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U.S. Open 2016 Men's Draw 06-15 Oct Philadelphia, USA, $150k |
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Round One 8/9 OCT |
Round Two 10/11 OCT |
Quarters 12/13 OCT |
Semis 14 OCT |
Final 15 OCT |
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[1] Mohamed Elshorbagy (EGY) 6-11, 11-9, 8-11, 11-7 13-11 (77m) Tarek Momen (EGY) |
Mohamed Elshorbagy 10-12, 11-9, 12-10, 11-5 (64m) Chris Simpson |
Mohamed Elshorbagy v Marwan ElShorbagy |
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Chris Simpson (ENG) 11-7, 11-9, 12-14, 13-11 (70m) [Q] Karim Ali Fathi (EGY) |
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Gregoire Marche (FRA) 7-11, 11-3, 11-7, 11-6 (60m) [Q] Diego Elias (PER) |
Diego Elias 3-11, 11-4, 11-4, 11-6 (48m) Marwan ElShorbagy |
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Cameron Pilley (AUS) 11-4, 11-8, 4-11, 11-8 (60m) [6] Marwan ElShorbagy (EGY) |
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[7] Miguel Angel Rodriguez (COL) 11-9, 11-8, 11-9 (67m) [Q] Nafiizwan Adnan (MAS) |
Nafiizwan Adnan 11-7, 5-11, 9-11, 11-4, 11-9 (82m) Stephen Coppinger |
Stephen Coppinger v James Willstrop |
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Stephen Coppinger (RSA) to be played October 9 [Q] Alan Clyne (SCO) |
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Mohamed Abouelghar (EGY) 11-8, 11-9, 11-7 (41m) [Q] Campbell Grayson (NZL) |
Mohamed Abouelghar 9-11, 11-9, 11-6, 5-11, 11-7 (70m) James Willstrop |
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James Willstrop (ENG) 11-8, 11-8, 11-8 (56m) [3] Omar Mosaad (EGY) |
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[4] Nick Matthew (ENG) 11-4, 11-7, 11-6 (39m) [WC] Christopher Gordon (USA) |
Nick Matthew 11-4, 6-11, 9-11, 11-6, 11-8 (77m) Simon Rösner |
Nick Matthew v Ali Farag |
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Simon Rösner (GER) 11-8, 7-11, 11-5, 11-5 (51m) [Q] Abdulla Al Tamimi (QAT) |
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Leo Au (HKG) 11-5, 11-7, 8-11, 5-11, 12-10 (71m) Fares Dessouky (EGY) |
Fares Dessouky 4-11, 11-8, 9-11, 12-10, 11-6 (74m) Ali Farag |
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Ali Farag (EGY) 11-8, 11-6, 11-7 (40m) [8] Mathieu Castagnet (FRA) |
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[5] Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY) 11-8, 11-9, 11-7 (36m) Tom Richards (ENG) |
Karim Abdel Gawad 11-7, 13-11, 8-3 retired (36m) Max Lee |
Karim Abdel Gawad v Gregory Gaultier |
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Max Lee (HKG) 11-4, 11-5, 11-1 (20m) [Q] Henrik Mustonen (FIN) |
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Ryan Cuskelly (AUS) 9-11, 11-7, 11-6, 11-4 (69m) [Q] Paul Coll (NZL) |
Paul Coll 11-7, 11-7, 11-6 (53m) Gregory Gaultier |
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Daryl Selby (ENG) 11-8, 11-6, 11-3 (61m) [2] Gregory Gaultier (FRA) |
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QUALIFYING |
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2016 US
Open - Men’s Qualifying Finals: Results |
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U.S. Open 2016 Women's Draw 06-15 Oct Philadelphia, USA, $150k |
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Round One 8/9 OCT |
Round Two 10/11 OCT |
Quarters 12/13 OCT |
Semis 14 OCT |
Final 15 OCT |
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[1] Nour El Sherbini (EGY) 13-11, 11-9, 11-2 (28m) [Q] Misaki Kobayashi (JPN) |
Nour El Sherbini
11-5, 11-4, 8-11, 11-6 (38m) Sarah-Jane Perry |
Nour El Sherbini v Alison Waters |
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Rachael Grinham (AUS) 11-7, 11-5, 11-8 (26m) [13] Sarah-Jane Perry (ENG) |
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[16] Jenny Duncalf (ENG) 11-8, 7-11, 11-8, 13-15, 11-5 (55m) [Q] Salma Hany Ibrahim (EGY) |
Salma Hany Ibrahim
12-14, 11-1, 7-11, 11-4, 14-12 (63m) Alison Waters |
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[WC] Sabrina Sobhy (USA) 11-8, 11-5, 11-3 (19m) [8] Alison Waters (ENG) |
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[5] Raneem El Welily (EGY) 11-6, 11-4, 11-3 (30m) [Q] Nele Gillis (BEL) |
Raneem El Welily 1-11, 11-9, 11-7, 11-8 (50m) Joelle King |
Raneem El Welily v Nicol David |
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[Q] Nadine Shahin (EGY) 11-8, 11-7, 12-10 (33m) [10] Joelle King (NZL) |
