Finland’s Henrik Mustonen (pic) gave himself the best possible present on his 20th birthday when he beat Egypt’s Andrew Wagih Shoukry in the qualifying finals of the Qatar Classic to earn a place in his first PSA Super Series main draw, where he will now face Egypt’s No3 seed Karim Darwish. Yesterday’s birthday boy German Simon Rosner survived a 71 minutes encounter against Max Lee from Hong Kong to meet Englishman Peter Barker in the 1st round. Qualifying finals results: Tom Richards (ENG) bt Alan Clyne (SCO) 11-1, 12-10, 5-11, 11-9 (54m), Nicolas Mueller (SUI) bt Yann Perrin (FRA) 11-6, 11-7, 11-2 (26m), Simon Rosner (GER) bt Max Lee (HKG) 11-6, 12-10, 5-11, 3-11, 11-7 (71m), Stephen Coppinger (RSA) bt Campbell Grayson (NZL) 11-1, 11-2, 11-3 (29m), Borja Golan (ESP) bt Aaron Frankcomb (AUS) 11-13, 11-5, 11-5, 2-11, 11-5 (105m), Henrik Mustonen (FIN) bt Andrew Wagih Shoukry (EGY) 11-7, 10-12, 14-12, 11-8 (57m), Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY) bt Martin Knight (NZL) 15-13, 11-5, 11-8 (41m), Omar Abdel Aziz (EGY) bt Julien Balbo (FRA) 11-6, 9-11, 12-10, 11-9 (70m).
