Rochester Pro Squash Open,
Rochester, NY, USA
1st round:
[1]
Patrick Chifunda (ZAM) bt [Q] Hameed Ahmed (FIN) 11-9, 11-2,
10-11 (0-2), 11-4
Salvador
Martinez (MEX) bt [8] Jacques Swanepoel (RSA) 11-9, 6-11, 11-8,
11-8
[4]
Fernando Lopez (MEX) bt [Q] William Newnham (ENG) 11-9, 7-11,
11-9, 11-8
[Q]
Lekgotla Mosope (BOT) bt [6] Armando Olguin (MEX) 11-6, 11-3,
11-4
[5] Ahmed
Maged Hamza (EGY) bt [Q] Jason Delierre (CAN) 11-10 (4-2), 11-9,
11-7
[3] Michal
Reid (CAN) bt Jim Bristow (ENG) 11-7, 11-3,
11-9
[7] Arturo
Castillo (MEX) bt Navin Samarasinghe (SRI) 11-7, 11-10
(3-1), 11-4
[2] Andrew
McDougall (CAN) bt Joe Millman (ENG) 11-5, 11-2, 11-3
Quarter-finals:
[1]
Patrick Chifunda (ZAM) bt
Salvador
Martinez (MEX) 11-8, 5-11, 11-1, 11-9
[Q]
Lekgotla Mosope (BOT) bt [4] Fernando Lopez (MEX) 11-4, 11-6,
9-11, 11-6
[5] Ahmed
Maged Hamza (EGY) bt [3] Michal Reid (CAN) 8-11, 8-11, 11-5,
11-4, 11-6
[2] Andrew
McDougall (CAN) bt [7] Arturo Castillo (MEX) 11-6, 8-11, 11-4,
11-6
Semi-finals:
[1]
Patrick Chifunda (ZAM) bt [Q] Lekgotla Mosope (BOT) 7-11, 11-7,
11-10 (2-0), 11-4
[5] Ahmed
Maged Hamza (EGY) bt [2] Andrew McDougall (CAN) 11-8, 11-8, 11-4
Final:
[5] Ahmed
Maged Hamza (EGY) bt [1] Patrick Chifunda (ZAM) 6-11, 11-8, 5-11, 11-5,
11-9
Hamza Celebrates Tour Title Breakthrough At
Rochester
New
York-based Egyptian Ahmed Maged Hamza celebrated his maiden PSA Tour
squash title success when he upset top seed Patrick Chifunda in the final
of the Rochester Pro Open at the
University
of Rochester
in
Rochester
in the
US state
of New York.
The
31-year-old fifth seed from
Alexandria
reached the final of the PSA Satellite event after upsetting second-seeded
Canadian Andrew McDougall in the semis.
In
the other semi-final, Chifunda was taken to four games by qualifier Lekgotla
Mosope, a 24-year-old from Gabarone in
Botswana
who was making his PSA Tour debut.
In
the final, the favourite from
Zambia
twice led before Hamza took the upper hand in the decider to record a 6-11,
11-8, 5-11, 11-5, 11-9 victory.