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[11] Nour El Tayeb (EGY) 11-4, 11-8, 14-12 (28m) [Q] Fiona Moverley (ENG) |
Nour El Tayeb 4-11, 9-11, 11-4, 11-6, 11-7 (53m) Nicol David |
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Line Hansen (DEN) 11-3, 11-6, 11-6 (30m) [3] Nicol David (MAS) |
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[4] Nouran Gohar (EGY) 11-6, 11-5, 11-5 (37m) [Q] Coline Aumard (FRA) |
Nouran Gohar 11-7, 11-8, 18-16 (42m) Emily Whitlock |
Nouran Gohar v Amanda Sobhy |
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[Q] Tesni Evans (WAL) 11-13, 6-11, 12-10, 11-8, 11-7 (85m) [14] Emily Whitlock (ENG) |
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[15] Victoria Lust (ENG) 11-9, 7-11, 11-5, 6-11, 11-6 (56m) Donna Urquhart (AUS) |
Donna Urquhart 11-7, 5-11, 11-5, 11-5 (37m) Amanda Sobhy |
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Dipika Pallikal Karthik (IND) 7-11, 11-3, 11-1, 11-4 (30m) [7] Amanda Sobhy (USA) |
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[6] Camille Serme (FRA) 11-4, 11-6, 11-3 (25m) Delia Arnold (MAS) |
Camille Serme 11-5, 11-6, 11-6 (27m) Annie Au |
Camille Serme v Laura Massaro |
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Joey Chan (HKG) 11-6, 11-4, 11-6 (29m) [12] Annie Au (HKG) |
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[9] Joshna Chinappa (IND) 7-11, 4-11, 11-7, 12-10, 11-7 (55m) Heba El Torky (EGY) |
Joshna Chinappa 11-5, 11-5, 11-6 (27m) Laura Massaro |
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[Q] Kanzy Emad El Defrawy (EGY) 11-6, 11-9, 11-7 (35m) [2] Laura Massaro (ENG) |
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QUALIFYING |
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2016 US
Open - Women’s Qualifying Finals: Results |
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2nd
Round Lower Half click images for larger view England’s Matthew Grits Teeth To March Into Quarters  36-year-old
Englishman Nick Matthew fought back from 2-1 down in trademark style
to thwart the charge of German Simon Rösner and secure his place in
the quarter-finals of the 2016 Delaware Investments U.S. Open - the
PSA World Series tournament taking place at Philadelphia’s Drexel
University.Matthew, the 2007 US Open winner, suffered a surprise first round defeat during last week’s NetSuite Open and looked like he was facing a first ever defeat to the World No.12 when, after taking the first game, he found himself behind to an inspired Rösner. But Matthew responded in style, using every ounce of the Yorkshire grit that has epitomised his career to respond in emphatic style and go 9-0 up in the fourth and force a decider that he ultimately took 11-8 to set up a last eight encounter with rising Egyptian star Ali Farag. “I was probably down and out there at 2-1 but thanks to my team in the corner - without them I might have lost the belief,” said Matthew. “I got a good start in the fourth and just told myself to stay patient. I feel like I haven’t won a match like that in a little while so it was important for me to win it any way possible. I kept telling myself I had the experience of seeing out these matches and ultimately that proved to be the case. “I came into this match thinking Simon was the favourite and that I have nothing left to prove and it’s the same thing in the quarters. I’ve played Ali twice and he’s beaten me twice, so I’m just going to enjoy it.”  Matthew
was joined in the quarter-finals by perennial rival Gregory Gaultier
, the defending champion who beat New Zealand’s Paul Coll in
straight games.The Frenchman, who won the NetSuite Open last week to come into this event in good form, will now face Karim Abdel Gawad for a place in the semi-finals. “Every game was tough until about 6-6 and then I just managed to up the pace which I think made the difference,” said Gaultier. “There were a lot of tough long rallies and he was reading me well, so I’m pleased it ended 3-0. I’m here to play whoever is in front of me - I’m training to win and to play as hard as possible and do whatever it takes. I’m playing Gawad next but I have no fear and I’ll be ready for him.”  Defending
Women’s champion Laura Massaro also secured her place in the
quarter-finals as she continued to impress, this time evilly
