18/07/2011
WORLD JUNIOR OPEN 2011
Marwan El Shorbagy Wins Historic World Title
World Junior
Championships 2011
Herentals, Belgium
Official event website:
www.wjm2011.be
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Round One
Wed 13-Jul |
Round Two
Thu 14-Jul |
Round Three
Thu
14-Jul |
Quarters
15-Jun |
Semis
16-Jun |
Final
17-Jun |
[1] Amr Khaled Khalifa (Egy)
bye |
Amr Khaled Khalifa
11/4, 11/3, 11/1 (22m)
Kush Kumar |
Amr Khaled Khalifa
11/4, 10/12,11/5, 7/11, 11/5 (55m)
Fares Dessouki |
Amr Khaled Khalifa
11-7,
11-7, 17-15 (51m)
Ramit Tandon |
Amr Khaled Khalifa
9-11,
11-8, 3-11, 11-7, 11-9 (70m)
Mohamed Abouelghar |
Mohamed Abouelghar
11-6, 11-6, 11-8
(45m)
Marwan El Shorbagy |
Marc ter Sluis (Ned)
11/4, 10/12, 8/11, 11/1, 11/0 (43m)
Kush Kumar (Ind) |
[9/16] Fares Dessouki (Egy)
11/0, 11/4, 11/3 (16m)
Tom Lucas (Ned) |
Fares Dessouki
11/3, 11/7, 11/0 (29m)
Damien Volland |
Damien Volland (Fra)
11/2, 11/3, 11/8 (20m)
Abdulaziz Ahmad Kanaan (Kuw) |
[5/8] Ramit Tandon (Ind)
11/7, 11/6, 11/4 (23m)
Aqeel Ashkanani (Kuw) |
Ramit Tandon
11/5, 11/8, 11/9 (31m)
Abdulla Al-Tamimi |
Ramit Tandon
11/6, 8/11,
11/3, 11/8 (33m)
Abhishek Pradhan |
Abdulla Al-Tamimi (Qat)
12/10, 11/9, 11/6 (26m)
Felipe Tovar (Col) |
[9/16] Mike McCue (Can)
11/4, 11/6, 11/2 (19m)
Christoph Winzer (Ned) |
Mike McCue
9/11, 11/9, 11/1, 11/7 (38m)
Abhishek Pradhan |
Abhishek Pradhan (Ind)
11/9, 11/5, 11/1 (22m)
Remo Handl (Sui) |
[5/8] Mohamed Abouelghar (Egy)
11/5, 11/4, 11/3 (22m)
Vrishab Kotian (Ind) |
Mohamed Abouelghar
11/5, 11/1, 11/7 (20m)
Juan Vargas |
Mohamed Abouelghar
3/11, 12/10, 11/2, 15/13 (41m)
Oliver Holland |
Mohamed Abouelghar
11-8,
11-9, 11-7 (33m)
James Earles |
Juan Vargas (Col)
w/o
Michal Valenta (Cze) |
bye
Arthur Moineau (Fra) |
Arthur Moineau
11/9, 8/11, 11/3, 11/2 (46m)
Oliver Holland |
Oliver Holland (Eng)
11/1, 11/5, 11/4 (24m)
Manuel Wanner (Sui) |
[5/8] James Earles (Eng)
11/1, 11/6, 11/2 (21m)
Toon van Baekel (Bel) |
James Earles
11/3, 11/5, 11/6 (21m)
Quint Mandil |
James Earles
11/2, 11/9, 11/4 (28m)
Alexandre Cogno |
Matthew Roberts (Rsa)
11/4, 11/8, 11/9 (44m)
Quint Mandil (Fra) |
Alexandre Cogno (Fra)
11/4, 11/5, 11/9 (28m)
Roshan Bharos (Ned) |
Alexandre Cogno
11/9, 11/6, 7/11, 11/6 (44m)
Valentin Rapp |
Valentin Rapp (Ger) |
Greg Lobban (Sco)
11/5, 11/4, 11/6 (29m)
Joel Siewerdt (Sui) |
Greg Lobban
11/6, 5/11, 11/8, 11/5 (31m)
