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Bermuda Open 2022
Men's Draw
03 - 07 May
Devonshire, Bermuda, $12k |
ROUND TWO
04 MAY |
QUARTERS
05 MAY |
SEMIS
06 MAY |
FINAL
07 MAY |
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[1] Faraz Khan (USA)
11-6, 5-11, 15-13, 11-9 (68m)
[9/16] Seif Shenawy (EGY) |
Seif Shenawy
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Robert Downer |
Seif Shenawy
11-7, 11-5, 11-3 (33m)
Juan Camilo Vargas |
Juan Camilo Vargas
14-12, 7-11, 4-11, 11-9, 11-3 (75m)
Rory Stewart |
[5] Robert Downer (ENG)
11-7, 6-11, 11-6, 11-7 (54m)
[9/16] Joseph White (AUS) |
[6] Juan Camilo Vargas (COL)
11-4, 11-7, 11-3 (30m)
[9/16] Josue Enriquez (GUA) |
Juan Camilo Vargas
v
David Baillargeon |
[3] David Baillargeon (CAN)
8-11, 11-5, 11-6, 11-6 (52m)
[9/16] Matias Knudsen (COL) |
[4] Rory Stewart (SCO)
11-4, 11-6, 5-11, 11-5 (50m)
[9/16] Andrew Douglas (USA) |
Rory Stewart
v
Tom Walsh |
Rory Stewart
9-11, 11-9, 11-7, 6-11, 11-7 (83m)
Owain Taylor |
[8] Tom Walsh (ENG)
11-2, 11-8, 11-4 (33m)
[9/16] Ricardo Toscano (GUA) |
[7] Ronald Palomino (COL)
11-3, 11-2, 11-1 (22m)
[9/16] Cory McCartney (CAN) |
Ronald Palomino
v
Owain Taylor |
[9/16] Owain Taylor (WAL)
6-11, 11-8, 6-11, 11-6, 11-9 (61m)
[2] Christopher Gordon (USA) |
[1] Faraz Khan (USA) bye
[9/16] Seif Shenawy (EGY) bt Noah Browne (BER) 11-6, 11-9, 11-7 (38m)
[9/16] Joseph White (AUS) bt Darosham Khan (CAN) 11-5, 11-5, 11-5 (28m)
[5] Robert Downer (ENG) bye
[6] Juan Camilo Vargas (COL) bye
[9/16] Josue Enriquez (GUA) bt [WC] Micah Franklin (BER) 11-6, 11-6,
11-5 (38m)
[9/16] Matias Knudsen (COL) bt Taylor Carrick (BER) 11-3, 11-5, 11-3
(28m)
[3] David Baillargeon (CAN) bye
[4] Rory Stewart (SCO) bye
[9/16] Andrew Douglas (USA) bt [WC] Anaya Smith (BER) 11-4, 11-3, 11-4
(32m)
[9/16] Ricardo Toscano (GUA) bt Maximilien Godbout (CAN) 11-4, 11-9,
8-11, 11-9 (45m)
[8] Tom Walsh (ENG) bye
[7] Ronald Palomino (COL) bye
[9/16] Cory McCartney (CAN) bt [WC] Anthony Fellowes (BER) 12-10, 11-5,
11-3 (25m)
[9/16] Owain Taylor (WAL) bt Liam Marrison (CAN) 11-6, 11-6, 8-11, 11-8
(50m)
[2] Christopher Gordon (USA) bye |
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Bermuda Open 2022
Women's Draw
03 - 07 May
Devonshire, Bermuda, $12k |
ROUND TWO
04 MAY |
QUARTERS
05 MAY |
SEMIS
06 MAY |
FINAL
07 MAY |
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[2] Nadia Pfister (SUI)
13-11, 11-13, 11-8, 11-7 (40m)
[9/16] Ingy Hammouda (EGY) |
Nadia Pfister
11-7, 11-3, 11-8 (28m)
Kenzy Ayman |
Kenzy Ayman
11-3, 11-6, 16-14 (35m)
Karina Tyma |
Kenzy Ayman
8-11, 11-9, 11-6, 11-9 (46m)
Georgia Adderley |
[5] Kenzy Ayman (EGY)
11-4, 11-4, 11-1 (14m)
[9/16] Eilidh Franklin (CAY) |
[6] Alex Haydon (AUS)
11-2, 11-1, 11-1 (14m)
[9/16] Arisha Jahan Khan (USA) |
Alex Haydon
11-5, 11-6, 11-6 (26m)
Karina Tyma |
[3] Karina Tyma (POL)
10-12, 11-4, 11-2, 11-6 (46m)
[9/16] Lojayn Gohary (EGY) |
[4] Grace Gear (ENG)
11-5, 12-10, 11-7 (25m)
[9/16] Katriona Allen (SCO) |
Grace Gear
11-6, 11-6, 11-9 (30m)
Kaitlyn Watts |
Grace Gear
8-11, 12-10, 11-6,
7-11, 11-9 (77m)
Georgia Adderley |
[7] Kaitlyn Watts (NZL)
11-8, 11-5, 11-3 (28m)
[9/16] Julia Le Coq (FRA) |
[8] Diana Garcia (MEX)
