Meguid
Delivers Delft Double
RESULTS: PSA Challenger 5 Kean Delft Open, Delft, Netherlands
Egypt's Omar Abdel Meguid made a successful return to the Dutch
city of Delft when he retained the Kean Delft Open trophy
after beating local star Piedro Schweertman in the final of the
PSA Challenger 5 squash event at Squash Delft.
Seeded
to reach the final for the second year in a row, the 23-year-old from
Giza dropped just one game en-route to the climax - where he faced
unseeded Schweertman.
The
28-year-old from Amsterdam had earlier scored two notable scalps in the
event - firstly overcoming Egypt's No4 seed Karim A G A Samy in
the quarter-finals, before shocking second-seeded New Zealander
Kashif Shuja in four games in the semis.
But
Meguid, ranked more than 25 places higher than Schweertman, was too
strong for the Dutchman in the final - taking just 25 minutes to close
out the match 11-6, 11-5, 11-5.
The
win takes Meguid's Tour tally to five titles from seven final
appearances.
1st
round:
[1] Omar Abdel Meguid (EGY) bt Jonas Daehler (SUI) 11-4,
11-3, 11-7 (15m)
Sebastian Weenink (NED) bt Bart Ravelli (NED) 11-6, 11-7,
11-3 (36m)
Alex Ingham (ENG) bt Steven London (ENG) 11-4, 11-7, 11-7
(45m)
[3] Steven Finitsis (AUS) bt Andre Haschker (GER) 11-9,
11-3, 11-7 (34m)
[4] Karim A G A Samy (EGY) bt Philip Nightingale (ENG)
11-5, 11-2, 11-9 (30m)
Piedro Schweertman (NED) bt Rory Pennell (ENG) 11-3, 11-8,
11-9 (35m)
Ben Ford (ENG) bt Roman Svec (CZE) 11-9, 11-4, 11-9 (30m)
[2] Kashif Shuja (NZL) bt Sander van Tour (NED) 12-10,
11-8, 11-5 (25m)
Quarter-finals:
[1] Omar Abdel Meguid (EGY) bt Sebastian Weenink (NED)
11-4, 12-10, 10-12, 11-4
[3] Steven Finitsis (AUS) bt Alex Ingham (ENG) 11-5, 11-8,
11-9
Piedro Schweertman (NED) bt [4] Karim A G A Samy (EGY)
4-11, 11-13, 11-2, 11-3, 11-2
[2] Kashif Shuja (NZL) bt Ben Ford (ENG) 11-5, 11-3, 12-10
Semi-finals:
[1] Omar Abdel Meguid (EGY) bt [3] Steven Finitsis (AUS)
14-12, 11-9, 12-10
Piedro Schweertman (NED) bt [2] Kashif Shuja (NZL) 11-9,
9-11, 11-7, 11-9
Final:
[1] Omar Abdel Meguid (EGY) bt Piedro Schweertman (NED)
11-6, 11-5, 11-5 (25m)
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