Mazen Hesham Ga Sabry |
Mazen Hesham Ga Sabry
11/5, 11/0, 11/0 (19m)
Alfonso Marroquin |
Mazen Hesham Ga Sabry
8-11,
11-6, 11-9, 11-6 (39m)
Declan James |
Mazen Hesham Ga Sabry
11-6,
11-9, 11-9 (34m)
Marwan El Shorbagy |
Antonio de la Torre (Gua)
w/o2
[9/16] Mazen Hesham Ga Sabry (Egy) |
Yousef Saleh (Kuw)
11/7, 11/2, 11/9 (18m)
Santiago Sevilla (Ecu) |
Yousef Saleh
12/10, 11/8, 7/11, 6/11, 11/9 (60m)
Alfonso Marroquin |
Alfonso Marroquin (Col)
4/11, 11/9, 11/6, 4/11, 11/6 (52m)
[9/16] Tom De Mulder (Bel) |
Dylan Murray (Usa)
11/7, 11/6, 11/5 (25m)
Yannick Lindemann (Sui) |
Dylan Murray
11/6, 11/9, 11/6 (40m)
Jerome Dadot |
Dylan Murray
11/9, 11/9, 11/5 (38m)
Declan James |
Adam Auckland (Eng)
11/2, 11/8, 11/5 (27m)
[9/16] Jerome Dadot (Fra) |
Ernesto Davila (Ecu)
w/o
Josue Enriquez (Gua) |
Ernesto Davila
11/6, 5/11, 11/2, 11/9 (40m)
Declan James |
Yousif Ali (Kuw)
11/2, 11/3, 11/6 (15m
[5/8] Declan James (Eng) |
Cedric Kuchen (Sui)
11/4, 11/9, 11/6 (30m)
Guido Ploem (Ned) |
Cedric Kuchen
11/2, 11/4, 11/5 (24m)
Mahesh Mangaonkar |
Mahesh Mangaonkar
11/8, 11/5, 11/4 (32m)
Nick Hopcroft |
Mahesh Mangaonkar
11-7,
9-11, 13-11, 11-8 (62m)
Marwan El Shorbagy |
Thomas Dembinski (Usa)
11/1, 11/1, 11/4 (27m)
[9/16] Mahesh Mangaonkar (Ind) |
Johannes Herz (Ger)
11/8, 6/11, 11/8, 16/18, 11/6 (52m)
Durandt Martin (Rsa) |
Durandt Martin
11/7, 11/5, 11/5 (30m)
Nick Hopcroft |
Liam McClintock (Usa)
11/7, 11/5, 11/9 (21m
[9/16] Nick Hopcroft (Eng) |
bye
Andres de Frutos (Col) |
Andres de Frutos
11/6, 11/2, 11/4 (20m)
Tyler Osborne |
Tyler Osborne
11/2, 11/7, 11/2 (20m)
Marwan El Shorbagy |
Edward Columbia (Usa)
11/8, 11/4, 7/11, 11/7 (44m)
[9/16] Tyler Osborne (Can) |
Martin Svec (Cze)
10/12, 11/8, 11/7, 11/13, 11/5 (61m)
Faraz Khan (Usa) |
Martin Svec
11/4, 11/7, 11/13, 11/3 (38m)
Marwan El Shorbagy |
Jan van den Herrewegen (Bel)
11/7, 11/1, 11/7 (32m)
[2] Marwan El Shorbagy (Egy) |
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Marwan El Shorbagy Wins Historic World Title
Two years after his older brother won the title for the second time,
17-year-old Marwan El Shorbagy clinched the 2011 WSF Men's
World Junior Individual Squash Championship crown at the
Flemish Squash Centre in the Belgian town of Herentals.
Marwan and Mohamed El Shorbagy, currently
ranked nine in the world, are the first brothers in the sport's
history to win world individual titles.
