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The top 4 seeds made it through to the semi-finals of the Goiania Open in Brazil after surviving contrasting quarter-finals. Hopes for local success were kept firmly alive when top seed Rafael F Alarcon (pic) booked his place in the last 4 without lifting a racket. After producing a notable upset in the previous round, English qualifier Steven London was unable take his Goiania bid any further, and conceded the match to Alarcon due to an injury. Brazilian Alarcon, the world No52 will now face Yann Perrin for a place in the final after the 3rd-seeded Frenchman despatched Paraguay’s Esteban Casarino 8-11, 11-4, 11-4, 11-6. Malaysia’s Kamran Khan took more than an hour to overcome South African Clinton Leeuw 12-10, 11-7, 5-11, 11-6. The 4th seed moves forward to line up against No2 seed Campbell Grayson. The 25-year-old New Zealander brushed aside Argentina qualifier Hernan D’Arcangelo 11-6, 11-1, 11-4.
The popular Egyptian Red Sea resort of Hurghada is preparing to welcome 4 former world No1s, who will compete in the 2011 Hurghada International which gets underway on an all-glass court tomorrow following today’s completion of qualifying in Cairo. Egypt’s world No2 Ramy Ashour (pic) is seeded to win the men’s event for the 4th year in a row. Ashour is expected to meet 2nd seed Karim Dawish in a repeat of last year’s final. But the two Egyptian stars are expected to face stiff competition from a pair of Frenchmen who have also topped the world rankings: Greg Gaultier and Thierry Lincou are the third and fourth seeds. Men’s qualifying finals: Simon Roesner (GER) bt Andrew Wagih Shoukry (EGY) 11-9, 21-19, 11-3 (74m); Mohammed Abbas (EGY) bt Amr Khaled Khalifa (EGY) 12-10, 11-7, 11-2 (38m); Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY) bt Omar Abdel Meguid (EGY) 13-11, 11-7, 11-2 (27m); Nicolas Müller (SUI) bt Stephane Galifi (ITA) 12-10, 8-11, 11-9, 11-6 (50m).
Amr Khaled Khalifa (pic) and Heba El Torky made it a home nation double in the Egyptian Circuit No1 after winning the finals of the inaugural international squash circuit in Cairo. Unseeded Khalifa continued his giant-killing run through the men’s event by despatching 2nd-seeded fellow countryman Omar Abdel Aziz, the world No42, in straight games (11-7, 11-9, 11-7). The final of the women’s event was a more dramatic affair, in which South African outsider Siyoli Waters twice led the Egyptian favourite in a bid to win her maiden Tour title. But El Torky, the 20-year-old world No36 from Alexandria, held her nerve to keep 4th-seeded Waters at bay. And after 59 minutes, the Egyptian clinched victory over her 28-year-old opponent, winning 6-11, 11-8, 9-11, 11-4, 11-5.
South African Siyoli Waters (pic) avoid all-Egyptian finals in the Egyptian Circuit No1 after upsetting 2nd seed Kanzy Emad El-Defrawy, the world No41, in 5 games (7-11, 13-11, 11-3, 4-11, 11-7). Now the world No64 Waters will face favourite Heba El Torky, the world No36, who had to come back from a game down to beat England’s 3rd seed Emily Whitlock, the 17-year-old European junior champion, 8-11, 11-5, 11-2, 11-3. Unseeded Amr Khaled Khalifa will face 2nd seed Omar Abdel Aziz in the final of the men’s event after the Egyptian pair survived contrasting semi-finals. Khalifa, the reigning world junior champion, needed 54 minutes to overcome compatriot Omar Abdel Meguid, also unseeded, 6-11, 11-5, 11-2, 11-2. Aziz, the world No42, made it into the final after just a few points into the 2nd game of the other semi when his Italian opponent Amr Swelim retired injured with the score at 11-2, 1-3.
Now we are able to provide you with the video “Backstage with Black & White Worms” where David Palmer and his team are starting the title celebration …
German play-offs: Taufkirchen (Sina Wall, Gaby Schmohl and Astrid Kern) won the women’s for the 3rd time in a row by beating Rosenheim (Kathrin Hauck, Franziska Hennes and Laura Kutsch) 2-1. B&W Worms (David Palmer, Jens Schoor, André Haschker and Carsten Schoor) took the men’s title for the 1st time, while the big favorite Paderborn (James Willstrop, Simon Rosner, Norman Junge and Cederic Lenz) was kicked out in the semis by the surprising finalist Hamborn (Tom Richards, Rudi Rohrmuller, Raphael Kandra and Marc Hoerning). Worms beat Koblenz (Laurens Jan Anjema, Stefan Leifels, Johannes Voit and Markus Voit) in the 2nd semi-final 3-1. The men’s final was in full control of Palmer’s team while he beat Tom Richards 3-1, Carsten Schoor overrun Marc Hoerning 3-0 and André Haschker downed Raphael Kandra 3-1. The last match (best of 3) between Jens Schoor and Rudi Rohrmüller was won 2-1 by Rohrmuller.
While Australia’s Rachael Grinham (pic green) returns to the top 3 in the new May Women’s World Squash Rankings, her younger sister Natalie Grinham (pic red) also bounces back into the top 20 after the birth of her first child last year. Malaysian Nicol David extends her lead at the top of the list after winning the Cayman Islands Open crown for the 3rd successive year last month – and boosting her career WISPA Tour haul to 52 titles. But though England’s Jenny Duncalf holds onto 2nd place, Rachael Grinham leapfrogs Ireland’s Madeline Perry to take over the 3rd spot. May 2011 top 17 (inc. points average): 1 [1] Nicol David MAS 3348; 2 [2] Jenny Duncalf ENG 1654; 3 [4] Rachael Grinham AUS 1251; 4 [3] Madeline Perry IRL 1147; 5 [5] Alison Waters ENG 1132; 6 [6] Kasey Brown AUS 1021; 7 [7] Laura Massaro ENG 978; 8 [8] Omneya Abdel Kawy EGY 956; 9 [9] Camille Serme FRA 788; 10 [11] Annie Au HKG 771; 11 [10] Vanessa Atkinson NED 757; 12 [12] Raneem El Weleily EGY 669; 13 [16] Donna Urquhart AUS 594; 14 [14] Joelle King NZL 579; 15 [13] Low Wee Wern MAS 564; 16 [15] Jaclyn Hawkes NZL 536; 17 [32] Natalie Grinham NED 514.
10 minutes of great rallies in 2004 featured by the squash legends Jonathon Power, Amr Shabana, Peter Nicol, David Palmer, John White, Lee Beachill and Thierry Lincou. You’ve got to watch this … US Open Squash 2004 Highlights www.youtube.com Highlights from 2004, US Open Squash and other great tournaments …
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