International
WISPA Persian Gulf Championship,
Kish Island, Iran
Salma Soars To
Persian Gulf Success
Egypt's
Salma Nassar celebrated title success in the inaugural Women's
International WISPA Persian Gulf Championship after upsetting both of the
top two seeds in the WISPA World Tour 4 squash event at the
Kish Island Olympic Sport Complex at Kish Island in Iran.
The
19-year-old third seed made her breakthrough in the semi-finals where she
battled to a five-game victory over Lucie Fialova, the event favourite
from the Czech Republic ranked 47 in the world.
Spurred on by
her success, the world No 118 recovered from a game down in the final to
overcome fellow Cairo citizen Merhan Amr Mahmoud, the second seed ranked
more than 20 places higher, 7-11, 11-2, 11-3, 11-7.
The triumph
marked left-hander Salma Nassar's first WISPA Tour title success - in her
maiden final appearance.
1st round:
[2] Merhan Amr Mahmoud (EGY) bt Arezoosadat Mousavizadeh (IRI)
11-2, 11-3, 11-2
[5] Parand Dolatyzadeh (IRI) bt Marjan Rohani (IRI) 10-12, 11-8,
11-9, 12-10
[4] Carrie Ramsey (ENG) bt Fereshteh Dabiri (IRI) 11-3, 11-1, 11-1
Forogh Sar Ostad (IRI) bt [8] Raheleh Bagheri (IRI) 12-14, 11-7,
11-9, 11-4
Elham Ramezani (IRI) bt [7] Golnaz Azizian (IRI) 11-1, 11-2, 11-6
[3] Salma Nassar (EGY) bt Taba Taghavi Ratsanjani (IRI) 11-6,
11-6, 11-2
Mastaneh Karampour (IRI) bt [6] Fatemehalsadat Haidary (IRI) 11-7,
3-11, 11-8, 13-11
[1] Lucie Fialova (CZE) bt Simin Karimi (IRI) 11-6, 11-4, 11-6
Quarter-finals:
[2] Merhan Amr Mahmoud (EGY) bt [5] Parand Dolatyzadeh (IRI) 11-3,
11-7, 11-4
[4] Carrie Ramsey (ENG) bt Forogh Sar Ostad (IRI) 11-1, 11-3, 11-7
[3] Salma Nassar (EGY) bt Elham Ramezani (IRI) 11-4, 11-3, 11-3
[1] Lucie Fialova (CZE) bt Mastaneh Karampour (IRI) 11-7, 11-5,
11-3
Semi-finals:
[2] Merhan Amr Mahmoud (EGY) bt [4] Carrie Ramsey (ENG) 11-1,
12-10, 7-11, 11-8
[3] Salma Nassar (EGY) bt [1] Lucie Fialova (CZE) 11-6, 11-7,
10-12, 3-11, 11-6
Final:
[3] Salma Nassar (EGY) bt [2] Merhan Amr Mahmoud (EGY) 7-11, 11-2,
11-3, 11-7
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