In
the second successive all-Egyptian climax of the World Squash
Federation championship in Belgium, El Shorbagy junior beat
close friend Mohamed Abouelghar, a 5/8 seed, 11-6, 11-6, 11-8
in 45 minutes.
"I'm so happy right now - I've been dreaming of this since I'm 10,
and when I saw my brother getting his first title in Switzerland, I
wanted so much to win too," explained the new champion at the
presentation ceremony. "You know, I had a terrible night last night,
I just couldn't sleep at all.
"This was a very difficult match mentally, as Mohamed and myself are
best friends, and we know each other's game so well, we've been
playing each other since we were 10," added the No2 seed.
"There are so many Egyptian world juniors champions, we keep it
going, and teach each other the game of squash!!!
"I
have one more year to year to go, and next year will be in Egypt, so
I so want to win it, because it will be in my own country. But it
will be hard..
"How can I thank Jonah (Barrington) - how can I express all of what
that man has done for me. I owe him so much. And I would like to
dedicate this title to my dad, whose always been there for me. I
need to thank my mum for coming here, and being there with me, and
supporting me, and my brother Mohamed for being the best big brother
ever."
Abouelghar, who made his breakthrough in the semi-finals where he
defeated defending champion Amr Khaled Khalifa, had mixed
feelings afterwards: "I'm disappointed with the result of the match,
but not with this tournament.
"I
didn't perform at my best today, I was really tired from yesterday,
I didn't have much left in the tank when I started. And he played
well, he made the rallies last, and that was not good for me, I just
didn't have enough energy to play again five long games… But that's
all part of the learning process.
"I
want to congratulate Marwan, he is a great player. But I'll be back
next year!"
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Left
Marwan El Shorbagy continues his imperious run to the final with a
win over Hesham Ga Sabr |
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Right
Mohamed Aboeighar, Egy, beats fellow Egyptian and top seed Amr
Khalifa in 5 games
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Shorbagy & Abouelghar To Contest World Final In Belgium
Mohamed Abouelghar
and Marwan El Shorbagy will contest the final of the WSF
Men's World Junior Individual Squash Championship at the
Flemish Squash Centre in Herentals in Belgium in the
second successive all-Egyptian final of the World Squash
Federation championship in its 18th year.
Abouelghar, a 5/8 seed, produced the upset of the tournament when he
beat top seed Amr Khaled Khalifa 9-11, 11-8, 3-11, 11-7, 11-9
in 70 minutes - denying the defending champion the chance to become
only the third player in history to win the title for a second time.
"I'm very happy, but I really
cannot really let my emotions out, as there is still tomorrow to
play," said the delighted 17-year-old from Cairo to
www.squashsite.co.uk
later. "In the beginning, I was over excited, I really went for my
shots too early, and made too many errors. Then I started playing
serious squash, and I was accurate at the back.
"My dad told me right before the fourth to keep the ball going, that
I had nothing to lose, and that's what I did. I told myself not to
make any errors until I reach five. But at 5/2, my mind was too much
set on winning, winning, and that led to play too early again.
"This was a match where fitness was really important, so I want to
thank my fitness coach, Fery, and my Dad."
A
downcast Khalifa said: "It's so hard, that pressure, you have to be
number one, if you are number two, you are nothing. He played better
than me today. I worked so hard in the first game, running after his
shots. In the fifth, I didn't have much left."
Marwan El Shorbagy
is one match away from making squash history by becoming the first
brother of any world individual title to become a world champion.
The 17-year-old from Alexandria - whose older brother Mohamed El
Shorbagy is a two-time winner of this trophy - took just three
games to despatch fellow Egyptian Mazen Hesham Ga Sabry, a
9/16 seed, 11-6, 11-9, 11-9 in 34 minutes.
"I
spoke with everybody - Mum, Jonah (Barrington), my brother, Ian -
and I knew I had to be relaxed today, play squash, not talk to the
ref, that's all I had to do," explained the exuberant No2 seed.
"I
think I played the right game, I didn't go for silly shots, I was
patient, and was waiting for him to make errors, as he goes for a
lot of shots.
