2011

Momen downs Matthew in a day of upsets!

October 18, 2011 • Tags: , , , , , , • Categories: all posts, tournaments

It was the Egyptian Tarek Momen (pic re) who took the biggest scalp in today’s 2nd round action in the Qatar Classic as he overcome World No1 Nick Matthew (ENG, pic le) in straight games 11-9, 12-10, 11-8. Two more upsets have been produced as Swiss Champion Nicolas Mueller beat Malaysian Azlan Iskandar by coming back from 1:2 games down to take the 11-8, 7-11, 8-11, 11-7, 11-6 victory. Finally Stewart Boswell had the upper hand in the all-Australian encounter against 8th seed David Palmer (11-8, 4-11, 11-6, 5-11, 11-5). Further 2nd round results: [6] Gregory Gaultier (FRA) bt [Q] Siddharth Suchde (IND) 11-3, 11-3, 11-8 (44m); [3] Karim Darwish (EGY) bt [Q] Henrik Mustonen (FIN) 11-4, 11-5, 11-5 (28m); [4] James Willstrop (ENG) bt Simon Rosner (GER) 11-5, 11-2, 14-12 (47m); [7] Peter Barker (ENG) bt Thierry Lincou (FRA) 11-6, 11-3, 11-9 (57m); Cameron Pilley (AUS) bt Tom Richards (ENG) 11-7, 11-2, 13-11 (54m).

Ramy retires in Qatar first round match!

October 18, 2011 • Tags: , , , , , • Categories: all posts, tournaments

England’s unseeded Tom Richards (pic le) secured a surprise place in the last 16 round of the Qatar Classic after 2nd seed Ramy Ashour (pic ri) conceded their 1st round match in Doha after just 18 minutes. Richards goes on to face Cameron Pilley after the world No16 from Australia saw off India’s world No32 Saurav Ghosal 11-6, 12-10, 11-7. Further 1st round results (bottom half): [4] James Willstrop (ENG) bt [Q] Mohammed Abbas (EGY) 11-6, 11-4, 11-3 (30m); Simon Rosner (GER) bt [Q] Chris Ryder (ENG) 11-6, 11-4, 7-11, 11-5 (56m); Thierry Lincou (FRA) bt Hisham Mohamed Ashour (EGY) 9-11, 7-11, 11-9, 11-6, 11-6 (62m); [7] Peter Barker (ENG) bt Ong Beng Hee (MAS) 11-6, 11-6, 9-11, 11-2 (63m); [8] David Palmer (AUS) bt Alan Clyne (SCO) 12-10, 11-9, 7-11, 11-4 (56m); Stewart Boswell (AUS) bt [Q] Marwan El Shorbagy (EGY) 11-7, 11-8, 11-2 (35m).

World Open live chat with Dutch star Laurens Jan Anjema!

October 17, 2011 • Tags: , , , , , , • Categories: all posts, players, tournaments

World’s No12 and Dutch hope for the upcoming World Open in Rotterdam (28th October to 6th of November) will be interviewed live today between 12:00 and 13:00 (CET). All squash fans are able to ask Anjema questions via facebook, which will be answered live by the Dutch Champion. The whole action will be live on www.livestream.com/squashlifetv – come on check this out and get your questions ready you ever wanted to ask.

Mueller outs Shabana in Qatar!

October 16, 2011 • Tags: , , , , , • Categories: all posts, tournaments

Swiss star Nicolas Mueller (pic le) took his biggest scalp as he downs 4-times World Champion Amr Shabana (EGY, bic ri) in the 1st round of the Qatar Classic in straight games 11-6, 11-7, 11-4. “It was probably the best match I played in my life, even if I realized that Shabana was not 100%”, said Mueller. Further 1st round results (top half): [1] Nick Matthew (ENG) bt Aamir Atlas Khan (PAK) 11-9, 11-4, 11-4 (38m); Tarek Momen (Egy) bt [Q] Omar Abdel Aziz (Egy) 15-13, 11-8, 11-5 (47m); [Q] Siddharth Suchde (IND) bt Mohd Ali Anwar Reda (EGY) 11-8, 11-6, 9-11, 11-1 (64m); [6] Gregory Gaultier (FRA) bt [Q] Mohamed Abouelghar (EGY) 11-8, 11-3, 11-4 (30m); Mohd Azlan Iskandar (MAS) bt [WC] Abdulla Mohd Al Tamimi (QAT) 11-9, 11-4, 11-4 (24m); [Q] Henrik Mustonen (FIN) bt Olli Tuominen (FIN) 4-0 rtd (2m); [3] Karim Darwish (EGY) bt [Q] Kamran Khan (MAS) 11-2, 11-2, 11-2 (20m).

