12/06/2009
ALEXANDRIA OPEN
Camille Captures Alexandria Crown
Alexandria
Sporting Club Open 2009
06-11 Jun, Alexandria, Egypt, $25k |
Round One
08 Jun |
Quarters
09 Jun |
Semis
10 Jun |
Final
11 Jun |
[1] Omneya Abdel Kawy (Egy)
11-5, 11-8, 11-4
[Q] Nouran El Torky (Egy) |
Omneya Abdel Kawy
11-7, 11-3, 6-11, 11-9 (32m)
Aisling Blake |
Omneya Abdel Kawy
11-9, 11-3, 10-12, 13-11
Lauren Briggs |
Omneya Abdel Kawy
11-7, 11-9, 11-4
Camille Serme |
[8] Aisling Blake (Irl)
11-13, 13-11, 11-5, 11-8 (44m)
[Q] Nour El Sherbini (Egy) |
[4] Lauren Briggs (Eng)
11-8, 11-6, 8-11, 11-7 (50m)
Heba El Torky (Egy) |
Lauren Briggs
0-11, 15-13, 8-11, 13-11, 11-6 (65m)
Suzie Pierrepont |
[7] Suzie Pierrepont (Eng)
11-7, 11-2, 13-11
[Q] Lucie Fialova (Cze) |
Fiona Moverley (Eng)
11-3, 11-9, 11-6
[8] Camille Serme (Fra) |
Camille Serme
13-11, 11-9, 13-11
Engy Kheirallah |
Camille Serme
11-9, 11-5, 13-11
Sarah Kippax |
[Q] Kanzy El Defrawy (Egy)
11-6, 11-8, 11-8
[3] Engy Kheirallah (Egy) |
Nour El Tayeb (Egy)
13-11, 13-11, 10-12, 9-11, 11-5
[6] Sarah Kippax (Eng) |
Sarah Kippax
3-11, 9-11, 12-10, 13-11, 11-6
Raneem El Weleily |
Kylie Lindsay (Nzl)
13-11, 11-4, 11-3
[2] Raneem El Weleily (Egy) |
7th June, Qualifying Finals:
Nour El Sherbini (Egy)
bt Adel Weir (Rsa)
10/12, 11/4, 11/5, 11/5
Kanzy El Defrawy (Egy) bt
Siyoli Lusaseni (Rsa) 11/7,
11/5, 12/10
Nouran El Torky (Egy) bt Farida El Dahab (Egy)
11/2, 11/6, 11/3
Lucie Fialova (Cze) bt Salma
Nasser (Egy)
7/11, 11/5, 11/6, 11/8
6th June, Qualifying Round One:
Nour El Sherbini (Egy)
bt Olivia Blatchford (Usa)
3/11, 11/8, 11/3, 11/5 (40m)
Adel Weir (Rsa) bt Haidi Lala (Egy)
11/9, 11/8, 14/16, 11/7 (55m)
Kanzy El Defrawy (Egy)
bt Yathreb Adel (Egy)
11/3, 11/7, 11/6 (21m)
Siyoli Lusaseni (Rsa) bt Sara El Noamany (Egy)
11/8, 11/5, 6/11, 12/10
Farida El Dahab (Egy)
bt Dagmar Vermuelen
(Ned) 11/4, 7/11, 11/8, 11/7
Nouran El Torky (Egy) bye
Salma Nasser (Egy) bt Kally Yashim (Ngr)
11/7, 11/5, 11/4
Lucie Fialova (Cze) bt Sherouk Ihab Roushdy (Egy)
11/4, 11/8, 10/12, 11/7 |
Camille Captures
Alexandria Crown
Camille Serme
claimed the biggest WISPA World Tour squash title of her career when she
toppled top seed Omneya Abdel Kawy in straight games in the final of the
$25,300 Women's Alexandria Sporting Club Open at Alexandria Sporting
Club in Alexandria, Egypt.
Abdel Kawy, the world No7 from Cairo, was expected to be the
first local player since 2005 to lift the Alexandria tropy.
But eighth seed Serme, the 20-year-old three-time European
Junior Champion from France had other ideas and pulled off her third upset
in three days to beat the favourite 11-7, 11-9, 11-4.
The title triumph marks the fifth Tour title of Serme's career -
and the third this year!
