16/05/2007
NSC SATELLITE No 2
Annie Downs Huisman In Kuala Lumpur
Tournament
NSC Squash Satellite No2,
Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
Men's Draw
Womens Draw |
Men's Final:
[1] Mohd Ali Anwar Reda (EGY)
bt [2] Mohd Nafiizwan Adnan (MAS) 11-10 (2-0), 10-11 (0-2), 6-11, 11-5,
11-3 (86m)
Women's Final:
[1] Line Hansen (DEN) bt [5]
Annie Au (HKG) 9-3, 9-3, 9-7 (29m)
Reda & Hansen Win KL Crowns
Top seeds Mohd Ali Anwar
Reda and Line Hansen triumphed in the NSC Squash Satellite No2
after beating their opponents in contrasting finals at the National Squash
Centre in Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur.
Reda, the 18-year-old men's
favourite from Cairo, beat an Adnan brother for the second successive time in
the event when he fought back from 2/1 down to overcome Malaysia's 21-year-old
second seed Mohd Nafiizwan Adnan 11-10 (2-0), 10-11 (0-2), 6-11, 11-5,
11-3 in an 86-minute marathon.
The win gives Reda his second
career PSA Tour title.
It was fourth time lucky for
Dane Line Hansen who clinched her maiden WISPA World Tour title in her
fourth final appearance. The 24-year-old from Odense stopped the run of Hong
Kong's fifth seed Annie Au, beating the 18-year-old Asian Junior
champion 9-3, 9-3, 9-7 in 29 minutes.
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Annie Downs
Huisman In Kuala Lumpur
Hong Kong teenager Annie Au
caused a major upset in the women's semi-finals of the NSC Squash Satellite
No2 when she beat second seed Margriet Huisman in straight games to
reach the final of the WISPA World Tour event at the National Squash
Centre in Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur.
The 18-year-old Asian Junior
champion took 44 minutes to beat Huisman, from the Netherlands, 9-5, 9-6, 9-1.
The sixth seed will now face top seed Line Hansen for her second
successive WISPA title in KL in a month.
Dane Hansen beat third-seeded
Malaysian Delia Arnold 9-1, 9-0, 10-8 in the other women's semi-final.
In the men's PSA Tour
event, Egypt's top seed Mohd Ali Anwar Reda ended dreams of an all-Adnan
final when he beat Malaysia's third seed Nafzahizam Adnan 11-8, 11-5,
11-7 in 32 minutes.
However, younger brother Mohd
Nafiizwan Adnan, the No2 seed, reached the final after twice fighting from
behind to overcome England's sixth seed James Snell 10-11 (0-2), 11-5,
7-11, 11-10 (2-0), 11-4 in 59 minutes.
The 21-year-old from Kuala
Lumpur will be hoping to pick up his second NSC Satellite title in a row.
Adnan Brothers On Course For Kuala Lumpur Final
Malaysian brothers Nafzahizam Adnan and Mohd Nafiizwan Adnan are on course to meet in the second PSA Tour final in their home town in a month after surviving today's (Wednesday) quarter-finals of the NSC Squash Satellite No2 at the National Squash Centre in Bukit Jalil in Kuala Lumpur.
Second seed Mohd Nafiizwan Adnan, the younger of the pair and winner of the April clash, took just 24 minutes to beat Egyptian qualifier Karim AGA Samy 11-5, 11-4, 11-10 (6-4) - and will now face England's sixth seed James Snell for a place in the final.
Nafzahizam, the 22-year-old third seed, battled through three tie-break games before overcoming compatriot qualifier Elvinn Keo 10-11 (1-3), 11-9, 11-10 (3-1), 4-11, 11-10 (3-1) in 53 minutes. His semi-final opponent will be Egypt's top seed Mohd Ali Anwar Reda.
Hong Kong's fifth seed Annie Au produced the only upset in the women's event when she beat Malaysia's Lim Yoke Wah, the fourth seed, 9-5, 9-2, 9-1 in 43 minutes.
The 18-year-old Asian Junior champion will now take on Margriet Huisman, the second seed from the Netherlands who defeated local player Nessrine Ariffin 9-4, 9-2, 9-1.
Malaysians Thrive In NSC Satellite In Kuala Lumpur
Local players scored notable upsets in today's (Tuesday) first round of the NSC Squash Satellite No2 at the National Squash Centre in Bukit Jalil in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur.
Qualifier Muhd Asyraf Azan, aged 18, claimed the biggest scalp when he beat England's No4 seed Neil Hitchens 7-11, 11-7, 6-11, 11-9, 11-6.
Fellow Malaysian qualifier Elvinn Keo also removed a seed, defeating Spain's No5 seed David Vidal 11-10 (2-0), 11-5, 7-11, 11-9.
The youngest triumph was achieved in the women's event where 15-year-old Nessrine Ariffin beat Sweden's No8 seed Josefa Bertilsson 9-6, 9-2, 9-6. The unseeded teenager will now face second seed Margriet Huisman.
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