"He is extremely talented, definitely one of the most talented
juniors in Egypt, and I'm pretty sure he'll put his name on the
trophy one day.
"I'm so happy I'm in the final for the first time. Everybody wants
the title, I'll have to be at my 100%, but above everything, I'll
try and play my best squash, and enjoy the moment."
The final will be a repeat of the 2010 British Junior U17 Open
climax, won by El Shorbagy.
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Top seed Amr Khalifa overcomes a knee injury to beat
Indian Ramit Tandon |
2nd seed Marwan Shorbagy beats Indian Mahesh
Mangaonkar |
Hesham Ga Sabry puts out England’s last hope Declan
James |
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WSF Men's
World Junior Squash Championship,
Egyptians Take
Over World Semi-Finals In Belgium
A dramatic day
of quarter-final action in the WSF Men's World Junior Individual Squash
Championship in Belgium has led to an all-Egyptian semi-final line-up
at the Flemish Squash Centre in Herentals.
It is the
first time that one country has dominated the last four of the World Squash
Federation event since England achieved the feat 21 years ago.
It was
outsider Mazen Hesham Ga Sabry, a 9/16 seed in his maiden appearance in
the championship, who sealed his country's impressive rout when he recovered
from a game down to upset England's 5/8 seed Declan James 8-11, 11-6,
11-9, 11-6 in 39 minutes.
"In the first
game, I was really scared - to the point of feeling dizzy," explained the
17-year-old from Cairo
later. "And Declan played really well in that game. I'm happy that I train very
hard with my fitness, because I needed it to pick up all his shots!
"After the
first game, I calmed down, and was able to concentrate on my shots, so I
gradually played better."
James, who
arrived in Belgium fresh from success earlier in the month in the Pioneer
Junior Open in Germany, admitted that he had not been playing at full
strength: "I should have been 100% to be able to beat him today, but I was only
70%, as I strained my hamstring yesterday playing against Dylan," said the
18-year-old from Nottingham.
"How to beat
the Egyptians? I think that Nick Matthew showed us the way. I don't think
our juniors have got that winning instinct that the Egypt juniors seem to have
from a very young age, their ability to fight for every single shot. We seem to
catch up gradually as we get older, but it's a bit too late by then most of the
time.
"Mazen is a
perfect example of how talented Egyptians players can be. He has an exceptional
talent, and he showed tonight what he can do. And it was close - but not close
enough."
Sabry will now
face Marwan El Shorbagy, the second seed from Alexandria who survived the
longest match of the day when he beat India's 9/16 seed Mahesh Mangaonkar
11-7, 9-11, 13-11, 11-8 in 62 minutes.
"I was really
nervous from the start, and to be honest, I can't remember what happened on
there, only that I nearly lost, and that I'm glad I won," explained El Shorbagy,
the 17-year-old brother of two-time champion Mohamed El Shorbagy.
"Too much
pressure I think, I'm not sure why - I guess I put the pressure on myself. And
also, all the players, when they play me, they have nothing to lose - and they
play their best squash. And Mahesh played really well today."
Defending
champion Amr Khaled Khalifa eased into the semi-finals following an 11-7,
11-7, 17-15 win over India's 5/8 seed Ramit Tandon.
Bidding to
become only third player in history to win the title for a second time, Khalifa
will now face Cairo compatriot Mohamed Abouelghar, who beat fellow 5/8
seed James Earles, of England, 11-8, 11-9, 11-7.
Official event website:
www.wjm2011.be
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Egypt’s
top seed Amr Khalifa (left)
survives a
tough 5 setter against fellow countryman Fares Dessouki |
England’s Declan James cruises
through against surprise winner
Dylan Murray, US |
Egyptians
Forge Ahead In Herentals
There will be
Egyptian interest in all of the WSF Men's World Junior Individual Squash
Championship quarter-finals in Belgium after three players from Cairo
and one Alexandrian survived two testing rounds on the second day of action in
the World Squash Federation event in its 18th staging at the Flemish
Squash Centre in Herentals.