11-1, 11-5, 11-2 (18m)
[9/16] Emma Keane (BER) |
Diana Garcia
11-4, 11-8, 11-13, 11-6 (43m)
Georgia Adderley |
Hailey Moss (BER)
11-3, 11-2, 11-3 (18m)
[1] Georgia Adderley (SCO) |
[2] Nadia Pfister (SUI) bye
[9/16] Ingy Hammouda (EGY) bye
[9/16] Eilidh Franklin (CAY) bt Isabella White (BER) 11-6, 11-5, 11-8
(30m)
[5] Kenzy Ayman (EGY) bye
[6] Alex Haydon (AUS) bye
[9/16] Arisha Jahan Khan (USA) bye
[9/16] Lojayn Gohary (EGY) bye
[3] Karina Tyma (POL) bye
[4] Grace Gear (ENG) bye
[9/16] Katriona Allen (SCO) bye
[9/16] Julia Le Coq (FRA) bye
[7] Kaitlyn Watts (NZL) bye
[8] Diana Garcia (MEX) bye
[9/16] Emma Keane (BER) bt Shannon Mann (BER) 11-5, 11-2, 11-4 (18m)
Hailey Moss (BER) bt [9/16] Juliette Ferrari-Mccomb (BER) 11-3, 8-11,
11-3, 5-11, 11-4 (39m)
[1] Georgia Adderley (SCO) bye |
Vargas & Ayman Book World Champs Spots
Kenzy Ayman and Juan Camilo Vargas with the Bermuda
Open trophies
Colombia’s Juan Camilo Vargas and Egypt’s Kenzy Ayman have become the
last two players to secure their places at the 2021-2022 PSA World
Championships, after the pair won their respective finals at the Bermuda
Open on Saturday evening.
For the Colombian, this was a second attempt to make the World
Championships, after he lost out in the final of the Val de Reuil
Normandie earlier this season. After losing out in five there, Vargas
had to fight to win in five at the Bermuda Squash Rackets Association,
overcoming Scotland’s Rory Stewart for the victory.
After winning the first game on a tie-break 14-12, the tournament’s No.6
seed then fell behind, after Stewart won both the second and third games
quite comfortably. Vargas fought for his place in Cairo, though, with an
11-9 scoreline in the fourth, before taking the final game easily,
winning it 11-3 to book his spot at the sport’s premiere event.
In the women’s draw, Egypt’s Kenzy Ayman completed an incredible week,
as she downed top seed Georgia Adderley in four games to secure a place
at the PSA World Championships. Prior to the final, Ayman had already
gotten the better of No.2 seed Nadia Pfister and No.3 seed Karina Tyma.
She lost the first game in the final, as the Scot came flying out of the
blocks, but the young Egyptian was able to regroup, coming back to win
the next three games to win in four, taking both the second and fourth
by 11-9 scorelines, to book her spot in Cairo.
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Finals Set At Last World Champs Qualifier
The finals are set at the last qualifying event for the 2021-2022 PSA
World Championships, with Scottish involvement set to be in both finals
of the Bermuda Open, which will take place on Saturday, May 7 at the
Bermuda Squash Rackets Association.
Top seed Georgia Adderley had to go the distance to make it through her
all-British semi-final contest with England’s Grace Gear, holding off a
late charge from the tournament’s No.4 seed. After losing the first,
Adderley fought back to go 2-1 up, mainly thanks to a second game
tie-break victory, but Gear fought back to win the fourth, sending the
match into a decider. A tight fifth went the way of the Scot 11-9, who
eventually claimed the win after 77 minutes of action, advancing to the
final.
