26/05/2008
OSSO/BONE OKLAHOMA OPEN
El Halaby Upsets Illingworth For Oklahoma Title
Osso/Bone
& Joint Oklahoma
Open 2008
USA, 22-27 May, $10k |
Round One
24-May |
Quarters
25-May |
Semis
25-May |
Final
26-May |
[1] Julian Illingworth
(Usa)
11/1, 11/9, 11/6
Patrick Chifunda (Zam) |
Julian Illingworth
9/11, 11/4, 11/4, 11/9
Jon Harford |
Julian
Illingworth
11-5, 5-11, 11-8,
11-7
Bernardo Samper |
Julian
Illingworth
9-11, 11-9, 11-8, 11-6
Yasser El Halaby |
[5] Jon Harford
(Eng)
11/9, 11/1, 11/2
Keith Pritchard (Can) |
[3] Dylan Bennett
(Ned)
11/8, 11/8, 11/8
Campbell Grayson (Nzl) |
Campbell Grayson
3/2
Bernardo Samper |
[6] Bernardo Samper
(Col)
11/4, 10/12, 11/7, 7/11, 11/9
Gilly Lane (Usa) |
Yann Perrin (Fra)
11/9, 10/12, 11/8, 11/5
[8] Badr Abdel Aziz (Swe) |
Badr Abdel Aziz
3/2
Regardt Schonborn |
Badr Abdel Aziz
12-14, 11-6, 11-7,
11-7
Yasser El Halaby |
Regardt Schonborn
(Rsa)
6/11, 11/5, 6/11, 11/9, 11/6
[4] Ali Anwar Reda (Egy) |
Jethro Binns (Wal)
11/5, 11/8, 11/7
[7] Tony James (Aus) |
Jethro Binns
6/11, 11/8, 7/11, 11/5, 13/11
Yasser El Halaby |
Shaun Le Roux (Eng)
5/11, 11/3, 11/7, 3/11, 11/7
[2] Yasser El Halaby (Egy) |
El
Halaby Upsets Illingworth For
Oklahoma
Title
It
was their second meeting in the final of a PSA Tour event in the
USA - and it was the second time that
Yasser El Halaby upset US squash star Julian Illingworth, to
claim the Osso/Bone & Joint Oklahoma City Open title at the
Santa Fe Club in the US city of
Oklahoma.
The
pair were renewing their
US
collegiate rivalry in the climax of the $10,000 Tour event - top seed
Illingworth a former Yale graduate, and Princeton's El Halaby, from Egypt,
the only four-time winner of the men's national intercollegiate squash
championship.
Illingworth was seeking his maiden Tour title - and keen to avenge the
defeat by El Halaby in his last PSA final, at the Baltimore Cup in
Baltimore in November.
The 24-year-old four-time
US
national champion from Portland took the opening game. But it was to be
El Halaby's day again as the 23-year-old from Cairo battled to a 9-11,
11-9, 11-8, 11-6 victory - and the fourth PSA Tour title of his career.
Collegiate
Rivalry Set To Be Tested In
Oklahoma
Final
Former
US collegiate rivals Julian Illingworth and
Yasser El Halaby will contest the final of the Osso/Bone & Joint
Oklahoma City Open after coming through four-game semi-finals in the $10,000
PSA Tour squash event at the Santa Fe Club in the US city of
Oklahoma.
Top seed
Illingworth, a former Yale graduate, beat Bernardo Samper, the sixth seed
from
Colombia,
11-5, 5-11, 11-8, 11-7 to reach the third PSA Tour final of his career.
The
24-year-old from Portland will be seeking his maiden Tour title - and keen to
avenge the defeat by El Halaby in his last PSA final, at the Baltimore Cup
in Baltimore in November.
Egypt's second seed Yasser El Halaby recovered from a game down to despatch
Sweden's Badr Abdel Aziz, the No8 seed, 10-11 (2-4), 11-6, 11-7, 11-7.
The
only four-time winner of the men's national intercollegiate squash championship,
Princeton graduate El Halaby is celebrating his seventh PSA Tour final
appearance - and looking for his fourth title.
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