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Gibraltar Open 2022
Men's Draw
13 - 16 Jul
Europa Sports Centre, Gibraltar, $6k |
Final:
[3] Edmon Lopez
(ESP) bt James Peach (ENG) 3-1: 11-6, 6-11, 11-1, 11-3 (40m)
Semi-finals:
James Peach (ENG) bt [8] Elliott Morris Devred (WAL) 11-4, 4-11, 11-9,
11-6 (50m)
[3] Edmon Lopez (ESP) bt [5] Ben Smith (ENG) 11-5, 11-1, 11-3 (19m)
Quarter-finals:
James Peach (ENG) bt [6] Stuart MacGregor (ENG) 11-4, 11-3, 11-7 (31m)
[8] Elliott Morris Devred (WAL) bt [4] Aqeel Rehman (AUT) 11-5, 11-5,
14-12 (40m)
[3] Edmon Lopez (ESP) bt [7] Joeri Hapers (BEL) 11-5, 11-5, 11-4 (29m)
[5] Ben Smith (ENG) bt [2] Ivan Perez (ESP) 4-11, 11-4, 2-11, 11-7, 11-1
(45m)
1st round:
James Peach (ENG) bt [1] Tom Walsh (ENG) 7-11, 13-11, 11-5, 7-11, 11-6
(69m)
[6] Stuart MacGregor (ENG) bt Owain Taylor (WAL) 6-11, 11-9, 4-11, 11-7,
11-4 (70m)
[8] Elliott Morris Devred (WAL) bt Javier Martin (ESP) 11-7, 14-12,
14-12 (43m)
[4] Aqeel Rehman (AUT) bt Jakob Dirnberger (AUT) 11-4, 11-7, 11-4 (25m)
[3] Edmon Lopez (ESP) bt Nilo Vidal (ESP) 11-5, 11-4, 11-6 (28m)
[7] Joeri Hapers (BEL) bt Joel Arscott (NZL) 11-7, 8-11, 11-7, 11-6
(48m)
[5] Ben Smith (ENG) bt Liam Marrison (CAN) 11-7, 11-9, 11-5 (34m)
[2] Ivan Perez (ESP) bt Augusto Ortigosa (ESP) 11-7, 11-9, 11-4 (39m) |
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Gibraltar Open 2022
Women's Draw
13 - 16 Jul
Europa Sports Centre, Gibraltar, $6k |
Final:
[4] Rana Ismail (EGY) v [3] Marta Dominguez Fernandez (ESP)
Semi-finals:
[4] Rana Ismail (EGY) bt [6] Katie Wells (ENG) 11-6, 11-2, 11-3 (19m)
[3] Marta Dominguez Fernandez (ESP) bt [2] Nadeen Kotb (EGY) 9-11, 11-4,
12-14, 11-8, 11-9 (59m)
Quarter-finals:
[6] Katie Wells (ENG) bt [1] Alison Thomson (SCO) 11-3, 11-4, 11-8 (29m)
[4] Rana Ismail (EGY) bt [5] Saran Nghiem (ENG) 7-11, 11-3, 11-7, 11-8
(41m)
[3] Marta Dominguez Fernandez (ESP) bt Caroline Fouts (USA) 13-11, 4-11,
15-13, 11-5 (59m)
[2] Nadeen Kotb (EGY) bt [7] Kiera Marshall (ENG) 12-10, 14-12, 11-8
(32m)
1st round:
[1] Alison Thomson (SCO) bt Chloe Foster (WAL) 11-4, 11-3, 11-5 (22m)
[6] Katie Wells (ENG) bt Ninon Lemarchand (FRA) 11-4, 12-10, 11-3 (21m)
[5] Saran Nghiem (ENG) bt Jasmin Kalar (ENG) 11-2, 11-5, 11-4 (18m)
[4] Rana Ismail (EGY) bt Polly Clark (ENG) 11-4, 9-11, 11-9, 11-8 (32m)
[3] Marta Dominguez Fernandez (ESP) bt Sofia Aveiro Pita (POR) 11-4,
11-2, 8-11, 11-2 (30m)
Caroline Fouts (USA) bt [8] Asia Harris (ENG) 12-10, 11-8, 11-9 (29m)
[7] Kiera Marshall (ENG) bt Juliette Permentier (NED) 11-2, 11-1, 11-6
(16m)
[2] Nadeen Kotb (EGY) bt Emma Bartley (ENG) 11-4, 11-5, 11-2 (15m) |
Lopez And Ismail
Victorious At Europa Point
The Gibraltar Open came to its conclusion on Saturday afternoon at
Europa sports Centre, with Spain’s Edmon Lopez and Egypt’s Rana Ismail
taking the Challenger 5 level titles, the latter of which claimed her
first Tour title.
Ismail came into the tournament as the No.4 seed, and she started her
campaign with a win over England’s Polly Clark, before then coming from
behind to get the better of another Englishwoman, in No.5 seed Saran
Nghiem, winning in four games to book her spot in the last four.
