07/12/2009
EDMONTON OPEN
Abbas Signals Tour Return At Edmonton Open
Edmonton
Open 2009
01-06 Dec, Alberta, Canada, $20k |
Round One
03 Dec |
Quarters
04 Dec |
Semis
05 Dec |
Final
06 Dec |
[1] Shahier Razik (Can)
5-11, 11-2, 11-9, 11-7
[Q] Robin Clarke (Can) |
Shahier Razik
11-7,
11-6, 11-7
Mohammed Abbas |
Mohammed Abbas
9-11, 11-3, 11-5,
8-11, 11-7
Chris Simpson |
Mohammed Abbas
11-8, 8-11,
11-3, 11-2 (52m)
Omar Abdel Aziz |
[8] Mohammed Abbas (Egy)
11-5,
6-11, 11-4, 11-3
[Q] Ryan Cuskelly (Aus) |
[4] Chris Simpson (Eng)
11-4 rtd
Liam Kenny (Irl) |
Chris Simpson
11-5,
11-7, 9-11, 11-7
Scott Arnold |
[LL] Jens Schoor (Ger)
13-11,
5-11, 11-7, 11-4
Scott Arnold (Aus) |
Steve Coppinger (Rsa)
11-5,
12-10, 12-10
[5] Amr Swelim (Ita) |
Steve Coppinger
15-13, 11-7,
11-4
Omar Abdel Aziz |
Omar Abdel Aziz
7-11, 11-7, 11-2,
6-11, 11-4
Matthew Giuffre |
[Q] Eddie Charlton (Eng)
11-2, 11-3,
11-6
[3] Omar Abdel Aziz (Egy) |
Matthew Giuffre (Can)
11-6, 8-11, 11-6, 11-8
[7] Julien Balbo (Fra) |
Matthew Giuffre
11-7,
11-9, 5-11, 6-11, 11-8
Aaron Frankcomb |
[Q] David Phillips (Can)
11-7, 11-9,
5-11, 6-11, 11-8
[2] Aaron Frankcomb (Aus) |
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Abbas Signals Tour Return At
Edmonton Open
Out of action
for most of this year with injuries, Mohammed Abbas marked his return to
top flight squash in distinctive style at the Edmonton Open in Canada
where he won the $20,000 PSA World Tour title at the Royal Glenora
Club in Edmonton after beating fellow Egyptian Omar Abdel Aziz
in the final.
Plagued by
ankle and hamstring injuries during the year, former world No13 Abbas plummeted
to a nine-year career-low 66 ranking this month. But the 28-year-old seventh
seed from Giza ousted top-seeded Canadian Shahier Razik, ranked 31 in the
world, in straight games in the quarter-finals before battling to a five-game
win over England's No4 seed Chris Simpson in the semis.
Omar Abdel
Aziz, the third seed, was also tested in five games in the other semi-final
before overcoming outsider Matthew Giuffre, the local hope from Edmonton
who made his breakthrough in the quarter-finals by despatching Australia's
second seed Aaron Frankcomb.
After two
close games, Abbas took control in the final against Abdel Aziz, ultimately
beating the 26-year-old from Cairo 11-8, 8-11, 11-3, 11-2 in 52 minutes.
The triumph
marked the fourth PSA Tour title of Abbas's career - but his first since March
2007.
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