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18/05/2010
NOVARTIS OPEN
Adel El Zarka Nets Novartis Open Title
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Novartis
Open 2010
10-15 May, Amman, Jordan, $3k |
Round One
12 May |
Quarters
13 May |
Semis
14 May |
Final
15 May |
[1] Ahmed Hawas (Egy)
11-7, 11-8, 11-5
Masoud Gharehzyaldini (Iri) |
Ahmed Hawas
7-11, 11-1, 15-13, 10-4 Rtd (36m)
Florent Pontiere |
Florent Pontiere
12-14 , 11-4, 7-11, 13-11, 11-9 (52m)
Adel El Zarka |
Adel El Zarka
11-7, 11-5, 9-11, 12-10 (48m)
Ahmad Alzabidi |
[5] Florent Pontiere (Fra)
11-5, 11-8, 11-8
[Q] Mohammad abou Hamad (Jor) |
[3] Martin Mosnik (Slo)
4-11, 11-6, 11-8, 11-6
[Q] Ahmad al Saraj (Jor) |
Martin Mosnik
11-3, 11-5, 11-4 (23m)
Adel El Zarka |
[6] Adel El Zarka (Egy)
11-3, 11-9, 11-6
[Q] Mohammad Zubaidi (Jor) |
Mohammad Mhaisen (Jor)
11-7, 11-8, 11-4
[7] Muhammad Saqib Yousaf (Pak) |
Muhammad Saqib Yousaf
7-11, 11-6, 6,11, 11-4, 11-9 (50m)
Waqar Mehboob |
Muhammad Saqib Yousaf
11-8, 5-11, 11-9, 11-9 (50m)
Ahmad Alzabidi |
[Q] Waqar Mehboob (Pak)
8-11, 11-7, 11-3, 5-2 rtd
[4] Basem Makram (Egy) |
Ahmad Alzabidi (Jor)
11-3, 11-4, 11-4
[8] Maekawa Kosuke (Jpn) |
Ahmad Alzabidi
11-9, 11-8, 5-11, 6-11, 11-8 (54m)
Robert Downer |
Robert Downer (Eng)
11-6, 11-5, 12-10
[2] Mohammad Reza Sadeghpour (Iri) |
Adel El Zarka
Nets Novartis Open Title
Egyptian
teenager Adel El Zarka claimed the first PSA World Tour title of
his career when he beat unseeded local hero Ahmad Alzabidi in the final
of the $3,000 Novartis Open at the Al Hassan International Squash
Center in the Jordan capital Amman.
The sixth seed
from Alexandria made his breakthrough in the quarter-finals where he ousted
Slovenia's Martin Mosnik, the third seed, in straight games. A tough
five-game battle with fifth-seeded Frenchman Florent Pontiere took
18-year-old El Zarka into his first Tour final.
But, appearing
in only the second PSA Tour event of his life, Jordanian Ahmad
Alzabidi grabbed the headlines by battling against the odds through to the
final. Ranked 389 in the world, the unseeded 21-year-old beat the seventh and
eighth seeds - in addition to Englishman Robert Downer who removed the
top seed - to line up against El Zarka in the climax.
Boosted by a
capacity crowd which included Princess Rahmah Al-Hassan, the Egyptian
ambassador to Jordan, El Zarka battled for 48 minutes before finally emerging
triumphant with an 11-7, 11-5, 9-11, 12-10 title-winning victory.
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