Momen downs Matthew in a day of upsets!

Tarek Momen (EGY) bt Nick Matthew (ENG) 11-9, 12-10, 11-8 in the 2nd round of the Qatar Classic 2011

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).