11/05/2011
EGYPTIAN CIRCUIT No:1 2011
El Torky & Khalifa Claim Egyptian Double In Cairo
Egyptian
Circuit No.1 2011
Men's Draw
06-10 May, Shooting Club, Cairo, $10k |
Round One
07 May |
Quarters
08 May |
Semis
09 May |
Final
10 May |
[1] Karim Abdel Gawad (Egy)
5/11, 11/9, 14/12, 11/8 (47m)
Mazen Hesham Sabry (Egy) |
Karim Abdel Gawad
13/11, 5/11, 11/7, 8/11, 11/9 (113m)
Omar Abdel Meguid |
Omar Abdel Meguid
6/11, 11/5, 11/2, 11/2 (54m)
Amr Khaled Khalifa |
Amr Khaled Khalifa
11-7, 11-9, 11-7 (59m)
Omar Abdel Aziz |
Charles Sharpes (Eng)
11/9, 11/4, 11/6 (35m)
Omar Abdel Meguid (Egy) |
[Q] Zahed Sherein (Egy)
11/9, 11/6, 11/7 (27m)
Amr Khaled Khalifa (Egy) |
Amr Khaled Khalifa
11/6, 11/7, 11/8 (47m)
Andrew Wagih |
Joan Lezaud (Fra)
11/5, 11/5, 19/17 (28m)
[4] Andrew Wagih (Egy) |
[3] Ali Farag (Egy)
11/8, 11/7, 4/11, 11/4 (41m)
[Q] Mohamed Abouelgar (Egy) |
Mohamed Abouelgar
11/8, 14/12, 11/5 (34m)
Amr Swelim |
Amr Swelim
11/2, 1/3 rtd
Omar Abdel Aziz |
Amr Swelim (Ita)
11/1, 11/5, 11/4 (22m)
Mazen Gamal (Egy) |
[Q] Ahmed Hawas (Egy)
5/11, 11/6, 11/9, 11/6
Wael Farag (Egy) |
Wael Farag
11/5, 11/6, 11/3 (28m)
Omar Abdel Aziz |
[Q] Karim Ali Fathy (Egy)
8/11, 11/4, 11/9, 18/16 (75m)
[2] Omar Abdel Aziz (Egy) |
Egyptian
Circuit No.1 2011
Women's Draw
06-10 May, Cairo, $8k |
Round One
07 May |
Quarters
08 May |
Semis
09 May |
Final
10 May |
[1] Heba El Torky (Egy)
11/4, 11/6, 11/5
[Q] Nouran Ahmed Gohar (Egy) |
Heba El Torky
10/12, 11/7, 12/10, 11/6 (28m)
Nouran El Torky |
[1] Heba El Torky
8/11, 11/5, 11/2, 11/3 (35m)
Emily Whitlock |
Heba El Torky
6-11, 11-8, 9-11, 11-4, 11-5 (59m)
Siyoli Waters |
[5] Nouran El Torky (Egy)
11/9, 4/11, 11/7, 7/11, 11/6 (7m)
Salma Hatem Youssef (Egy) |
[3] Emily Whitlock (Eng)
11/2, 11/5, 11/6 (28m)
Haidi Lala (Egy) |
Emily Whitlock
11/9, 11/8, 11/3 (30m)
Salma Hany |
[7] Merhan Amr Mahmoud (Egy)
9/11, 11/3, 11/9, 9/11, 13/11 (67m)
Salma Hany (Egy) |
Mayar Aly Ezzo (Egy)
11/2, 11/3, 11/5 (20m)
[6] Birgit Coufal (Aut) |
Birgit Coufal
11/5, 11/7, 12/10 (22m)
Siyoli Waters |
Siyoli Waters
11/7, 13/11, 11/3, 4/11, 11/7 (35m)
Kanzy El Dafrawy |
Salma Nassar (Egy)
11/5, 11/5, 5/11, 11/7 (43m)
[4] Siyoli Waters (Rsa) |
[Q] Salma Hany Ibrahim
(Egy)
9/4 rtd
[8] Yathreb Adel (Egy) |
Salma Hany Ibrahim
11/4, 11/5, 11/6 (25m)
Kanzy El Dafrawy |
Nihal Alaa Bayoumi (Egy)
10/0 rtd
[2] Kanzy El Dafrawy (Egy) |
El Torky & Khalifa Claim Egyptian Double In Cairo
Amr Khaled Khalifa
and Heba El Torky made it a home nation double in the Egyptian Circuit
No1 after winning the finals of the inaugural international squash circuit
event at the Shooting Club in Cairo.