Adderley will face Egypt’s Kenzy Ayman in the final on Saturday, after
she claimed yet another scalp in the tournament. A day after beating
No.2 seed Nadia Pfister, the young Egyptian overcame the challenge of
the draw’s No.3 seed, Poland’s Karina Tyma. The first two games were
comfortable, with Aymaan dropping just nine points in total, but the
third went deep into a tie-break. The Egyptian eventually won it 16-14
to book her spot in the final.
There will also be Scottish representation in the men’s final in Bermuda
as well, with No.4 seed Rory Stewart spending more than 80 minutes on
court during his semi-final contest with Colombia’s Ronald Palomino. His
contest went in exactly the same way as his compatriots, coming from
behind to lead 2-1, before his opponent won the fourth game. The
deciding game in Stewart’s match was slightly more comfortable though,
as he took it 11-7 to advance to yet another final on Tour this season.
He will now face another Colombian in the final on Saturday, after Juan
Camilo Vargas, the No.6 seed for the competition, downed Egypt’s Seif
Shenawy in straight games. The Egyptian had already taken out the top
seed en route to the semis, but Vargas was too strong, dropping just 15
points across the contest to book his place in the final.
The finals will take place at the Bermuda Squash Rackets Association on
Saturday, May 7, with the winners guaranteeing themselves a place at the
2021-2022 PSA World Championships in Cairo. |
Shenawy
And Vargas Gatecrash Semis
The Bermuda Open, the fourth and final qualifying event for the
2021-2022 PSA World Championships, continued on Thursday evening at the
Bermuda Squash Rackets Association, with a trio of players causing
upsets to make it into the last four of the competition.
After taking down the top seed in the second round, Egypt’s Seif Shenawy
came up against Englishman Robert Downer for a place in the last four of
the Challenger 10 level competition. Downer had won their most recent
meeting, at the University of Birmingham Open four weeks ago, but this
one went the way of the Egyptian, thanks to a 13-11 scoreline in the
third, as he claimed a straight games victory.
Shenawy will now face Colombia’s Juan Camilo Vargas, after the World
No.83 caused another upset to defeat Canadian No.1, and the tournament’s
No.3 seed, David Baillargeon. Vargas found himself 2-1 down in the
contest, but fought back to win the last two games quite comfortably,
coming through after 66 minutes of action to make the semi-finals.
The other men’s match in the last four of the Challenger 10 level
tournament will see another Colombian in action, in Ronald Palomino, as
he takes on Scotland’s No.4 seed Rory Stewart for a place in the final
on Saturday.
There was just the one surprise result in the women’s draw, as another
Egyptian, in No.5 seed Kenzy Ayman, downed No.2 seed Nadia Pfister in
straight games. Despite sitting eleven places below the Swiss No.2 in
the World Rankings, Ayman won in less than half an hour to book her
place in the semi-finals of the tournament.
She will now face No.3 seed, and Polish No.1, Karina Tyma, after a
straight games victory over Alex Haydon saw the Pole advance to the last
four. The other women’s semi-final will see top seed Georgia Adderley
take on England’s Grace Gear in an all-British battle in Bermuda.
The semis of the Bermuda Open will take place on Friday, May 6 at the
Bermuda Squash Rackets Association, with places in Saturday’s finals up
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Shenawy And Taylor Take Out Top Two Seeds
The Bermuda Open continued at the Bermuda Squash
Rackets Association, and there were two big surprises, as the top two
seeds from the men’s event were knocked out of the tournament, after
great performances from Egypt’s Seif Shenawy and Welshman Owain Taylor.
After winning his opening day clash, the Egyptian came up the
tournament’s top seed, and World No.53, Faraz Khan in the second round
in Bermuda and after two games nothing could separate the two of them.
Both men then had their chances in a lengthy third game tie-break, but
it was eventually Shenawy that won it 15-13, and that was crucial as he
kept the momentum into the fourth to take the 3-1 victory, and book his
place in the last eight of the tournament.
He will now face England’s Robert Downer for the second time in four
weeks, after a tense battle at the University of Birmingham Open, the
most recent qualifying event for the PSA World Championships. The
Englishman overcame Australian No.1 Joseph White in four games to make
his way into the quarter finals.
