19/06/2012
JENA INTERNATIONAL 2012
Al Muzayen Celebrates Biggest Tour Title
Jena
International 2012
13-18 Jun, Kuwait, $15k |
Round One
15 Jun from 16.00 |
Quarters
16 Jun |
Semis
17 Jun |
Final
18 Jun |
[1] Ali Anwar Reda (Egy)
6/11, 11/3, 8/11, 11/8, 11/1 (56m)
[Q] Ammar Al Tamimi (Kuw) |
Ali Anwar Reda
11/3, 11/6, 13/11 (52m)
Abdullah Al Mezayen |
Abdullah Al Mezayen
11-7, 11-6, 11-7
(36m)
Omar Abdel Meguid |
Abdullah Al Mezayen
11-8, 12-10, 11-4 (35m)
Karim Abdel Gawad |
Abdullah Al Mezayen (Kuw)
11/7, 11/5, 11/2 (30m)
[Q] Mahesh Mangoankar (Ind) |
Omar Abdel Meguid (Egy)
11/6, 11/5, 7/11, 11/3 (26m)
Elvinn Keo (Mas) |
Omar Abdel Meguid
11/9, 11/13, 11/8, 11/7 (52m)
Aamir Atlas Khan |
[4] Aamir Atlas Khan (Pak)
11/4, 11/6, 11/2 (27m)
Nasser Al Ramzi (Kwu) |
[3] Karim Abdel Gawad (Egy)
11/8, 11/7, 13/11 (35m)
Muhd Asyraf Azan (Mas) |
Karim Abdel Gawad
9/11, 12/10, 11/9, 2/11, 11/8 (87m)
Omar Abdel Aziz |
Karim Abdel Gawad
11-8, 8-11, 11-5,
9-11, 11-5 (72m)
Marwan El Shorbagy |
Omar Abdel Aziz (Egy)
11/2, 13/15, 11/3, 11/7 (58m)
[Q] Ali Farag (Egy) |
Zahed Mohamed (Egy)
8/11, 11/8, 8/11, 11/3, 11/8 (60m)
Yasir Butt (Pak) |
Zahed Mohamed
11/5, 11/5, 5/11, 11/6 (29m)
Marwan El Shorbagy |
[Q] Mazen Hesham Sabry (Egy)
11/7 11/8 11/9 (3-0) 42min
[2] Marwan El Shorbagy (Egy) |
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RESULTS: PSA Challenger 15 Jena International, Kuwait City,
Kuwait
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Al
Muzayen Celebrates Biggest Tour Title
Kuwaiti squash star Abdullah Al Muzayen celebrated the biggest
title of his career when he defeated Egypt's Karim Abdel Gawad in
the final of the Jena International No1 at Qadsia Sporting
Club in Kuwait City, Kuwait.
And
the unseeded 24-year-old did so in fine style - despatching two
higher-ranked seeds in the PSA World Tour Challenger 15 event and
making his career-title breakthrough without dropping a game.
It was
after ousting top seed Mohd Ali Anwar Reda in the quarter-finals
that world No55 Al Muzayen faced his third successive Egyptian, third
seed Gawad, in the final.
But
the local hero was on fire, beating 20-year-old Gawad - ranked 35 in the
world - 11-8, 12-10, 11-4 in just 35 minutes.
The
title marks the 11th of Al Muzayen's career - and his seventh PSA Tour
trophy on home soil.
Al
Muzayen Background: Biggest Final In Kuwait
Kuwaiti squash star Abdullah Al Muzayen reached the biggest final
of his career at the Jena International No1 when he despatched
Egypt's Omar Abdel Meguid in straight games in the semi-finals of
the PSA World Tour Challenger 15 event at Qadsia Sporting Club
in Kuwait City, Kuwait.
The
24-year-old Kuwaiti number one followed his comprehensive defeat of top
seed Mohd Ali Anwar Reda in the previous round to overcome Meguid
11-7, 11-6, 11-7 in 36 minutes in his third successive 3/0 win in the
event.
Al
Muzayen, celebrating the 14th PSA Tour final of his career - but by far
the biggest - now faces third seed Karim Abdel Gawad.
The
20-year-old from Cairo survived a 72-minute marathon to upset fellow
countryman Marwan El Shorbagy, the 18-year-old No2 seed, 11-8,
8-11, 11-5, 9-11, 11-5 to reach the 10th Tour final of his professional
career.
Al
Muzayen Denies Egyptian Full House In Kuwait
In
upsetting top seed Mohd Ali Anwar Reda in the quarter-finals of
the Jena International No1, local hero Abdullah Al Muzayen
put paid to an all-Egyptian semi-final line-up in the PSA World Tour
Challenger 15 squash event at Qadsia Sporting Club in
Kuwait City, Kuwait.
Avenging his defeat on the same courts almost two years ago, Kuwaiti
number one Al Muzayen downed Reda, the world No27 from Cairo, 11-3,
11-6, 13-11 in 52 minutes.
Now
boasting a career-high world No55 ranking, 24-year-old Al Muzayen next
faces Omar Abdel Meguid, also a non-seed.
Meguid,
ranked nine places below the Kuwaiti, upset fourth-seeded Pakistani
Aamir Atlas Khan 11-9, 11-13, 11-8, 11-7.
The
semi-final match in the other half of the draw is the predicted
Cairo/Alexandria clash between Karim Abdel Gawad, the Cairo-based
third seed, and Marwan El Shorbagy, the No2 seed from Alexandria.
Gawad
survived an 87-minute marathon to beat fellow countryman Omar Abdel
Aziz 9-11, 12-10, 11-9, 2-11, 11-8, while 18-year-old El Shorbagy
despatched unseeded compatriot Zahed Mohamed 11-5, 11-5, 5-11,
11-6 in just 29 minutes.
Egyptians Progress In Kuwait
Top
seeds Mohd Ali Anwar Reda and Marwan El Shorbagy led six
Egyptians through to the quarter-finals of the Jena International No1,
the PSA World Tour Challenger 15 squash event at Qadsia
Sporting Club in Kuwait City, Kuwait.
Favourite Reda defeated Kuwait qualifier Ammar Al-Tamimi 6-11,
11-3, 8-11, 11-8, 11-1 in 56 minutes to earn a battle with a further
Kuwaiti Abdullah Al Muzayen.
The
Kuwait number one despatched Indian qualifier Mahesh Mangaonkar
11-7, 11-5, 11-2 in just 30 minutes.
El
Shorbagy, the 18-year-old second seed from Alexandria, took out fellow
countryman and fellow teenager Mazen Hesham Ga Sabry 11-7, 11-8,
11-9.
Aamir Atlas Khan
has extended Pakistani interest in the event. The fourth seed from
Peshawar beat Kuwait's Nasser Al Ramzi 11-4, 11-6, 11-2.
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