Unseeded Khalifa continued his giant-killing run through the men's PSA World
Tour Challenger 10 event by despatching second-seeded fellow countryman
Omar Abdel Aziz in straight games.
The
reigning world junior champion from Cairo removed the fourth seed in the
quarter-finals, then defeated 27-year-old Aziz, the world No42, 11-7, 11-9,
11-7.
The
triumph marks Khalifa's first Tour title success on home soil – but the seventh
of his brief career to date – and is sure to see the 18-year-old improve on his
current PSA world ranking of 78.
The
final of the women's WISPA World Tour 8 event was a more dramatic affair,
in which South African outsider Siyoli Waters twice led the Egyptian
favourite in a bid to win her maiden Tour title.
But
El Torky, the 20-year-old world No36 from Alexandria, held her nerve to keep
fourth-seeded Waters at bay.
And
after 59 minutes, the Egyptian clinched victory over her 28-year-old opponent,
winning 6-11, 11-8, 9-11, 11-4, 11-5.
The
triumph marks Heba El Torky's fourth Tour title – and extends the Alexandria
star's unbeaten record in WISPA finals.
Siyoli Spoils Egyptian Party In Cairo
South African Siyoli Waters put paid to all-Egyptian finals in the
Egyptian Circuit No1 after upsetting second seed Kanzy Emad El-Defrawy
in the women's semi-finals of the WISPA World Tour 8 squash event
at the Shooting Club in Cairo.
After dropping the first game, the fourth seed from Cape Town survived a
tie-break second game before going on to claim an impressive 7-11, 13-11, 11-3,
4-11, 11-7 victory over El-Defrawy, the world No41 from Cairo.
Now
in the second Tour final of her career – and her second of the year – world No64
Waters will face favourite Heba El Torky, the world No36 from Alexandria.
El
Torky also had to come back from a game down to beat England's third seed
Emily Whitlock, the 17-year-old recently-crowned European junior champion,
8-11, 11-5, 11-2, 11-3.
The
20-year-old Egyptian is celebrating her fourth WISPA Tour final – and will be
looking to extend her unbeaten record in finals to date.
Unseeded Amr Khaled Khalifa will face second seed Omar Abdel Aziz
in the final of the men's PSA World Tour Challenger 10 event after the
Egyptian pair survived contrasting semi-finals.
Khalifa, the reigning world junior champion from Cairo, needed 54 minutes to
overcome Giza-based 23-year-old Omar Abdel Meguid, also unseeded, 6-11,
11-5, 11-2, 11-2.
The
18-year-old is celebrating the eighth Tour final appearance of his career – but,
surprisingly perhaps, his first on home soil.
Aziz, the 27-year-old world No42, made it into the final after just a few points
into the second game of the other semi when his Italian opponent Amr Swelim
retired injured with the score at 11-2, 1-3.
The
brief victory takes Aziz into his 10th PSA Tour final.
Men's Seeds Suffer In Cairo
Omar Abdel Aziz
became the lone men's seed to make it through to the last four of the
Egyptian Circuit No1 after beating fellow Egyptian Wael Farag in the
quarter-finals of the PSA World Tour Challenger 10 squash event at the
Shooting Club in Cairo.
The
27-year-old second seed from Cairo despatched 21-year-old Farag 11-5, 11-6, 11-3
in just 28 minutes – and will now face Amr Swelim for a place in the
final.
The
Cairo-born Italian ousted Egyptian qualifier Mohamed Abouelghar 11-8,
14-12, 11-5.
But
Omar Abdel Meguid pulled off the biggest upset when he overcame favourite
Karim Abdel Gawad 13-11, 5-11, 11-7, 8-11, 11-9 in a 113-minute marathon.
Unseeded Meguid, ranked more than 60 places lower than his opponent, now takes
on fellow countryman Amr Khaled Khalifa.
Unseeded Khalifa, the reigning World Junior Champion, stunned fourth seed
Andrew Wagih Shoukry 11-6, 11-7, 11-8.
Order was restored in the women's WISPA World Tour 8 event when the four
top seeds survived the quarter-finals in straightforward style.
Favourite Heba El Torky faced her sister Nouran El Torky for the
second time on the WISPA Tour – but again kept her younger sibling at bay with a
10-12, 11-7, 12-10, 11-6 victory.
The
20-year-old from Alexandria now faces England's newly-crowned European Junior
champion Emily Whitlock after the 17-year-old third seed defeated
18-year-old Egyptian Salma Hany 11-9, 11-8, 11-3.
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