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Berkhamsted Open 2022
Men's Draw
07 - 10 Jul
Berkhamsted, England, $12k |
Final:
[4] Joe Lee (ENG) bt [3] Rory Stewart (SCO) 12-10, 11-4, 11-9 (41m)
Semi-finals:
[4] Joe Lee (ENG) bt Ben Smith (ENG) 11-5, 11-4, 21-19 (99m)
[3] Rory Stewart (SCO) bt [1] Mazen Gamal (EGY) 12-10, 6-11, 11-2, 11-5
(66m)
Quarter-finals:
Ben Smith (ENG) bt [5] Ben Coleman (ENG) 8-11, 11-3, 3-11, 11-6,
11-6 (68m)
[4] Joe Lee (ENG) bt Daniel Poleshchuk (ISR) 11-8, 11-7, 8-11, 11-4
(50m)
[3] Rory Stewart (SCO) bt [7] Curtis Malik (ENG) 7-11, 11-9, 12-10,
5-11, 11-9 (80m)
[1] Mazen Gamal (EGY) bt [8] Emyr Evans (WAL) 11-7, 6-11, 11-2, 11-5
(51m)
1st round:
Ben Smith (ENG) bt [2] Rui Soares (POR) 11-6, 4-11, 11-6, 11-4
[5] Ben Coleman (ENG) bt Simon Herbert (ENG) 11-4, 11-4, 11-9 (35m)
Daniel Poleshchuk (ISR) bt [6] Charlie Lee (ENG) 11-6, 12-10, 11-9 (42m)
[4] Joe Lee (ENG) bt [WC] Hasnaat Farooqi (ENG) 11-6, 11-5, 11-2 (32m)
[3] Rory Stewart (SCO) bt Daryl Selby (ENG) 13-11, 11-8, 11-5 (38m)
[7] Curtis Malik (ENG) bt Miles Jenkins (ENG) 11-1, 4-11, 5-11, 11-3,
11-1 (49m)
[8] Emyr Evans (WAL) bt Seif Shenawy (EGY) 11-5, 12-10, 9-11, 11-6 (64m)
[1] Mazen Gamal (EGY) bt Sean Conroy (IRL) 11-4, 11-5, 11-7 (35m) |
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Berkhamsted Open 2022
Men's Draw
07 - 10 Jul
Berkhamsted, England, $12k |
Final:
Zeina Zein (EGY) bt Zeina Zein (EGY) 5-11, 11-7, 11-5, 6-11, 11-5
(52m)
Semi-finals:
Zeina Zein (EGY) bt [7] Anna Kimberley (ENG) 11-5, 11-4, 11-6 (25m)
[1] Grace Gear (ENG) bt Rana Ismail (EGY) 11-7, 12-10, 11-7 (31m)
Quarter-finals:
[7] Anna Kimberley (ENG) bt Emma Bartley (ENG) 13-11, 11-2, 11-3
(22m)
Zeina Zein (EGY) bt [5] Alison Thomson (SCO) 11-4, 11-9, 11-4 (27m)
Rana Ismail (EGY) bt [3] Millie Tomlinson (ENG) 11-7, 11-9, 7-11, 11-4
(39m)
[1] Grace Gear (ENG) bt [8] Torrie Malik (ENG) 11-9, 8-11, 15-13, 11-3
(45m)
1st round:
Emma Bartley (ENG) bt [2] Nadia Pfister (SUI) 7-11, 11-5, 14-12,
11-6 (29m)
[7] Anna Kimberley (ENG) bt Katerina Tycova (GER) 3-11, 11-5, 11-6, 11-8
(51m)
[5] Alison Thomson (SCO) bt Kiera Marshall (ENG) 11-6, 13-11, 11-13,
3-11, 11-7 (63m)
Zeina Zein (EGY) bt [4] Katie Malliff (ENG) 11-5 ret.
[3] Millie Tomlinson (ENG) bt Sofia Aveiro Pita (POR) 11-7, 11-2, 11-7
(30m)
Rana Ismail (EGY) bt [6] Ali Loke (WAL) 11-2, 11-9, 10-12, 11-8 (33m)
[8] Torrie Malik (ENG) bt Saran Nghiem (ENG) 11-9, 11-6, 7-11, 11-9
(41m)
[1] Grace Gear (ENG) bt Cheng Nga Ching (HKG) 11-8, 11-6, 11-9 (26m) |
England’s
Gear And Lee Victorious
Winners Grace Gear (pink) and Joe Lee (blue)
The Berkhamsted Linksap Open came to its conclusion on Sunday afternoon
at the Berkhamsted Lawn Tennis and Squash Racquets Club in England, with
a home duo of Joe Lee and Grace Gear taking home the titles from the
Challenger 10 level tournament.
Lee came into the event as the tournament’s No.4 seed, and the
Englishman started his campaign with a comfortable victory against
compatriot and wildcard Hasnaat Farooqi, winning in straight games. He
then defeated Israeli No.1 Daniel Poleshchuk in four games to move
through to the semi-finals.
The 32-year-old then overcame another Englishman, Ben Smith, in a
mammoth three-game contest. He won the first two games easily, but then
saw the third game go the distance, eventually winning it 21-19, to end
the match after 99 minutes. The final was a much more simple affair for
Lee, as he defeated No.3 seed Rory Stewart in straight games in just 41
minutes, with a first game tie-break being crucial en route to his
victory, his first in twelve months.
The women’s event saw top seed Grace Gear come through to take victory,
her third title of the campaign. She started the week with a win over
Hong Kong’s Cheng Nga Ching, before then downing No.8 seed Torrie Malik
to make it through to the last four. The Englishwoman then defeated
Egypt’s Rana Ismail to make it into the final of the Challenger 10 level
tournament.
Gear took on Egypt’s Zeina Zein in the final of the competition, with
the young Egyptian aiming to win in back to back weeks after her victory
in Hove on Sunday. However, it was the Englishwoman that was able to
claim her third title of the campaign, after coming through a tough
five-game battle which lasted more than 50 minutes, winning the decider
11-5 to add to her two previous wins in the season. |
Preview
For the second year in succession, the Berkhamsted Linksap Open takes
its place on the Tour’s calendar, with this year’s competition featuring
both a men’s and women’s Challenger 10 level event.
World No.55 Mazen Gamal will be the top seed for the men’s tournament,
with Portugal’s Rui Soares and Scotland’s Rory Stewart making up the top
three seeds. After a stunning win in Hove, England’s Curtis Malik will
be aiming to go back-to-back this week in Berkhamsted.
Egypt’s Hana Moataz will lead the women’s draw, with England’s Grace
Gear and Millie Tomlinson, along with Swiss No.2 Nadia Pfister, as the
rest of the top four Seeds. Several of those who featured in Hove will
play this week as well, with Torrie Malik, Rana Ismail and Saran Nghiem
all in action.
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