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10/11/2007
BALTIMORE CUP
 

El Halaby Battles To Baltimore Success

Baltimore Cup 2007
06-11 Nov, USA, $10k
Round One
08
Nov
Quarters
09 Nov
Semis
10 Nov
Final
111 Nov
[1] Miguel Angel Rodriguez (Col)
11/8, 11/8,11/1 (22m)
Josh Greenfield (Nzl)
Miguel Angel Rodriguez
11/7, 11/5, 8/11, 11/8 (47m)
 Jacques Swanepol
Miguel Angel Rodriguez
7-11, 11-3, 11-5, 11-4 (60m)
Yasser El Halaby
Yasser El Halaby
7-11, 11-1, 11-2, 9-11, 11-4 (70m)
Julian Illingworth
Tony James (Aus)
3/11, 8/11, 11/6,11/5, 12/10 (65m)
[Q] Jacques Swanepol (Rsa)
Yasser El Halaby (Egy)
11/9,11/8, 11/4 (35m)
Patick Chifunda (Zam)
Yasser El Halaby
11/6, 11/4, 11/4 (35m)
Arturo Salazar
Ryan Cuskelly (Can)
11/7 11/7, 11/4 (50m)
[Q] Arturo Salazar (Mex)
[Q] Reggie Schonborn (Rsa)
11/9, 11/6, 11/7 (38m)
Wade Johnstone (Aus)
Reggie Schonborn
11/7, 11/9, 10/12, 11/6 (55m)
Bernardo Samper
Bernardo Samper 
11-9, 11-8, 8-11, 11-3 (55m)
Julian Illingworth

 

Ben Garner (Eng)
11/9, 9/11, 11/8, 11/8 (50m)
Bernardo Samper (Col)
Ryan Donegan (Usa)
11/6, 11/5, 13/11 (50m)
Laurent Elriani (Fra)
Laurent Elriani
11/6, 11/7, 11/4 (43m)
Julian Illingworth
[Q] Morten Sorensen (Den)
11/3, 11/5, 11/8 (44m)
[2] Julian Illingworth (Usa)


 

El Halaby Battles To Baltimore Success
Egypt's Yasser El Halaby captured the Baltimore Squash Cup in a thrilling final of the $10,000 PSA Tour event at Baltimore Country Club in Baltimore, USA.

It was a topsy-turvy match, and one which held the capacity crowd enthralled.   After losing the first game to USA's Julian Illingworth, the third-seeded Egyptian came storming back to take a 2/1 lead against an increasingly despondent looking second seed.

However, the American would not give up without a fight - and the fourth game turned into a classic. Towards the end of the game, there were some superb rallies, with both players attacking and retrieving in equal measure.

Illingworth won the game, but the effort took its toll and El Halaby always looked the stronger in the fifth, deservedly winning the title 7-11, 11-1, 11-2, 9-11, 11-4 in 70 minutes, having beaten both the top seeds.

The triumph marks the third Tour title of El Halaby's career - and his third of the year.

Seeds Progress In
Baltimore
The top four seeds progressed through to the semi-finals of the Baltimore Squash Cup, but they were made to work for their places in the last four of the $10,000 PSA Tour event at Baltimore Country Club in Baltimore, USA.

South African qualifiers Jacques Swanepoel and Regardt Schonborn both tested their higher-ranked opponents.  Schonborn and Bernardo Samper, the fourth seed from
Colombia, were team-mates while studying together at Trinity - and their familiarity with each others games was obvious.

There were some excellent points and the match was played in a superb spirit but Samper emerged the victor 11-7, 11-9, 10-11 (0-2), 11-6 in 55 minutes - and now faces US champion Julian Illingworth for a place in the final.