14/10/2011
NETSUITE PRO STANFORD 2011
Anjema Masters Mosaad In NetSuite Open
Netsuite
Pro 2011
05-10 Oct, Stanford, California, $35k |
Round One
07 Oct |
Quarters
08 Oct |
Semis
09 Oct |
Final
10 Oct |
[1] Daryl Selby (Eng)
8-11, 11-7, 11-7, 11-9 (65m)
[Q] Cesar Salazar (Mex) |
Daryl Selby
11-9, 11-4, 12-10 (48m)
Alan Clyne |
Daryl Selby
11-1, 7-11,11-8, 6-11, 11-4 (82m)
Omar Mosaad |
Omar Mosaad
7-11, 7-11, 11-8, 11-5, 14-12 (100m)
Laurens Jan Anjema |
Alan Clyne (Sco)
6-11, 4-11, 11-8, 11-4, 12-10 (73m)
[Q] Adrian Waller (Eng) |
Shahier Razik (Can)
11-2, 11-4, 11-5 (33m)
Lewis Walters (Eng) |
Shahier Razik
9-11, 11-9, 11-6, 11-2 (70m)
Omar Mosaad |
Saurav Ghosal (Ind)
11-4, 6-11, 11-4, 11-2 (50m)
[3] Omar Mosaad (Egy) |
[4] Wael El Hindi (Egy)
11-8, 11-9,11-9 (50m)
[Q] Kamran Khan (Mas) |
Wael El Hindi
11-8, 11-8, 6-11, 9-11, 11-4 (90m)
Alister Walker |
Alister Walker
11-3, 11-4, 8-11, 11-6 (50m)
Laurens Jan Anjema |
Julian Illingworth (Usa)
11-5, 11-2, 11-2, 29
Alister Walker (Bot) |
Ryan Cuskelly (Aus)
8-11, 10-12, 11-7, 11-9, 11-9 (95m)
Arturo Salazar (Mex) |
Arturo Salazar
11-2, 11-1, 11-4 (30m)
Laurens Jan Anjema |
[Q] Eric Galvez (Mex)
11-9, 11-7,11-4 (31m)
[2] Laurens Jan Anjema (Ned) |
Anjema Masters
Mosaad In NetSuite Open
The longest
match of the championship brought the inaugural NetSuite Open to a close
when Laurens Jan Anjema held off Egyptian challenger Omar Mosaad
in a tie-break decider to win the PSA World Tour International 35 squash
title at the Arillaga Center for Sports & Recreation at Stanford
University in California, USA.
"Omar came out
of the blocks fast," said Stanford University Squash Coach Richard Elliott.
"He was very aggressive and jumping on any of LJ's loose shots."
The
third-seeded 23-year-old from Cairo soon opened up a two-game lead against
Dutchman Anjema, the world No12 ranked just a single place higher.
The third game
was tight, level up to four-all before the rallies began to lengthen as Anjema
seemed to be working the tall Egyptian with his boasts.
The six-time
Dutch champion pulled away to reduce the deficit, then drew level after the
fourth following a game characterised by errors from Mosaad.
"The fifth was
nip and tuck all the way through - with tons of lets," continued Elliott. "The
scores were level up to three-all, then Omar pulled away with some typical
trademark nicks and got to an 8-5 and 9-6 lead."
But Anjema
battled back to earn his first match-ball at 10-9. Mosaad saved this and
proceeded to earn two further match-balls of his own - at 11-10 and 12-11.
And the drama
continued as Anjema again levelled the match before gaining his second
championship-ball which - after numerous long rallies that ended in lets - he
finally won a stroke after 100 minutes!
The 7-11,
7-11, 11-8, 11-5, 14-12 triumph gives Anjema the 11th PSA World Tour title of
his career - and his fourth in the USA.
Mosaad Stuns Selby At Stanford
Omar Mosaad upset the
seedings at the inaugural NetSuite Open in the US state of California
when he defeated favourite Daryl Selby to reach the final of the PSA
World Tour International 35 squash event at the Arillaga Center for
Sports & Recreation at Stanford University.
Mosaad, one of the tallest players
on the Tour, reproduced the form he showed at last month's PSA World Series
ROWE British Grand Prix in Manchester - where, unseeded, he reached the
quarter-finals.
The third seed twice led Selby,
and both times the world No11 from Essex fought back to draw level.
But the 23-year-old from Cairo,
ranked just two places lower, was in no mood to lie down - and regained the
upper hand in the decider to record his second career victory over the
Englishman, winning 11-1, 7-11, 11-8, 6-11, 11-4 in 82 minutes.
A disconsolate 28-year-old Selby
said later, via Twitter: "Need to sort my body out, feel about 70 years old
right now!"
Celebrating the 15th PSA Tour
final of his career, and the fourth this year, Mosaad will now meet Dutchman
Laurens Jan Anjema, the No2 seed.
Left-hander Anjema, the world
No12, ended Alister Walker's run - beating the unseeded world No20 from
Botswana 11-3, 11-4, 8-11, 11-6 in 50 minutes.
The semi-final success takes
Anjema into the 28th Tour final of his career - and his third this year.
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