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
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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
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[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.
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