Greg Gaultier

Two Egyptians in the Qatar semis already!

Four semi-finals have been played already with very different results. That Malaysian World No.1 Nicol David would shake off Australian Kasey Brown (11-6, 12-10, 11-7); nobody would take a bet against it. But that the 17-years-old Nour El Tayeb (pic le...

No worries so far in Qatar!

Four 2nd round matches have been played yet and none of the lower seeded players could go through. In the encounter of the “lefties” Amr Shabana (EGY) beat Adrian Grant (ENG) quite comfortable 11-7, 11-9, 11-9 in 36 minutes. Followed by England’s...

Mosaad downs El Hindi in Qatar!

Four games more took place in Qatar today. 3 seeded players had more problems, than they expected, one had big problems and lost. While Greg Gaultier (FRA) got back from one game down to beat the 19-year-old Egyptian qualifier Karim Abdel Gawad 8-11, 1...

All-Egyptian final in Kuwait!

There were two very different games at the semi-finals stage. Amr Shabana (pic) and Greg Gaultier (pic) just battled it out for one game of 28 minutes high-intense squash, which was followed by an easy 2nd game. At 7:5 Gaultier had nothing left and con...

Willstrop downed Darwish to reach Kuwait semis!

England’s James Willstrop (pic front), No.6 seed in the Kuwait Open, had to fight 85 minutes to beat the Egyptian No.4 seed Karim Darwish to reach the semi-finals after 2004 for the 2nd time. His opponent will be world No.1 Ramy Ashour of Egypt, who ...

Selby scored the best win of his career!

While Daryl Selby celebrated the best win of his career when he recorded his first ever victory over England team-mate Nick Matthew, the 5th seeded Frenchman Greg Gaultier (pic red) beats England's Adrian Grant (pic blue) 11-3, 11-4, 11-6. Egyptians Am...

Seeds safely through in Kuwait!

At today’s 1st half of the 1st round all 8 seeded players got through. Only Swiss No.1 Nicolas Mueller was close to produce an upset, when he took 14th seed Englishman Adrian Grant to the full distance. Grant found the better end after 85 minutes and...

Lincou outs Shabana for semi-spot in El Gouna!

Veteran Frenchman Thierry Lincou (pic le) celebrated his 11th victory over career-long rival Amr Shabana (pic ri) in the quarters of the El Gouna International Open. Though the 34-year-old Lincou went into the match 10-13 down in their overall head-to-...