09/06/2011
EGYPTIAN CIRCUIT No 2, 2011
Khalifa Crowned Alexandria Champion
Egyptian
Circuit #2 2011
Men's Draw
02-07
Jun, Alexandria, Egypt, $10k |
Round One
04 Jun |
Quarters
05 Jun |
Semis
06 Jun |
Final
07 Jun |
[1] Karim Abdel Gawad (Egy)
11/7, 11/8, 11/9 (37m)
Amr Mansi (Egy) |
Karim Abdel Gawad
11-4, 7-11,
15-17, 11-1, 12-10 (106m)
Mazen Gamal |
Karim Abdel Gawad
11-7, 12-10, 11-5
(46m)
Andrew Wagih |
Andrew Wagih
11/7, 12/10, 11/5 (40m)
Amr Khalid Khalifa |
Mazen Gamal (Egy)
9/11, 13/11, 10/12, 11/1, 11/9 (101m)
[Q] Zahed Mohamed (Egy) |
[Q]
Mohd Essam El Sherif (Egy)
5/11, 9/11, 11/6, 11/4, 11/5 (65m)
[Q]
Mazen Hesham Ga
Sabry (Egy) |
Mazen Hesham Ga
Sabry
11-6, 9-11, 11-4,
12-14, 12-10 (65m)
Andrew Wagih |
Ahmed Hawas (Egy)
11/8, 11/13, 11/6, 11/8 (53m)
[4] Andrew Wagih (Egy) |
[3] Ali Farag (Egy)
12/10, 11/6, 10/12, 11/6 (44m)
Olivier Pett (Eng) |
Olivier Pett
13-11, 11-4, 11-7
(36m)
Wael Farag |
Olivier Pett
11-3, 11-6, 11-7
(44m)
Amr Khalid Khalifa |
[Q] Basem Makram (Egy)
11/6, 11/3, 11/7 (43m)
Wael Farag (Egy) |
Bart Ravelli (Ned)
11/9, 12/10, 11/5 (38m)
Amr Khalid Khalifa (Egy) |
Amr Khalid Khalifa
11-4, 14-12, 11-9
(45m)
Fares Dessouki |
Fares Dessouki (Egy)
11/9, 14/12, 6/11, 11/7 (75m)
[2] Joe Lee (Eng) |
Egyptian
Circuit #2 2011
Women's Draw
02-07
Jun, Alexandria, Egypt, $8k |
Round One
04 Jun |
Quarters
05 Jun |
Semis
06 Jun |
Final
07 Jun |
[1] Heba El Torky (Egy)
5/0 rtd
Laila Omar (Egy) |
Heba El Torky
11/8, 6/11, 11/7, 11/13, 11/2 (61m)
Salma Hany |
Heba El Torky
16/14, 11/8, 11/6 (40m)
Farah Abdel Meguid |
Heba El Torky
11/4, 11/9, 9/11, 11/4 (59m)
Kanzy El Dafrawy |
[7] Salma Hany (Egy)
12/10, 6/11, 11/9, 11/7 (45m)
Salma Hany Ibrahim (Egy) |
[4] Farah Abdel Meguid (Egy)
11/6, 12/10, 6/11, 8/11, 11/6 (59m)
[Q] Heba Allah Hesham (Egy |
Farah Abdel Meguid
11/3, 11/3, 11/5 (20m)
Nihal Alaa Bayoumi |
[7] Mayar Ely Ezzo (Egy)
11/13, 11/4, 11/9, 11/9 (40m)
Nihal Alaa Bayoumi (Egy) |
Salma Hatem Youssef (Egy)
12/14, 11/7, 8/11, 11/9, 14/12 (45m)
[5] Yathreb Adel (Egy) |
Yathreb Adel
10/12, 17/15, 11/7, 11/4 (67m)
Nouran El Torky |
Nouran El Torky
11/5, 11/4, 11/5 (39m)
Kanzy El Dafrawy |
[Q] Mariam Ibrahim Metwally (Egy)
11/6, 10/12, 11/7 rtd
[3] Nouran El Torky (Egy) |
Nouran Ahmed Gohar ( Egy
10/12, 4/11, 11/7, 11/8, 11/7 (53m)
[8] Nada Elkalaawy (Egy) |
Nouran Ahmed Gohar
11/8, 11/3, 11/6 (24m)
Kanzy El-Dafrawy |
Menat Nasser (Egy)
11/4, 11/2, 11/6 (26m)
[2] Kanzy El-Dafrawy (Egy) |
Khalifa
Crowned Alexandria Champion
Underdog
Amr Khaled Khalifa brushed aside fourth-seeded Egyptian compatriot Andrew
Wagih Shoukry in the final of the Egyptian Circuit No2 to win the
PSA World Tour Challenger 10 squash event at the Sporting Club in
Alexandria.
