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25/10/2008
GOSHEN OPEN
 

Gawad Gets First Tour Title In Goshen

Goshen Squash Open, Goshen, Indiana, USA

 

Goshen Open 2008
Goshen Squash Racquets Club, Goshen, Indiana, USA
 $4.175k
Round One
21-Oct
Quarters
22-Oct
Semis
23-Oct
Final
24-Oct
[1] James Snell (ENG)

bye
James Snell
11-6, 8-11, 11-6, 3-11, 12-10 (65m)
Lekgotla Mosope
 
Lekgotla Mosope
8-11, 6-11, 11-6, 11-4, 11-2 (52m)
Karim Abdel Gawad
Karim Abdel Gawad  11-13, 11-3, 14-12, 11-2 (69m)
Lewis Walters
 
[6] Lekgotla Mosope (BOT)
11-8, 11-6, 11-8 (24m)
Italo Bonatti (GUA)
[3] Philip Nightingale (ENG)

bye
Philip Nightingale
10-12, 13-11, 11-13, 11-1, 11-6 (81m)
Karim Abdel Gawad
Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY)
11-5, 11-7, 11-6 (24m)
[7] Mick Biggs (ENG)
[8] Benjamin Oliner (USA)
11-6, 11-2, 11-6 (30m)
Maxym Leclair (CAN)
Benjamin Oliner
11-3, 11-7, 14-12 (51m)
 Lukas Jelinek
Lukas Jelinek
12-10, 11-9, 11-9 (49m)
Lewis Walters
[4] Lukas Jelinek (CZE)

bye
Erik Tepos Valtierra (MEX)
11-6, 11-8, 11-9 (30m)
[5] Joe Millman (ENG)
Erik Tepos Valtierra
11-9, 11-13, 11-5, 11-6 (67m)
Lewis Walters
[2] Lewis Walters (ENG)

bye


Gawad Gets First Tour Title In Goshen

 

Egypt's Karim Abdel Gawad celebrated the first Tour title of his career when he beat England's Lewis Walters in the final of the Goshen Open, the inaugural PSA Tour squash event at Goshen Squash Racquets Club in Goshen in the US state of Indiana.

 

It was a remarkable performance by the unseeded teenager who was making his debut on the Tour.  The 17-year-old from Cairo stormed through the event, upsetting seeds in each round. 

 

After overcoming third-seeded Englishman Philip Nightingale in his toughest battle in the quarter-finals, Gawad beat sixth seed Lekgotla Mosope in the semis before facing No2 seed Walters in the final.

 

Both players were making their Tour final debuts - and Walters, 20, from Nottingham, took the opening game.

 

But Gawad, the reigning British Junior U17 Open champion, struck back to win 11-13, 11-3, 14-12, 11-2 to join a select group of players who have won titles in their maiden outings on the Tour.