dispatching Indian number one Joshna Chinappa 3-0.The 32-year-old Englishwoman dictated the play from the off to assert her dominance on Chinappa and secure a straight-games win that takes her through to face Frenchwoman Camille Serme in the last eight - a player she has lost her last three encounters with. “Joshna is a very dangerous players and if you let her play her shots she can be trouble,” said Massaro. “So I’m really happy to come through 3-0. I felt like I found my length a lot better today than I did in my first round. I was hitting the corners and was really happy about that and felt like it paid off. “A quarter-final match these days is always huge and it’s anyones game. Last time we played in the British Open I wasn't at my best and she played really well. So in a way the pressure is off, so I’m just really looking forward to it.”  American
No.1 and World No.6 Amanda Sobhy, the Harvard graduate, also stormed
into the quarter-finals courtesy of a comfortable win over
Australian Donna.Sobhy, the 23-year-old Harvard graduate, came through 3-1 to down Urquhart and set up a last eight encounter with 19-year-old Egyptian Nouran Gohar, the World Junior champion who beat Sobhy in the final of August’s Hong Kong Open. “It feels amazing to be in the quarters,” said Sobhy.  “To
be last eight at US Open is huge but I hope to keep going further. I
love playing on home turf so I’m hoping to do the best I can for the
fans coming out to support me.“Nouran has been on the rise and has been playing amazingly this past year. She’s the player in form and we had a big match in the final in Hong Kong. There’s maybe bit of redemption on offer for me but my focus is on just trying to play well.” |
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Round Top Half click images for larger view Willstrop And David Triumph In Five-Game Battles To Secure Last Eight Berths  Former Men’s World No.1 James Willstrop
(right) and eight-time Women’s World
Champion Nicol David held off an Egyptian charge to come through
testing five-game battles in their 2016 Delaware Investments U.S.
Open second round encounters and secure a place in the
quarter-finals of the second PSA World Series tournament of the
2016/17 season.World No.19 Willstrop, who produced a masterclass performance to eliminate World No.3 Omar Mosaad in the first round, had to call on all his experience to get the better of World No.20 Mohamed Abouelghar in a gruelling 70 minute encounter that saw the 23-year-old playing with fearless attacking intent that unsettled WIllstrop from the off. But the 33-year-old showed why he’s considered one of the finest squash tacticians around as he managed to counter everything Abouelghar threw at him to keep his tournament hopes in tact. “That was an hour and a bit of frantic intensity,” said Willstrop. “Hats off to him, he made me work so hard. “I couldn’t get the ball off his racket in the middle area and he was playing excellent shots across me and that got me on edge. I had to play very, very well to beat him. “I’m just so pleased to get through. I want to keep on playing - I don’t want to stop. I feel in a bit of a groove so I was so pleased to get through at the end and hopefully I can keep progressing.” Willstrop will now go up against South African Stephen Coppinger for a place in the semi-finals after the 32-year-old - who’s place at the tournament was cast in doubt due to Hurricane Matthew wreaking havoc in his current home state of Florida - came out on the winning side of a huge 82 minute match with Malaysian qualifier Nafiizwan Adnan. Adnan secured one of the biggest wins of his career when he took out Miguel Angel Rodriguez in the first round but his run came to an end as Coppinger powered through a series of dramatic exchanges in the fifth to secure his place in the last eight of a PSA World Series tournament for the first time since 2013. “I’m lucky to be here in the first place, let alone be competing in a second match so I’m thrilled to get the win,” said Coppinger. “I have plenty to work on squash wise but I’m in there and that’s what counts at this point. He’s ranked below me and on paper I should have won easier - but what it says on paper and reality is different, so I’m just very pleased to win.” The winner of their encounter will face either World No.1 Mohamed ElShorbagy or his younger brother Marwan, the World No.7, after they came through their second round fixtures to set up a last eight head-to-head while in the Women’s draw three-time U.S. Open champion Nicol David came back from