daryl Selby (ENG)
Cesar Salazar (MEX)
Lucas Serme (FRA)
Chris Simpson (ENG)
George Parker (ENG)
Mostafa Asal (EGY)
Fares Dessouky (EGY)
Ben Coleman (ENG)
Ramit Tandon (IND)
Iker Pajares Bernabeu (ESP)
Baptiste Masotti (FRA)
Olli Tuominen (FIN)
Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND)
Asim Khan (PAK)
Carlos Cornes Ribadas (ESP)
Sebastien Bonmalais (FRA)
Jordan Warne (ENG)
Tom Walsh (ENG)
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