11/07/2007
HELIOPOLIS OPEN
El Hindi Retains Heliopolis Title
Heliopolis
Rotary Open 2007
06-12 Jul, Cairo, Egypt |
Round One
09 Jul |
Quarters
10 Jul |
Semis
11 Jul |
Final
12 Jul |
[1] Wael El Hindi (Egy)
12/10, 13/11, 8/11, 9/11, 11/5 (83m)
[Q] Mohd AA Reda (Egy) |
Wael El Hindi
11/6, 11/3, 11/6 (33m)
Omar Elborolossy |
Wael El Hindi
8/11, 11/6,
11/5, 9/11, 11/6 (90m)
Mohammed Abbas |
Wael El Hindi
5/11, 11/7, 7/11, 11/5, 11/8 (84m)
Karim Darwish |
[7] Davide Bianchetti (Ita)
11/6, 7/11, 11/5, 11/8 (85m)
[Q] Omar Elborolossy (Egy) |
[3] Mohammed Abbas (Egy)
11/6, 11/8, 8/11, 11/8 (37m)
Saurav Ghosal (Ind) |
Mohammed Abbas
11/2, 11/8, 3/11, 11/4 (49m)
Omar Mosaad |
[8] Omar Mosaad (Egy)
11/6, 11/7, 2/11, 11/6 (39m)
[Q] John Rooney (Irl) |
Stacey Ross (Eng)
11/6, 11/9, 11/6 (41m)
[6] Hisham Ashour (Egy) |
Hisham Ashour
8/11, 15/13, 5/11, 11/7, 11/5 (86m)
Borja Golan |
Hisham Ashour
11/9, 11/3, 11/4 (32m)
Karim Darwish |
[Q] Tarek Momen (Egy)
11/6, 11/13, 11/3, 11/2 (54m)
[4] Borja Golan (Spa) |
Dylan Bennett (Ned)
11/5, 11/2, 11/1 (40m)
[5] Laurens Jan Anjema (Ned) |
Laurens Jan Anjema
13/11, 11/5, 11/3 (40m)
Karim Darwish |
Wael Farag (Egy)
12/10, 11/2, 11/2 (28m)
[2] Karim Darwish (Egy) |
El Hindi Retains Heliopolis Title
Despite being tested for more than 80 minutes for the third
time in the event, top seed Wael El Hindi successfully defended his
title in the Rotary Heliopolis Squash Open when he beat fellow Egyptian
Karim Darwish in a five-game final of the $41,000 PSA Tour event
at the National Stadium in the Egyptian capital
Cairo.
Second seed Darwish, the world No11 from Cairo,
twice led in the match - but was unable to contain his compatriot ranked a
single place higher.
El Hindi had been stretched for 90 minutes just
24 hours earlier, against fellow countryman Mohammed Abbas - but
triumphed 5-11, 11-7, 7-11, 11-5, 11-8 in 84 minutes against Darwish to earn
the fifth PSA Tour title of his career, and his third on home soil.
Hisham Assures Local
Line-Up In Heliopolis Semis
Sixth seed Hisham Mohd
Ashour caused a notable upset in the quarter-finals of the Rotary
Heliopolis Squash Open to set up an all-Egyptian semi-final line-up in the
$41,000 PSA Tour event at the National Stadium in the Egyptian capital
Cairo.
The 25-year-old from Cairo,
the older brother of teenage star Ramy Ashour, twice came from behind
to conquer Spain's No4 seed Borja Golan 8-11, 11-10 (5-3), 5-11, 11-7,
11-5 in an 86-minute marathon.
Hisham goes on to face fellow
Cairo-based compatriot Karim Darwish, the No2 seed, for a place in the
final. Darwish, runner-up in the event two years ago, beat Dutchman
Laurens Jan Anjema, the No5 seed who was runner-up last year, 11-10 (3-1),
11-5, 11-3.
Top seed Wael El Hindi
is on course to retain the title he won for the first time in 2006. The
27-year-old world No10 from Giza despatched compatriot Omar Elborolossy,
a qualifier, 11-6, 11-3, 11-6, and now takes on third seed Mohammed Abbas
- who also beat a fellow countryman, Omar Mosaad, 11-2, 11-8, 3-11,
11-4.
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