the brink to keep her campaign alive and defeat 2015 runner-up Nour El Tayeb. David was caught flat footed in the first two games as El Tayeb dictated the play, hitting winners for fun, with David looking powerless to resist the charge but the experienced star - who has won a total of 80 PSA Tour titles - managed to turn the match around in the third and launch a comeback that was completed after 53 minutes when she sealed the win 4-11, 9-11, 11-4, 11-6, 11-7. “I wasn’t firing in the first game and a half and she made it very hard for me,” said David. “I knew I had to fight all the way. I trained really hard over the summer during the off season and I wasn’t going to go down without a fight - I pushed to the limit and I’m really pleased to win that 3-2. “I didn’t let up - I knew I wanted to keep going until the very end and that’s what I did.” David will now take on former World No.1 Raneem El Welily in the quarter-finals, after she saw off the challenge of New Zealand’s Joelle King, while current World No.1 incumbent Nour El Sherbini will take on Alison Waters after the Englishwoman edged Egyptian qualifier Salma Hany Ibrahim. Waters required 63 minutes, and a fifth game tie-break, to get the better of the talented youngster, securing the win at the second time of asking to come through 12-14, 11-1, 7-11, 11-4, 14-12. “It was a tough game and it was hard to get into a rhythm,” said Waters. “One game she was chopping it in and the next I was in front, so it was a case of trusting yourself. “I just tried to keep hitting my targets and push until the end and luckily it was my day. I enjoyed it and was happy that it went the right way for me.” |
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1st
Round Lower Half click images for larger view
Defending Champions Massaro And Gaultier Off To Winning Starts
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Round Top Half click images for larger view World No.1 ElShorbagy Escapes As Willstrop And Adnan Upset Seedings  World
No.1 Mohamed ElShorbagy narrowly avoided a shock first round exit at
the 2016 Delaware Investments U.S. Open as he came from 2-1 down,
saving multiple match balls, to defeat Mexican qualifier Cesar
Salazar during an opening day of action at Philadelphia’s Drexel
University that saw the Men’s draw blown wide open.ElShorbagy, who won the tournament in 2014 to go top of the World Rankings for the first time in his career, struggled to contain an inspired Salazar during their 77 minute battle but managed to do just enough in the end to escape the clutches of defat and avoid joining World No.3 Omar Mosaad and number seven seed Miguel Angel Rodriguez in exiting the event at the first hurdle, as they fell at the hands of former World No.1 James Willstrop and Malaysian qualifier Nafiizwan Adnan, respectively. “Being World No.1 isn’t always about playing the best, but about finding the way to win,” said ElShorbagy. “In the past two seasons I have played more matches than anyone else and lately things have been going wrong with my body. I’ve had stomach problems and fevers and been struggling. “Today I fought and fought. I won - that’s what matters - and I’ll keep fighting until the end. I’m really happy to come through - finding the way to win is the most important thing and I know that I’ll definitely be better next round after that match.”  32-year-old
Englishman Willstrop evoked memories of the form that took him to
the top of the World Rankings in 2012 as he produced a virtuoso
display of complete control to knock out 2015 runner-up Mosaad in
straight games.Willstrop, currently ranked No.19 in the world after slowly working his way back from a serious hip operation in 2014, rekindled his form during last week’s NetSuite Open when he reached a first high profile tournament final since that surgery and he picked up where he left off as he controlled the ball and lived up to his ‘Marksman’ moniker to put Mosaad to the sword. “I’m feeling good,” said Willstrop. “But it’s been a long time since I’ve put together a tournament winning, or latter stages, run. “Last week in San Francisco was good but doing it at a World Series event is even tougher. I’m feeling good and if I can keep the intensity then you never know what could happen. “The enjoyment is there for me and there’s a freshness about how I feel which is pleasing.”  Willstrop
will now face Mohamed Abouelghar in the second round of a draw that
