Mohamed Makes
It A Jordan Double
Egypt's
Zahed Mohamed clinched the Royal Jordanian Open title in Amman
to claim his second PSA World Tour squash trophy in Jordan.
It was after a
massive cull of seeds in the first round of the PSA Challenger 5 event at
the Al-Hassan International Squash Centre that Alexandria-based Mohamed
emerged as the only seed still standing.
The No2 seed
went on to face local hero Ahmad Al-Saraj in the final. The unseeded
17-year-old from the Jordan capital Amman made his breakthrough in the
semi-finals where he ended the run of Syed Ali Shah Bokhari, the Pakistan
qualifier who stunned top-seeded Englishman Charles Sharpes in the
opening round.
Al-Saraj,
celebrating his first appearance in a Tour final, recovered from two games down
against the Egyptian to take the match into a fifth-game decider.
But
20-year-old Mohamed, ranked more than 40 places higher, regained control of the
action to close out the match 13-11, 11-7, 5-11, 9-11, 11-4 after 78 minutes to
earn the second Tour title of his career.
1st round:
[Q] Syed Ali Shah Bokhari (PAK) bt [1] Charles Sharpes (ENG)
10-12, 11-8, 11-9, 11-9 (52m)
[Q] Pablo Rawden (ENG) bt Kim Are Killingberg (NOR) 11-9, 12-10,
11-5 (31m)
Ahmad Al-Saraj (JOR) bt James Earles (ENG) 12-10, 11-4, 11-7 (40m)
Ahmad Alzabidi (JOR) bt [4] Mazen Hesham Ga Sabry (EGY) 11-7,
11-9, 4-11, 12-10 (55m)
[Q] Amaad Fareed (PAK) bt [3] Ben Coleman (ENG) 11-9, 7-11, 11-6,
11-9 (57m)
Michael Harris (ENG) bt Daniel West (ENG) 11-2, 11-7, 7-11, 11-4
(45m)
Matias Tuomi (FIN) bt [Q] Mohammad Harb (JOR) 11-6, 11-7, 11-3
(37m)
[2] Zahed Mohamed (EGY) bt Robert Downer (ENG) 11-7, 11-5, 11-5
(29m)
Quarter-finals:
[Q] Syed Ali Shah Bokhari (PAK) bt [Q] Pablo Rawden (ENG) 12-10,
11-7, 12-10 (31m)
Ahmad Al-Saraj (JOR) bt Ahmad Alzabidi (JOR) 4-11, 11-7, 11-5,
11-2 (38m)
Michael Harris (ENG) bt [Q] Amaad Fareed (PAK) 11-6, 11-3, 11-8
(34m)
[2] Zahed Mohamed (EGY) bt Matias Tuomi (FIN) 11-8, 11-4, 11-6
(30m)
Semi-finals:
Ahmad Al-Saraj (JOR) bt [Q] Syed Ali Shah Bokhari (PAK) 11-9,
11-3, 12-10 (38m)
[2] Zahed Mohamed (EGY) bt Michael Harris (ENG) 11-7, 6-11, 11-3,
11-7 (38m)
Final:
[2] Zahed Mohamed (EGY) bt Ahmad Al-Saraj (JOR) 13-11, 11-7, 5-11,
9-11, 11-4 (78m)
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