Category: "tournaments"
August 9, 2010 •
Tags: Amr Shabana, David Palmer, Greg Gaultier, Manchester, Nick Matthew, PSA, Ramy Ashour, ROWE British Grand Prix, Thierry Lincou • Categories: all posts, players, tournaments
A star-studded field, boasting six World No.1’s, four World Champion and eight players from the current world’s top 10, will compete in the ROWE British Squash Grand Prix, to be staged in Manchester, England from the 15th to 20th September. England’s World No.1 Nick Matthew leads a high-quality international field including Egyptian’s Ramy Ashour (pic ri) and Amr Shabana, Frenchmen Gregory Gaultier and Thierry Lincou, and Australian David Palmer (pic le). With James Willstrop, Daryl Selby, Adrian Grant and Alister Walker 4 more English players complete the top 10.
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August 8, 2010 •
Tags: Egypt, Men's World Junior Squash Championships, Pakistan, Quito, WSF • Categories: all posts, teams, tournaments
In a dramatic climax at the Men’s World Junior Team Championship in Quito, top seeds Egypt beat defending champions Pakistan 2/1 to win the title for the 3rd time after 1994 and 2006. New world individual champion Amr Khaled Khalifa put the favourites into the lead after beating Pakistan no.1 Danish Atlas Khan (11-3, 11-9, 11-3). 2nd seeds Pakistan levelled when Nasir Iqbal overcame individual runner-up Ali Farag 11-8, 6-11, 11-7, 2-11, 11-8 in a dramatic 65-minute encounter. 17-year-old Marwan El Shorbagy decided the match, when he beat 18-year-old Pakistani Farhan Zaman 11-5, 4-11, 11-9, 11-9. Canada the 5th seeds celebrated their best finish since 1992 after upsetting 3rd seeds and former champions England 2/1 in the bronze medal play-off.
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August 7, 2010 •
Tags: Egypt, Men's World Junior Squash Championships, Pakistan, Quito, WSF • Categories: all posts, teams, tournaments
Egypt and Pakistan will meet in the Men’s World Junior Team Championship final for the fourth time in a row. The two top seeded teams won the semi-finals in the Ecuador capital Quito in contrasting styles. Favourites Egypt defeated surprise semi-finalist Canada, the 5th seeds, 3/0. The win takes Egypt, champions in 1994 and 2006, into the world final for the 8th. Title-holders Pakistan had a harder time claiming their place in the climax, having to fight back from a match down to beat former champions England, the third seeds, 2/1.
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August 6, 2010 •
Tags: Canada, Men's World Junior Squash Championships, Quito, WSF • Categories: all posts, teams, tournaments
Canada upset fourth seeds India in the quarter-finals of the Men’s World Junior Team Squash Championship. With their 2/1 victory Canada ensured a top 4 position in the event for the first time since 1992. Canada will face now favourites and former champions (2006) Egypt, who brushed aside 7th seeds France 3/0, for a place in the final. Defending champions Pakistan and former champions (2000) England will meet in the 2nd semi-final. Pakistan, the 2nd seeds, crushed Germany 3/0, while England, the 3rd seeds, defeated outsiders New Zealand 3/0.
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August 5, 2010 •
Tags: Men's World Junior Squash Championships, New Zealand, Quito, WSF • Categories: all posts, teams, tournaments
11th seeds New Zealand stormed into the quarter-finals of the Men’s World Junior Team Squash Championship after defeating Venezuela 3/0 in the Ecuador capital Quito. Already guaranteed to record their best finish since 2004, New Zealand will now face 3rd seeds England in the last eight. England beat British rivals Wales 3/0. Egypt and Pakistan, expected to face each other in the final for the 4th successive time, eased into the last eight. Top seeds Egypt defeated Colombia 3/0 – while 2nd seeds Pakistan conquered Korea by the same margin. Germany also exceeded their seedings to make sure of a top eight finish. The 9th seeds beat former champions Australia 2/1.
Mundial Junior de Squash 2010 – Quito – Ecuador
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Mundial Junior de Squash 2010
August 4, 2010 •
Tags: Men's World Junior Squash Championships, Quito, WSF • Categories: all posts, teams, tournaments
After claiming gold, silver and bronze medals in the individual competition, favourites Egypt made a powerful start in the Men’s World Junior Team Squash Championship in Quito. With two 3/0 victories over Ireland and South Korea Ali Farag, Zahed Mohamed and Marwan El Shorbagy ensured a winning finish in Pool A. Egypt could easily afford to give World Champion Amr Khaled Khalifa break on the opening day. Also 2dn seeds and titleholder Pakistan, 3rn seeds England and 4th seeds India did not face any problems in the pool matches so far.
Mundial Junior de Squash 2010 – Quito – Ecuador
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Mundial Junior de Squash 2010
August 3, 2010 •
Tags: Alister Walker, Greg Gaultier, James Willstrop, Manchester, Nick Matthew, ROWE British Grand Prix, Thierry Lincou • Categories: all posts, players, tournaments
After world no.1 Nick Matthew consents, four more top players have confirmed their participation in the ROWE British Grand Prix in Manchester. The two Frenchman former world no.1 Greg Gaultier (pic ri) and World Champion 2004 Thierry Lincou plus the two English stars James Willstrop (pic le) and Alister Walker have decided to attend from the 15th to the 20th in Manchester.
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August 2, 2010 •
Tags: Ali Farag, Amr Khaled Khalifa, Men's World Junior Squash Championships, Quito, WSF • Categories: all posts, players, tournaments
Amr Khaled Khalifa overcame fellow countryman Ali Farag in the final of the Men’s World Junior Squash Championship after he dropped the 1st game to his opponent. In the battle between the two teenagers from Cairo, 17-year-old Khalifa began to take control over 18-year-old Farag to win in four games (8-11, 11-9, 12-10, 11-7) after 60 minutes. Khalifa became now the 6th Egyptian winner of World Junior Champion title in its 17th year. Before him it was Mohamed El Shorbagy (2009, 2008), Ramy Ashour (2006, 2004), Karim Darwish (2000), Ahmed Faizy (1996) and Ahmed Barada (1994).
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