Serme Surges Into
Alexandria Final
France's eighth seed Camille Serme scored her second upset
in 24 hours in the Women's Alexandria Sporting Club Open when she beat
fifth seed Sarah Kippax to reach the final of the $25,300 WISPA World
Tour squash event at Alexandria Sporting Club in Alexandria,
Egypt.
The 20-year-old three-time European Junior Champion from
Creteil made her breakthrough in the quarter-finals when she despatched local
star Engy Kheirallah, the fourth seed who hails from the Egyptian city.
In the semis, Serme recovered from a game down to topple English
opponent Kippax 4-11, 11-9, 11-5, 13-11.
The win takes Serme through to the eighth WISPA final of her
career - but the biggest by a considerable margin.
In the final. the French star will meet Omneya Abdel Kawy,
the top seed from Egypt who is also celebrating her first time in the Alexandria
Sporting Club event climax.
Abdel Kawy, the world No7 from Cairo, also battled for four games
before overcoming Lauren Briggs, the third seed from England, 11-9, 11-3,
10-12, 13-11.
It is the favourite's 18th career Tour final - and the second in
a row in her home country after winning the Hurghada International in
April.
Raneem Rattled By
Comeback Queen Kippax
England's fifth seed Sarah Kippax scored one of the most
courageous wins of her career when she battled back from two games down in the
Women's Alexandria Sporting Club Open to upset local star Raneem El
Weleily, the second seed, to reach the semi-finals of the $25,300 WISPA
World Tour squash event at Alexandria Sporting Club in Alexandria,
Egypt.
Alexandria-based El Weleily, the reigning World Junior
Champion and World Universities Champion, dominated the first two
games and looked to be heading to her anticipated victory. But Kippax, who had
survived a close five-game first round encounter only 24 hours earlier, turned
the tables in game three and went on to win 3-11, 9-11, 12-10, 13-11, 11-6 in a
match described as 'the best of the day'.
The 26-year-old from Halifax in Yorkshire will face surprise
opponent Camille Serme for a place in the final after the eighth seed
from France pulled off another Egyptian upset by beating fourth seed Engy
Kheirallah 13-11, 11-9, 13-11.
"It wasn't one of Engy's best days," said tournament spokesman
Ahmed El Shazly of the former Alexandria queen who is now based in Cairo
with her husband Karim Darwish, the men's world number one.
Egypt's hopes for success now remain solely in the hands of
Omneya Abdel Kawy, the top seed who beat Ireland's Aisling Blake
11-7, 11-3, 6-11, 11-9.
Abdel Kawy will face third seed Lauren Briggs who survived
an extraordinary all-English clash with sixth seed Suzie Pierrepont -
recovering from the loss of a first game in which she failed to record a single
point to win 0-11, 15-13, 8-11, 13-11, 11-6 after 65 minutes.
Egyptian Seeds Flourish In Alexandria
The local favourites did not disappoint on the opening day of
main draw action in the Women's Alexandria Sporting Club Open as
the three seeded Egyptians took their anticipated places in the quarter-finals
of the $25,300 WISPA World Tour squash event at Alexandria Sporting
Club in Alexandria, Egypt.
Omneya Abdel Kawy
and Raneem El Weleily kept alive hopes of an all-Egyptian final with
straight games first round wins. Event favourite Abdel Kawy, from Cairo,
despatched fellow countrywoman Nouran El Torky, a qualifier, 11-5, 11-8,
11-4 – and will now face Ireland's Aisling Blake after the seventh seed
resisted a spirited display by 13-year-old Alexandria star Nour El Sherbini
before winning 11-13, 13-11, 11-5, 11-8.
El Weleily, the highest-ranked of six Alexandria players in the
draw, despatched New Zealander Kylie Lindsay 13-11, 11-4, 11-3. The
20-year-old second seed will now meet Sarah Kippax – but the fifth seed
from England was taken the full distance by Nour El Tayeb before beating
the unseeded 16-year-old Egyptian 13-11, 13-11, 10-12, 9-11, 11-5.
Cairo-based Engy Kheirallah, the inaugural Alexandria
Sporting Club Open champion in 2005, marked her return to the club where she
used to be based by comfortably beating 15-year-old compatriot Kanzy Emad El-Defrawy
11-6, 11-8, 11-8. The fourth seed will now face France's Camille Serme,
the No8 seed, for a place in the semi-finals.
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