08/10/2009
BARCELONA OPEN
Giant-Killer Gawad Grabs Barcelona Crown
XIII Trofeu Internacional
Ciutat de Barcelona 2009
28- Sep - 03 Oct, Spain |
Round One
30 Sep |
Quarters
01 Oct |
Semis
02 Oct |
Final
03 Oct |
[1] Yann Perrin (Fra)
11/8, 11/3, 11/8
[Q] Adam Fuller (Eng) |
Yann Perrin
11/9 7/11 12/10 7/11 11/8
Andrew Wagih |
Yann Perrin
11/3, 5/11, 3/11,
11/8, 11/8
Karim Abdel Gawad |
Karim Abdel Gawad
11/6, 11/8, 7/11, 11/8
Steve Finitsis |
[5] Andrew Wagih (Egy)
6/11, 12/10, 12/10, 11/8
Amr Khalid Khalifa (Egy) |
[4] Gregoire Marche (Fra)
11/7, 11/7, 11/4
Lukas Jelenik (Cze) |
Gregoire Marche
12/10 11/7 6/11 11/7
Karim Abdel Gawad |
[7] Karim Abdel Gawad (Egy)
11/7, 11/3, 11/6
Daniel Pascuel (Esp) |
[Q] Alex Ingham (Eng)
3-1
[8] Joan Lezaud (Fra) |
Joan Lezaud
11/9 11/2 7/11 9/11 11/7
Steve Finitsis |
Steve Finitsis
12/10, 7/11, 6/11, 11/7, 11/4
Dylan Bennett |
Basem Makram (Egy)
12/10, 11/2, 11/8
[3] Steve Finitsis (Aus) |
[Q] Joel Hinds (Eng)
11/6, 11/8, 11/8
[6] Andrew McDougall (Can) |
Joel Hinds
11/5 11/9 11/9
Dylan Bennett |
[Q] Oriol Salva (Esp)
11/3, 8/11, 6/11, 11/7, 12/10
[2] Dylan Bennett (Ned) |
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Giant-Killer Gawad Grabs
Barcelona Crown
Egyptian
teenager Karim Abdel Gawad swept through the field of the XIII Trofeu
Internacional Ciutat de Barcelona Open to lift the PSA World Tour Super
Satellite squash title at the Shopping Center L'Illa Diagonal in the
Spanish city of Barcelona as the seventh seed!
The
18-year-old giant-killer from Cairo despatched fourth-seeded Frenchman
Gregoire Marche in the quarter-finals before recovering from 2/1 down in the
semi-finals to topple top seed Yann Perrin, also from France.
Gawad faced
third seed Steve Finitsis in the final after the Australian battled to a
five game win over second-seeded Dutchman Dylan Bennett in the other
semi.
But Gawad
maintained his devastating form, stemming a third game fight back by the
26-year-old Queenslander to win 11-6, 11-8, 7-11, 11-8.
Gawad becomes
the third Egyptian to win the title in the 13 years of the event since 1993 –
and is celebrating the second PSA Tour success of his brief career to date.
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