In the bottom half of the draw, Welshman Owain Taylor ousted the event’s
No.2 seed, Christopher Gordon, in a five-game battle. Taylor, who was in
Eindhooven last week with his country for the European Team Squash
Championships, fell behind twice in his second round contest with the
American, but fought back on both occasions, before going on to win the
fifth, and advance to the last eight.
He will face No.7 seed Ronald Palomino in the quarters after the
Colombian got the better of Canadian Cory McCartney on Wednesday
evening.
There were no surprises in the women’s event, as all eight seeds safely
made it through to the quarter finals of the fourth World Championships
qualifying event. Only Poland’s Karina Tyma and Switzerland’s Nadia
Pfister went past three games in their opening matches of the
competition, with both winning in four, 3-1.
The quarter finals of the Bermuda Open take place on Thursday, May 5,
with the last eight battling it out for places in the semi-finals at the
Bermuda Squash Rackets Association.
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Action Underway
In Bermuda
The Bermuda Open, the last of four qualifying tournaments for the
2021-2022 PSA World Championships, got underway at the Bermuda Squash
Rackets Association on Tuesday evening, with players aiming to take the
last chance to make it through to the sport’s premiere event.
The Challenger 10 level tournament kicked off yesterday, with a pair of
Bermudans making it through to the second round of the women’s event on
home soil. Just three women’s matches were played due to some late
withdrawals, but Emma Keane and Hailey Moss will carry home hopes
through to the last 16.
Both beat compatriots, with Keane overcoming Shannon Mann in straight
games, while Hailey Moss had to go the distance to defeat Juliette
Ferrari-McComb, withstanding comebacks from her opponent to eventually
make it through the deciding game, winning in five. Moss will now take
on top seed Georgia Adderley, with Keane facing No.8 seed Diana Garcia
in the second round.
Just two matches in the first round of the men’s event went past three
games, with Welshman Owain Taylor and Guatemala’s Ricardo Toscano both
winning 3-1. The pair overcame Canada’s Liam Marrison and Maximilien
Godbout, respectively, to make it through to the last 16.
The seeded players will come into the draw in the second round, with the
likes of the American duo of Faraz Khan and Christopher Gordon both in
action.Canadian No.1 David Baillargeon and Scotland’s Rory Stewart make
up the rest of the top four seeds in the men’s draw. The action
continues on Wednesday, May 4, with 16 matches taking place at the
Bermuda Squash Rackets Association.
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Last Chance To Qualify For The Worlds
The first tournament of the week on the Challenger Tour will be the
Bermuda Open, and it will be the final chance for players to qualify for
the sport’s premiere event, the PSA World Championships in Cairo.
The Challenger 10 level tournament will be the fourth qualifying
tournament for the World Champs, following the Odense Open, Val de Reuil
Normandie and the University of Birmingham Open.
Hana Moataz will be the top seed for the women’s event, and will be
aiming to win in back-to-back weeks after winning the biggest title of
her career at the weekend, when she claimed the Richmond Open title in
Virginia, USA. Scotland’s Georgia Adderley, Switzerland’s Nadia Pfister
and Polish No.1 Karina Tyma will make up the rest of the top four seeds.
USA’s World No.52 Faraz Khan will lead the men’s draw, with compatriot
Christopher Gordon and Canada’s David Baillargeon as his nearest
competitors in terms of seeding. Scotland’s Rory Stewart, who comes in
from a great week at the European Team Championships in the Netherlands,
will be one to watch. England’s Robert Downer and Tom Walsh, along with
the Colombian pairing of Juan Camilo Vargas and Ronald Palomino, will
also be among the top eight seeds.
A total of ten Bermudan players will be in action for the Challenger 10
level tournament, with Emma Keane, Juliette Ferrari-McComb, Isabella
White, Hailey Moss and Shannon Mann in action in the women’s event. Noah
Browne, Taylor Carrick, Micah Franklin, Anthony Fellowes and Anaya Smith
will represent the home nation in the men’s draw.
The event takes place from Tuesday, May 3 to Saturday, May 7 at the
Bermuda Squash Rackets Association. Follow the PSA Challenger Tour on
Twitter and Facebook for daily updates from the event.For more information on the event, visit the tournament website or
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