Khalifa, the
18-year-old world junior champion, reached the final after beating Olivier
Pett, an unseeded Englishman who made his breakthrough in the opening round
where he despatched third-seeded Egyptian Ali Farag.
Meanwhile
fourth seed Shoukry became the only seed to make the last four after ending the
giant-killing run of compatriot Mazen Gamal in the other semi. Gamal, the
24-year-old world No 110 from Cairo, had earlier removed top seed Karim Abdel
Gawad, ranked more than 60 places higher.
But despite
being unseeded, Khalifa is now ranked higher than Shoukry - following two
successive Tour wins over the 20-year-old from Cairo since March.
And Khalifa,
the world No59, also from Cairo, made it three in a row when he beat Shoukry
11-7, 12-10, 11-5 in 40 minutes to lift his second successive Egyptian Circuit
trophy.
The success
marks Khalifa's eighth PSA World Tour title triumph in only his ninth
final - all since February 2009!
Shoukry &
Khalifa In Alexandria Final
Andrew Wagih
Shoukry
and Amr Khaled Khalifa set up an all-Egyptian final of the Egyptian
Circuit No2 after straight games semi-final successes in the PSA World
Tour Challenger 10 squash event at the Sporting Club in Alexandria.
Shoukry, the
only seed left in the last four, ended the giant-killing run of compatriot
Mazen Gamal, the unseeded 24-year-old from Cairo who removed top seed
Karim Abdel Gawad in the previous round.
But
20-year-old Shoukry, also from Cairo and ranked 71 in the world, was too strong
for Gamal, winning 11-7, 12-10, 11-5 in 46 minutes to make his first PSA Tour
final of the year, but the ninth of his career.
Khalifa
stormed to an 11-3, 11-6, 11-7 victory in 44 minutes over English outsider
Olivier Pett.
The
18-year-old from Cairo is enjoying a fine run on the senior professional circuit
after becoming the world junior champion in Ecuador almost a year ago. Ranked 71
in the world, Khalifa already boasts four PSA Tour final appearances this year,
with title successes in three.
It was only
three weeks ago that the teenager clinched the Egyptian Circuit No1 crown
in Cairo - beating Shoukry in the quarter-finals.
Gamal Gets Gawad In Alexandria Upset
Unseeded
Mazen Gamal secured the biggest scalp in the Egyptian Circuit No2 in
Alexandria when he ousted top seed Karim Abdel Gawad to reach the
semi-finals of the PSA World Tour Challenger 10 squash event at the
Egyptian city's Sporting Club.
It was a
106-minute all-Cairo contest in which Gamal, a 24-year-old ranked outside the
world top 100, recovered from 2/1 down to beat 19-year-old favourite Gawad, the
world No44, 11-4, 7-11, 15-17, 11-1, 12-10.
Gamal will now
take on another fellow countryman Andrew Wagih Shoukry, the only seed
left in the field. Fourth seed Shoukry also survived a five-game battle to beat
qualifier Mazen Hesham Ga Sabry 11-6, 9-11, 11-4, 12-14, 12-10.
Englishman
Olivier Pett stands in the way of an all-Egyptian final. The 22-year-old
from Sussex, ranked 113 in the world, saw off Egyptian Wael Farag, ranked
two places higher, 13-11, 11-4, 11-7 to set up a meeting with Amr Khaled
Khalifa.
The
18-year-old world junior champion from Cairo beat compatriot Fares Dessouki
11-4, 14-12, 11-9.
Pett Flies
International Flag In Alexandria
Unseeded
Englishman Olivier Pett became the only overseas player to make the
quarter-finals of the Egyptian Circuit No2 in Alexandria when he
upset third seed Ali Farag in the opening round of the PSA World Tour
Challenger 10 squash event at the Egyptian city's Sporting Club.
Pett, a
22-year-old from Sussex ranked outside the world top 100, survived two tie-break
games to overcome the world No79 from Cairo 12-10, 11-6, 10-12, 11-6 in 44
minutes.
But there was
unexpected local success further down the draw where 16-year-old Fares
Dessouki pulled off a major upset by removing the second seed in his maiden
Tour appearance since becoming a member of the PSA.
Joe Lee,
the 21-year-old world No67 from England, was making his return to the Tour after
undergoing treatment for a back injury.
But in a
punishing 75-minute battle, Dessouki emerged triumphant 11-9, 14-12, 6-11, 11-7
to set up an all-Egyptian quarter-final clash with Amr Khaled Khalifa,
the 18-year-old world junior champion from Cairo who defeated Dutchman Bart
Ravelli 11-9, 12-10, 11-5.
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