Defending
champion Amr Khaled Khalifa, seeded to become only the third man in
history to win the title twice, made the last eight for the third year in a row
after beating compatriot Fares Dessouki.
But the
18-year-old from Cairo was taken the full distance by 9/16 seed Dessouki, also
from the Egyptian capital, before surviving the longest third round match of the
day 11-4, 10-12, 11-5, 7-11, 11-5 in 55 minutes.
After
dominating the first game and leading the second 10-5, Khalifa immediately lost
concentration when Dessouki left the court thinking he had already lost the
game. On returning, the 16-year-old outsider drew level and appeared to have
taken the upper hand.
"After Fares
got off court at 10/5, I just lost concentration, and couldn't push," the top
seed said
later. "Fares had nothing to lose, and played great squash - he is one of the
best juniors in Egypt.
"Tomorrow, I
have really got to concentrate on the squash - not of the expectations, nor the
pressure," added the favourite. "But in a way, I'm happy to play five games, to
get use to the court."
Khalifa will
now face 5/8 seed Ramit Tandon, the top junior from India who beat
unseeded fellow countryman Abhishek Pradhan 11-6, 8-11, 11-3, 11-8.
Tandon, an 18-year-old from Kolkata who finished as runner-up in this year's
Asian Junior Championship, is the only player making his fifth successive
appearance in the championship.
Egyptians
prevailed in two of the day's quickest games - second seed Marwan El Shorbagy
despatching Canadian Junior Open champion Tyler Osborne 11-2, 11-7, 11-2
in 20 minutes and Cairo-born Mazen Hesham Ga Sabry needing only 19
minutes to see off unseeded Colombian Alfonso Marroquin 11-5, 11-0, 11-0.
El Shorbagy, a
17-year-old from Alexandria hoping to emulate his older brother Mohamed El
Shorbagy, a two-time world junior champion, will face the second Indian to
make the last eight.
Mahesh
Mangaonkar,
a 17-year-old from Mumbai, defeated fellow 9/16 seed Nicholas Hopcroft,
from England, 11-8, 11-5, 11-4.
"I was pretty
confident," explained Mangaonkar. "I've studied Nick's game since I was 11. And
although I have never played him before, I really worked on how to play him.
Also, I told myself that I've got to go and do it! After all, I've been training
for a year for this event!"
Colombian
Dashes Host's Hopes In Herentals
Colombian
Alfonso Marroquin produced the only upset on the opening day of play in the
WSF Men's World Junior Individual Squash Championship - and dashed hosts
Belgium's hopes of a local player on the winner's podium at the
Flemish Squash Centre in Herentals.
There were
high hopes for 9/16 seed Tom de Mulder after the 18-year-old from Ghent
finished as runner-up in last week's Pioneer Junior Open in Germany.
But the
top-rated Belgian, in his fourth appearance in the championship, was unable to
extend his opening game advantage over Marroquin as the 18-year-old from Bogota
battled through to his 4-11, 11-9, 11-6, 4-11, 11-6 shock victory in 52 minutes.
It was a
bewildered De Mulder who tried to explain his feelings
afterwards: "I had absolutely no power today, I felt dizzy, I just couldn't move
- couldn't hit the ball properly. This is not normal. I have no idea what
happened on there."
After further
Belgian disappointment when Toon van Baekel went down to England's 5/8
seed James Earles, all eyes were on Jan van den Herrewegen. The
Belgian crowded assembled at the glass court to support their local hero.
However, it
took just 32 minutes for Egypt's second seed Marwan El Shorbagy to defeat
the Oodenaarde-born 17-year-old 11-7, 11-1, 11-7 to end Belgium's presence in
the main draw.
Belgian
National coach Ronny Vlassaks was still satisfied: "Jan played really
well. In this match, he showed that he is able to approach the top players level
with regard to pace and speed of the game. Obviously, he still misses the
experience in matchplay that these top guys do have."
El Shorbagy
led a quintet of Egyptians through to the second round, in which a further five
Frenchmen will also bid for places in the last 16.
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