The young Egyptian then took on a third Englishwoman in succession, and
she needed just 19 minutes to overcome No.6 seed Katie Wells, dropping
just 12 points in her semi-final contest to set up a meeting with
Spain’s Marta Dominguez Fernandez in what would be her first final as a
professional player on Tour.
The final was a surprisingly one-sided affair, with Ismail overcoming
the Spaniard, who sits 25 places above the 19-year-old in the World
Rankings. She took the win in 27 minutes, winning 11-7, 11-7, 11-5 to
secure her first Tour title, and to become the latest young Egyptian to
become a Tour victor.
The men’s title was won by Spaniard Edmon Lopez, who eventually put an
end to the unbeaten run of James Peach, which stretched back over ten
days, with the Englishman having come into the tournament off the back
of winning as a non-seed in Austria last weekend.
Lopez made it through to the final after victories over compatriot Nilo
Vidal, Belgium’s No.7 seed Joeri Hapers and England’s Ben Smith, beating
all three of those opponents in straight games.
The Spaniard then took on the tournament’s surprise package in the
final, and the pair were level after two games, having both won a game
by an 11-6 scoreline. From there, though, Lopez dropped just four more
points to win the next two, securing the Gibraltar Open, his 10th Tour
crown. |
Wells Downs Top Seed, Peach Continues Unbeaten Run
After the men’s top seed was dumped out of the competition in the
opening round, the quarter finals of the Gibraltar Open also threw up
some more surprises, with England’s Katie Wells getting the better of
the women’s top seed to advance to the last four of the Challenger 5
level tournament.
The pair had met twice before on Tour, with the Scotswoman having won
both of those meetings, with both coming in a three week period in the
summer of 2021. However in this battle in Gibraltar, it was the
Englishwoman that was in full control throughout, winning in straight
games to advance to the semi-finals of the competition.
She will now face Egypt’s Rana Ismail in the last four after the
tournament’s No.4 seed got the better of England’s Saran Nghiem in the
quarters. The other match in Friday’s semi-finals will see Egypt’s No.2
seed Nadeen Kotb take on Spaniard Marta Dominguez Fernandez, the No.3
seed for the event.
In the men’s event, England’s James Peach carried on his incredible form
with yet another victory over a higher-ranked player, following on from
his win in Salzburg last week. He took on compatriot and No.6 seed
Stuart MacGregor in the quarters, and spent just half an hour on court
to move through to the last four, winning in straight games.
The Englishman will now face Welshman Elliott Morris Devred in the
semi-finals, after the no.8 seed for the event used an upset in
defeating No.4 seed Aqeel Rehman. The first tow games of their contest
easily went the way of Devred, before he then took the third on a close
tie-break 14-12.
No.5 seed Ben Smith was able to exact revenge over Spaniard Ivan Perez,
after losing to the World No.100 in the final of the Carlisle Squash
Club 50th Anniversary Open a couple of weeks ago. In the semis in
Gibraltar, the Englishman got that revenge, winning in five to move
through to the last four. He will now face another Spaniard, in No.3
seed Edmon Lopez, in the semis on Friday evening.
The semi-finals of the Gibraltar Open will take place on Friday, July 15
at the Europa Sports Centre in Europa Point, Gibraltar, with the final
four going head-to-head in both the men’s and women’s draws for places
in Saturday’s finals.
All of the action will be streamed live from Gibraltar on the Challenger
Tour’s YouTube channel, with semi-final action beginning at 18:00
(GMT+2) on Friday evening. |
Preview
The sole event on European soil this week will come from the Europa
Sports Centre in Europa Point, with the Challenger 5 level Gibraltar
Open taking place from Wednesday, July 13 to Saturday, July 16.
The women’s draw will be led by Scotland’s Alison Thomson, with the
World No.76 aiming to retain the title she won on the island in October.
She defeated Spain’s Marta Dominguez Fernandez in the final in 2021,
with the Spaniard also back, this time as the No.3 seed for the
competition.
Egypt’s Nadeen Kotb and Rana Ismail, along with the English quartet of
Saran Nghiem, Katie Wells, Kiera Marshall and Asia Harris making up the
rest of the top eight seeds for the women’s competition.
England’s Tom Walsh will be the top seed in the men’s event, with
Spain’s Ivan Perez, last year’s runner-up in Gibraltar, as the No.2 seed
for the competition. His compatriot Edmon Lopez will be the No.3 seed,
with 2018 Gibraltar Open victor, Austria’s Aqeel Rehman, making up the
rest of the top four seeds in the men’s event.
England’s Ben Smith and Stuart MacGregor, along with Belgium’s Joeri
Hapers and Welshman Elliott Morris Devred, will also be seeded for the
tournament, while Englishman James Peach, the victor at the Austrian
Open on Saturday afternoon in Salzburg, will be unseeded for the event,
and one to watch in the opening round.
The event takes place from Wednesday, July 13 to Saturday, July 16 at
the Europa Sports Centre in Europa Point, Gibraltar.
For more information on the event, visit the tournament
website or follow
PSA Challenger Events on Twitter or Facebook. |
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