18/01/2010
RAQUET CLUB INVITATIONAL
Mosaad Survives Marathon To Win St Louis Title
Racquet
Club Invitational 2010
11-16 Jan, St Louis, USA, $15k |
Round One
12 Jan |
Quarters
14 Jan |
Semis
15 Jan |
Final
16 Jan |
[1] Omar Mosaad (Egy)
11-8, 11-7, 7-11, 11-3
[Q] Jethro Binns (Wal) |
Omar Mosaad
11-8,
11-6, 11-7
David Phillips |
Omar Mosaad
6-11, 4-11, 12-10, 11-3, 5-2 ret.
Mohammed Abbas |
Omar Mosaad
11-4, 8-11, 11-9, 8-11, 11-5
(125m)
Shahier Razik |
David Phillips
(Can)
11-2, 11-7, 11-8
[Q] Mark Heather (Eng) |
[3] Ali Anwar Reda (Egy)
11-6, 12-10, 11-13, 11-1
Adrian Waller (Eng) |
Ali Anwar Reda
6-11, 11-3, 5-11, 11-9,
12-10
Mohammed Abbas |
[8] Mohammed Abbas (Egy)
11-3, 11-3, 11-4
Shawn Delierre (Can) |
[Q] Matthew
Serediak (Can)
11-2, 11-4, 11-6
[6] Mathieu Castagnet (Fra) |
[6] Mathieu Castagnet
11-9, 14-12, 10-12, 11-8
Amr Swelim |
Amr Swelim
11-7, 11-7, 11-6
Shahier Razik |
Shaun Le Roux (Eng)
11-9, 11-7, 14-12
[4] Amr Swelim (Ita) |
Joe Lee (Eng)
11-9, 10-12, 11-9, 11-8
[5] Yasir Butt (Pak) |
Joe Lee
11-8, 11-8, 11-6
Shahier Razik |
[Q] James Snell
(Eng)
11-8, 11-8, 11-2
[2] Shahier Razik (Can) |
Mosaad Survives Marathon To Win St Louis
Title
Egyptian Omar Mosaad
won his second PSA World Tour title of the year - and the longest squash
match of his career - when he beat Canadian Shahier Razik in the final of
the $15,000 Racquet Club Invitational at The Racquet Club in St
Louis, USA.
It was the pair's second
meeting in a Tour final in a week - but while the 21-year-old from Cairo
clinched the KIG Open crown in Los Angeles in four games, second seed
Razik extended the encounter to five games in St Louis.
Top seed Mosaad twice took
the lead - and both times 32-year-old Razik fought back to draw level.
But, despite Razik's
reputation as a winner of marathon matches, it was world No23 Mosaad that
finally emerged triumphant after 125 minutes, winning 11-4, 8-11, 11-9, 8-11,
11-5 to earn the fifth Tour title of his career.
Mosaad & Razik To Contest St Louis Final
Top seeds Omar Mosaad
and Shahier Razik will contest the final of the Racquet Club
Invitational after surviving contrasting semi-finals in the $15,000
PSA World Tour squash event at The Racquet Club in St Louis,
USA.
Canadian Razik, the second
seed from Toronto, eased into his second Tour final of the year when he beat
fellow Cairo-born Amr Swelim, the fourth seed representing Italy, 11-7,
11-7, 11-6.
But favourite Omar Mosaad,
fresh from winning the KIG Open in Los Angeles - where he beat Razik in
the final - dropped the first two games against experienced Egyptian compatriot
Mohammed Abbas and was taken to a tie-break in the third.
Seventh seed Abbas, a
former world No13 from Giza, made his breakthrough in the previous round where
he despatched defending champion Mohd Ali Anwar Reda, the third seed also
from Egypt, in five games.
But 29-year-old Abbas was
unable to stop the younger Mosaad taking the third and fourth games to draw
level - and then had to concede the match midway through the decider as the
result of an injury, leaving Mosaad the victor in a 6-11, 4-11, 12-10, 11-3, 5-2
(ret.) scoreline.
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