Nicol David (pic ri) and Azlan Iskandar (pic le) kept hopes alive in the Malaysian Open, when both took straight games quarter-final victories. World no.1 Nicol David, looking for her sixth successive title, eased in 29 minutes to an 11-4, 11-4, 11-8 win over French Camille Serme. Iskandar just needed 12 minutes more to overcome Pakistani Aamir Atlas Khan 11-7, 11-8, 11-2. Beside this qualifier Raneem El Weleily extended her giant-killing run with a 5-games win over England’s 8th seed Laura Massaro. 7th seed Tarek Momen fought back from two games down to beat Australian 3rd seed Stewart Boswell 7-11, 10-12, 11-8, 11-3, 11-5. Women’s semi-final line-up: [1] Nicol David (MAS) v [4] Alison Waters (ENG) and [2] Jenny Duncalf (ENG) v [Q] Raneem El Weleily (EGY). Men’s semi-final line-up: [1] Mohamed El Shorbagy (EGY) v [7] Tarek Momen (EGY) and [4] Mohd Azlan Iskandar (MAS) v [Q] Farhan Mehboob (PAK).
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July 22, 2010 •
Tags: Malaysia, Malaysian Open, PSA, WISPA • Categories: all posts, tournaments
The opening round of the Malaysian Open produced a series of upsets in Kuala Lumpur. The Egyptian qualifier Raneem El Weleily (pic) defeats the third seed Rachael Grinham in the women’s draw (12-10, 14-16, 11-9, 12-10). Laura Massaro, the No8 seed had to call upon all her experience to defeat 18-year-old Indian qualifier Dipika Pallikal (9-11, 11-9, 9-11, 11-8, 11-9). Two further women’s upsets saw Tour stalwarts Natalie Grainger and Madeline Perry make unexpectedly early exits against unseeded Low Wee Wern and Camille Serme. Only upset in the men’s draw was the defeat of Australian’s Cameron Pilley by the Pakistan qualifier Farhan Mehboob.
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July 21, 2010 •
Tags: Manchester, PSA, ROWE British Grand Prix • Categories: all posts, tournaments
Today sees the unveiling of www.BritishSquashGrandPrix.com the official website of the ROWE British Grand Prix Squash Championships 2010 which will be staged from the 15th to 20th September in Manchester, England. “The site has been designed to provide interesting content for all levels of squash fan, as well as important event information. The site will be the definitive source of information for all matters relating to the championships and through strong and consistent event branding will redefine and present the championships in a way that differs from other squash events”, said Peter Schmidl, Event and Media Manager for the ROWE British Grand Prix.![]()
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July 20, 2010 •
Tags: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysian Open, Mohamed El Shorbagy, Nicol David, PSA, WISPA • Categories: all posts, tournaments
The Cimb Malaysian Open is the next event to come on world tour. With Nicol David, Ong Beng Hee and Azlan Iskandar Malaysian home hopes are shared between the women’s and the men’s draw. While David is seeded to win her 6th consecutive Malaysian Open title, Beng Hee and Iskandar are just about no. 4 and 5, with an Egyptian leading the men’s draw. It’s the first time, World no.14 Mohamed El Shorbagy (pic) heads a PSA 5 Star event in his career, after no top-10 player did enter the tournament.
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