04/11/2009
SOHO SQUARE CHAMPS
Duncalf Celebrates Soho Square Success In Sharm El Sheikh
Soho
Square 2009
Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt,
26 Oct - 01
Nov, $41k |
Round One
28/29 Oct |
Quarters
30 Oct |
Semis
31 Oct |
Final
01 Nov |
[1] Rachael Grinham (Aus)
11/6, 11/5, 11/9 (24m)
Suzie Pierrepont (Eng) |
Rachael Grinham
11/9, 11/9, 9/11, 14/12 (51m)
Engy Kheirallah |
Rachael
Grinham
11/7, 13/11, 11/5
(32m)
Omneya
Abdel Kawy |
Omneya
Abdel Kawy
2/11, 7/11, 11/8, 12/10, 12/10 (58m
Jenny
Duncalf |
[8] Engy Kheirallah
(Egy)
11/5, 11/1, 11/3 (24m)
Sharon Wee (Mas) |
[3] Omneya Abdel Kawy (Egy)
14/12, 11/4, 11/6 (34m)
Aisling Blake (Irl) |
Omneya Abdel Kawy
15/13, 11/13, 11/8, 11/5 (68m)
Jaclyn Hawkes |
[5] Jaclyn Hawkes (Nzl)
9/11, 11/6, 11/1, 11/2 (39m)
[Q] Nouran El Torky (Egy) |
[Q] Nour El Tayeb (Egy)
11/7, 4/11, 11/6, 11/8 (39m)
[6] Raneem El Weleily (Egy) |
Raneem El Weleily
11/13, 11/3, 11/7, 6/11, 11/3 (64m)
Madeline Perry |
Madeline
Perry
11/8, 11/8, 8/11, 11/7
(49m)
Jenny
Duncalf |
[Q] Kanzy El Dafrawy (Egy)
11/6, 11/6, 11/4 (29m)
[4] Madeline Perry (Irl) |
Sarah Kippax (Eng)
6/11, 11/6, 3/11, 11/7, 11/9 (65m)
[7] Lauren Briggs (Eng) |
Lauren Briggs
11/3, 11/7, 11/6 (29m)
Jenny Duncalf |
[Q] Nour El Sherbini (Egy)
11/5, 11/1, 11/6 (26m)
[2] Jenny Duncalf (Eng) |
Qualifying:
Finals 27-Oct
Nouran El Torky (Egy) bt Sara El Noamany (Egy)
11/5, 11/5, 15/13 (37m)
Kanzy El Dafrawy (Egy)
bt Heba El Torky (Egy) 12/14, 11/4, 11/7, 8/11,
14/12 (73m)
Nour El Tayeb (Egy) bt Irina
Assal (Rus)
11/5, 11/8, 11/7 (21m)
Nour El Sherbini (Egy)
bt Kylie Lindsay (Nzl)
11/6, 11/9, 11/7 (26m)
26-Oct, Round 1
Heba El Torky (Egy) bt
Farah Abdel Meguid (Egy) 11/9, 8/11, 11/3,
10/12, 12/10 (52m)
Kanzy El Dafrawy (Egy) bt Merman Amr Mahmoud (Egy)
11/3, 11/9, 11/6 (25m)
Nouran El Torky (Egy) bt Lucie Fialova (Cze)
11/8, 11/7, 8/11, 11/4 (33m)
Sara El Noamany (Egy) bt Salma Hany (Egy)
11/8, 9/11, 11/8, 11/6 (50m)
Irina Assal (Rus) bt Eliza Kargioti (Gre)
11/2, 11/6, 11/3 (18m)
Nour El Tayeb (Egy) bt Yathreb Adel (Egy)
11/2, 11/9,11/3 (26m)
Nour El Sherbini (Egy) bt Nicoleta Pozidi (Gre)
11/2, 11/1, 11/2 (14m)
Kylie Lindsay (Nzl) bt Haidi Lala (Egy)
w/o |
Duncalf Celebrates Soho Square Success In
Sharm El Sheikh
England's Jenny Duncalf celebrated the biggest WISPA
World Tour title success of her life when she beat long-time rival
Omneya
Abdel Kawy
in the final of the inaugural Women's Soho Square Championship, a $41,600
WISPA World Tour Silver squash event at Soho Square Savoy Hotel
in the Egyptian resort of Sharm El Sheikh.
Abdel Kawy, the third seed from Egypt, boasted a 10/1 career
head-to-head record over the 26-year-old from Harrogate on the eve of the match
- and Duncalf last beat the former world junior champion more than four years
ago.
A further victory looked in Abdel Kawy's reach as the Egyptian
played some of the best squash of her life to take the first two games for just
nine points.
But Duncalf battled back to take the next two games and leap to a
6-1 lead in the decider.
Abdel Kawy forced the game into a tie-break, but Duncalf held her
nerve to win 2-11, 7-11, 11-8, 12-10, 12-10 after 58 minutes.
The success marks the fifth Tour title success of Duncalf's
career.
Top Four Seeds Through To Sharm El Sheikh Semis
The top four seeds will contest the semi-finals of the inaugural
Women's Soho Square Championship after surviving, in contrasting styles,
the quarter-finals of the $41,600 WISPA World Tour Silver squash
event at Soho Square Savoy Hotel in the Egyptian resort of Sharm El
Sheikh.
Local star Omneya Abdel Kawy, the third seed, was extended
for 68 minutes before coming out on top against fifth-seeded New Zealander
Jaclyn Hawkes 15-13, 11-13, 11-8, 11-5.
"Thank God I got out of it, I didn't play my best," Abdel Kawy
told
www.squashsite.co.uk afterwards. "My head wasn't really there today, so
hopefully I can put it all together tomorrow."
The 24-year-old from Cairo now faces top seed Rachael Grinham,
the Cairo-based Australian who defeated Abdel Kawy's Egyptian team-mate Engy
Kheirallah 11-9, 11-9, 9-11, 14-12.
By contrast, second seed Jenny Duncalf delivered her
second successive straight games win in under 30 minutes when she beat English
compatriot Lauren Briggs 11-3, 11-7, 11-6.
The world No6 from Harrogate now takes on fellow Briton
Madeline Perry. The fourth seed from Belfast denied the crowd local
interest in both semi-finals by beating Egypt's sixth seed Raneem El Weleily
11-13, 11-3, 11-7, 6-11, 11-3.
Egyptians Progress In Sharm El Sheikh Championship
Egyptians will
feature in all but one of the quarter-finals in the inaugural Women's Soho
Square Championship after first round action in the $41,600 WISPA World
Tour Silver squash event at Soho Square Savoy Hotel in the
Egyptian resort of Sharm El Sheikh.
Third seed
Omneya Abdel Kawy leads local interest in the event after beating Ireland's
Aisling Blake 14-12, 11-4, 11-6. The 24-year-old world No8 from Cairo
now faces New Zealander Jaclyn Hawkes, the fifth seed.
The only
quarter-final without local interest will be an all-English tussle between
second seed Jenny Duncalf and No7 seed Lauren Briggs.
While Duncalf,
the world No6 from Harrogate needed only 26 minutes to overcome 13-year-old
Egyptian qualifier Nour El Sherbini - the sport's youngest ever world
champion - 11-5, 11-1, 11-6, Briggs twice had to come from behind before getting
the better of unseeded compatriot Sarah Kippax 6-11, 11-6, 3-11, 11-9,
11-9 in 65 minutes.
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