is now wide open after Miguel Angel Rodriguez’s shock first round
defeat to
Nafiizwan
Adnan - the 30-year-old Malaysian qualifier who came through in
straight-games to reach the second round of a PSA World Series
tournament for only the third time in his career.“I’m really, really happy,” said Adnan. “I almost lost to Charles Sharpes in the first round of qualification when I was 0-2 down. I told myself just to play - that I had nothing to lose - and relax. That worked and I tried to do the same today, and it is really pleasing to win - it’s a big win for me.” Elsewhere in the Men’s draw there was a impressive win for Peruvian qualifier Diego Elias as he downed Frenchman Gregoire Marche while England’s Chris Simpson came through against Egyptian Karim Ali Fathi.  It
was more straightforward for the top seeds in the Women’s draw as
World No.1 Nour El Sherbini, three-time US Open champion Nicol David
and World No.5 Raneem El Welily all set down impressive markers to
stroll into the second round.After returning to form at last month’s Al Ahram Open, where she claimed the honours with victory over El Sherbini in the decider, El Welily continued to impress as she saw off Belgian qualifier Nele Gilis courtesy of a comfortable 3-0 win . “I’m always happy to be back in the US Open - I always enjoy coming back here,” said El Welily. “Looking back at Al Ahram really makes me smile but it is in the past now. I want to make a strong push now and carry on that kind of form for the rest of this tournament.” El Sherbini was equally as impressive as she downed Japanese qualifier Misaki Kobayashi 3-0 wile three-time US Open champion David got off to a positive start to defeat Denmark’s Line Hansen in straight games and set up a second round battle with Egyptian Nour El Tayeb - the 2015 runner-up.  Nicol
David struggled at the first PSA World Series tournament of the
season, the Hong Kong Open, as she failed to hit her stride in the
early stages but she cut a different figure as she played with
confidence and precision to put in an assured 30 minute win over
Hansen.“It has been great to see the US Open grow over the past few years and be involved in this great tournament,” said David. “A 3-0 win is always a good start for me and I’m pleased to get through and get into the rhythm here on the glass court. You just have to keep working harder and harder with each and every round and I’m looking forward to playing against Nour (El Tayeb) in two days.” |
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Qualifying
US Open Draws Finalised As Top Seeds Fall In
Qualification Finals |
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World’s
Top Players Confirmed For 2016 U.S. Open Philadelphia’s Drexel University will once again play host to the prestigious 2016 Delaware Investments U.S. Open Squash Championships—the second tournament on the 2016/17 PSA Road To Dubai—October 6-15, when 112 of the world’s best squash players will descend on the city for the PSA World Series tournament. For the fourth consecutive year the U.S. Open will offer equal prize money for men and women, with $150,000 on offer in each draw, and will be headlined by world No. 1s Mohamed Elshorbagy—the 2014 winner—and Nour El Sherbini, the 20-year-old Egyptian World Champion. El Sherbini headlines a stellar Women’s field that will also include Team USA’s top stars Amanda and Sabrina Sobhy. Fresh from reaching the final of the Hong Kong Open, the first event of the new season, Amanda will be hoping to keep her form going and claim a maiden World Series title while Sabrina, the second year Harvard student, will hope to consolidate her position as a top 100 player as she combines studies with limited professional events. Also competing in a standout field will be defending champion Laura Massaro, three-time champion Nicol David and former world No. 1 Raneem El Welily while the men’s draw will see the former champions returning with Elshorbagy joined by 2007 winner Nick Matthew and 2015 winner Gregory Gaultier, the Frenchman who also holds the World Champion title. American Chris Gordon occupies the men’s main draw wild card position and will hope to go one better than his first round exit here twelve months ago and will find out his first round opponent on Wednesday September 14, when the full draw is set to be released.World’s Top Players Confirmed For 2016 U.s. Open
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