Trofeu
Internacional Ciutat de
Barcelona
Squash Open,
Barcelona, Spain
Final:
[1] Amr
Swelim (EGY) bt [5] Jesse Engelbrecht (RSA) 5-11, 8-11, 11-2,
11-3, 11-10 (2-0)
Semi-finals:
[1] Amr
Swelim (EGY) bt Christian Drakenberg (SWE) 5-11, 11-6, 6-11,
11-6, 11-8
[5] Jesse
Engelbrecht (RSA) bt [2] Ritwik Bhattacharya (IND) 11-3, 11-5, 11-10 (4-2)
Quarter-finals:
[1] Amr
Swelim (EGY) bt [7] Romain Tenant (FRA) 11-10 (2-0), 7-11,
10-11 (1-3), 11-9, 11-0
Christian
Drakenberg (SWE) bt [Q] Oriol Salvia (ESP) 11-8, 11-1, 11-9
[5] Jesse
Engelbrecht (RSA) bt [Q] Albert Codina (ESP) 11-9, 11-4, 11-4
[2] Ritwik
Bhattacharya (IND) bt [8] Campbell Grayson (NZL) 11-5, 11-9, 10-11 (1-3),
11-8
1st round:
[1] Amr
Swelim (EGY) bt David Vidal (ESP) 11-7, 11-6,
11-7
[7] Romain
Tenant (FRA) bt Alejandro Garbi Caro (ESP) 9-11, 11-4, 11-10 (2-0),
11-4
[Q] Oriol
Salvia (ESP) bt [4] Luca Mastrostefano (ITA) 11-9, 11-7, 11-0
Christian
Drakenberg (SWE) bt [6] Yann Perrin (FRA) 11-10 (2-0), 8-11,
11-1, 10-11 (0-2), 11-4
[5] Jesse
Engelbrecht (RSA) bt [Q] Matias Tuomi (FIN) 11-7, 11-5, 11-7
[Q] Albert
Codina (ESP) bt [3] Badr Abdel Aziz (SWE) 11-9, 6-11, 6-11, 11-10
(4-2), 11-8
[8]
Campbell Grayson (NZL) bt Gregory Lecerf (BEL) 11-10 (3-1),
7-11, 11-10 (5-3), 8-11, 11-8
[2] Ritwik
Bhattacharya (IND) bt [Q] Joan Lezaud (FRA) 9-11, 11-8, 11-10 (3-1),
6-11, 11-1
Swelim Sweeps To Barcelona Victory
Egypt's
Amr Swelim fought back from two games down in the final - and survived a
tie-break in the fifth game - to win the Trofeu Internacional Ciutat de
Barcelona Squash Open in Spain.
Opponent
Jesse Engelbrecht, the fifth-seeded South African who reached the final
after upsetting India's second seed Ritwik Bhattacharya in the
semi-finals, raced to a 2/0 lead in the climax of the PSA Super Satellite
event at Club Natacio Sant Andreu in Barcelona.
But the
23-year-old from Cairo fought back to win the match 5-11, 8-11, 11-2, 11-3,
11-10 (2-0) to claim the first PSA Tour title of his career.