Khan overpowered Barrington in Qatar!

October 15, 2011 • Tags: , , , , • Categories: all posts, tournaments

Malaysian Kamran Khan and Englishman Joey Barrington (pic) had the longest match in the qualifying finals of the Qatar Classic in Doha. After 90 minutes Khan won 11-8, 11-7, 9-11, 9-11, 11-8 to play now Karim Darwish. Further matches: Siddarth Suchde (Ind) bt Matthew Karwalski 9-11, 11-4, 11-6, 12-10 (57m) – plays Reda; Mohamed Abouelgar (Egy) bt Yann Perrin (Fra) 9-11, 13-11, 11-7, 11-8 (52m) – plays Gaultier; Chris Ryder (Eng) bt Muhd Asyraf Azan (Mas) 11-6, 11-4, 11-2 (40m) – plays Rosner; Omar Abdel Aziz (Egy) bt Jaymie Haycocks (Eng) 11-6, 7-11, 11-4, 11-3 (50m) – plays Momen; Henrik Mustonen (Fin) bt Robbie Temple (Eng) 11-4, 11-4, 11-4 (31m) – plays Tuominen; Marwan El Shorbagy (Egy) bt Mazen Gamal (Egy) 11-8, 11-9, 11-9 (40m) – plays Boswell; Mohammed Abbas (Egy) bt Farhan Mehboob (Pak) 12-10, 12-10, 11-7 (38m) – plays Willstrop.

World Open draw pictures!

October 13, 2011 • Tags: , , , , , • Categories: all posts, tournaments

Two days ago the World Open draw took place at the hotel New York in Rotterdam. The gallery shows the 1st pictures of the World Open 2011 action, which takes place in Rotterdam’s Victoria Squash Club and the Luxor Theatre (28th of October to the 6th of November).

Anjema masters Mosaad in California final!

October 12, 2011 • Tags: , , , , • Categories: all posts, players, tournaments

The longest match of the championship brought the inaugural NetSuite Open to a close when Laurens Jan Anjema (pic) held off Omar Mosaad in a tie-break decider to win the PSA World Tour title in Stanford, USA.

The 3rd seeded 23-year-old Egyptian soon opened up a 2-game lead against Dutchman Anjema, the world No12 ranked just a single place higher. Anjema was able to level. The 5th games was nip and tuck all the way through. Anjema had the 1st match-ball at 10-9 which Mosaad saved and proceeded 2 match-balls of his own – at 11-10 and 12-11.

The drama continued as Anjema again levelled the match before gaining his 2nd championship-ball after 100 minutes (7-11, 7-11, 11-8, 11-5, 14-12).

Adel celebrates historic WISPA win in Kuwait!

October 11, 2011 • Tags: , , • Categories: all posts, tournaments

Egypt’s 15-year-old Yathreb Adel (pic ri) has made history by becoming the youngest winner of 2 WISPA World Tour titles after clinching the Sheikha Al Saad Open in Hawally, Kuwait.

Incredibly, it was only two weeks ago that compatriot Nour El Sherbini set the record. Two months before her 16th birthday, El Sherbini despatched all-comers to win the Alexandria International Open, her 2nd Tour title.

But, after lifting the Swiss Open crown in March, Adel swept through the WISPA World Tour 8 field at the Sheikha Al Saad Open, beating top seed Emma Beddoes en-route to the final where she defeated England’s higher-ranked Lauren Selby (pic le) 11-5, 8-11, 11-9, 11-9 in 45 minutes.