19/06/2011
JENA OPEN 2011
Rosner Claims Jena International Crown In Kuwait
Jena
International 2011
13-18 June, Kuwait City, $15k |
Round One
15 Jun |
Quarters
16 Jun |
Semis
17 Jun |
Final
18 Jun |
[1] Aamir Atlas Khan (Pak)
8/11, 11/6, 14/12, 11/5 (50m)
Bradley Hindle (Mlt) |
Aamir Atlas Khan
11/6, 11/8, 7/11, 11/6 (47m)
Joel Hinds |
Aamir Atlas Khan
11-9, 9-11, 11-9,
11-6 (49m)
Ali Farag |
Aamir Atlas Khan
3-11, 11-5, 11-6,
9-11, 11-9 (68m)
Simon Rosner |
[Q] Bart Ravelli (Ned)
11/9, 11/9, 5/11, 8/11, 7/11 (72m)
Joel Hinds (Eng) |
Ali Farag (Egy)
11/8, 11/6, 11/4 (35m)
Andrew Wagih (Egy) |
Ali Farag
11/7, 11/9, 12/14, 11/1 (44m)
Omar Abdel Aziz |
[Q] Ivan Yuen (Mas)
9/11, 1/11, 11/8, 11/7, 11/7 (144m)
[4] Omar Abdel Aziz (Egy) |
[3] Simon Rosner (Ger)
11/7, 11/8, 9/11, 14/12(54m)
Joe Lee (Eng) |
Simon Rosner
11/4, 11/6, 11/8 (39m)
Muhd Asyraf Azan |
Simon Rosner
11-7, 11-9, 11-4
(34m)
Abdullah Almezayen |
Muhd Asyraf Azan (Mas)
10/12, 11/8, 11/7, 11/5 (46m)
Ammar Al-Tamimi (Kuw) |
[Q] Harinderpal Sandhu (Ind)
11/8, 9/1 rtd
Jaymie Haycocks (Eng) |
Harinderpal Sandhu
13/11, 11/5, 11/5 (38m)
Abdullah Almezayen |
[Q] Abdullah Almezayen (Kuw)
11/9, 11/9, 11/2 (34m)
[2] Farhan Mehboob (Pak) |
Rosner Claims Jena International Crown In Kuwait
German number one Simon Rosner upset top seed Aamir Atlas
Khan in the final of the Jena International Championship
in Kuwait to win the PSA World Tour Challenger 15 squash
event - and the biggest Tour title of his career - at Qadsia
Sporting Club in Hawally.
The third seed from Paderborn reached the final after overcoming
local hero Abdullah Al Muzayen, a qualifier, in the previous
round.
But Rosner, ranked 33 in the world, dropped the opening game of the
final for just three points as Atlas Khan, ranked four places
higher, looked on course to win his first Tour title for a year.
Just a month after winning his fifth German national title, however,
Rosner battled back to win the next two games, then stemmed a
fourth-game fightback by the Pakistani to clinch the decider by a
two-point margin to record his 3-11, 11-5, 11-6, 9-11, 11-9 title
triumph after 68 minutes.
The win marks the fifth title of 23-year-old Rosner's PSA Tour
career - but the largest by a significant margin.
Rosner Downs Abdullah In Kuwait
Germany's Simon Rosner ended local hero Abdullah Al
Muzayen's giant-killing run in the Jena International
Championship when he beat the Kuwaiti qualifier to reach the
final of the PSA World Tour Challenger 15 squash event at
Qadsia Sporting Club in Hawally, Kuwait.
The 23-year-old left-hander, ranked outside the world's top 100,
defeated No2 seed Farhan Mehboob in the opening round - but
it was a match too far for the top-ranked Kuwaiti when he faced
German number one Rosner.
The third seed from Paderborn, ranked 33 in the world, battled for
34 minutes to overcome Al Muzayen 11-7, 11-9, 11-4 to reach the
tenth PSA Tour final of his career, but his first this year.
Rosner will face favourite Aamir Atlas Khan after the
20-year-old Pakistani, ranked 29 in the world, beat Egyptian
teenager Ali Farag 11-9, 9-11, 11-9, 11-6.
Farag, an unseeded 19-year-old from Cairo, made his breakthrough in
the previous round when he ousted fourth-seeded compatriot Omar
Abdel Aziz.
Atlas Khan,
eager to reclaim his status as Pakistan's top-ranked player, is
marking the ninth Tour final of his career, but his first for
exactly a year.
Farag Floors
Fourth Seed Aziz In Kuwait Upset
Egyptian
teenager Ali Farag scored the biggest upset in the quarter-finals of the
Jena International Championship when he claimed his first victory over
higher-ranked compatriot Omar Abdel Aziz to reach the semi-finals of the
PSA World Tour Challenger 15 squash event at Qadsia Sporting Club
in Hawally, Kuwait.
Unseeded Farag,
the 19-year-old world No79 from Cairo, overcame a third game fightback by fourth
seed Aziz to beat the experienced 27-year-old, ranked more than 30 places
higher, 11-7, 11-9, 12-14, 11-1 in 44 minutes.
Farag, now in
his first Tour semi-final since January, will meet favourite Aamir Atlas Khan
for a place in the final.
Khan, eager to
reclaim his status as Pakistan's top-ranked player, battled for 47 minutes to
overcome England's reigning World University champion Joel Hinds 11-6,
11-8, 7-11, 11-6.
Khan, the
20-year-old world No29 from Peshawar, is celebrating his first Tour semi-final
appearance for a year.
Local hero
Abdullah Al Muzayen, who upset No2 seed Farhan Mehboob in the opening
round, continued to delight the Kuwait crowd by defeating fellow qualifier
Harinder Pal Sandhu to earn a surprise place in the last four.
The Kuwaiti
number one despatched his Indian opponent 13-11, 11-5, 11-5 to set up a
semi-final clash with third seed Simon Rosner.
The German
number one saw off Malaysian Muhd Asyraf Azan 11-4, 11-6, 11-8
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