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Egyptian People
Tournament 2011
07-12 Aug, Cairo, $10k |
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Final:
[1] Karim Abdel Gawad bt [4] Ali Farag
6/11, 12/10, 11/9,
6/11, 11/8 |
Gawad Is Egyptian People Champion
 Karim Abdel Gawad claimed the sixth PSA
World Tour title of his career after overcoming fellow Egyptian Ali Farag in
the final of the inaugural Egyptian People Tournament, the PSA Challenger 10
squash event at the Heliopolis Club in Cairo.
For the second time in the tournament, the 20-year-old favourite dropped the
opening game as Farag, the third seed from Cairo, bid to record the first
ever win over his fellow countryman.
 But Alexandria-born Gawad fought back to take the next two games before
Farag again reclaimed the upper hand to draw level.
World No38 Gawad was able to reassert his authority in the decider, however,
and kept his lower-ranked opponent at bay to record his 6-11, 12-10, 11-9,
6-11, 11-8 victory.
The title triumph marks not only Gawad's first of the year, but his first
Tour success on home soil.
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 Egyptian
People 2011
07-12 Aug, Cairo, $10k |
Round One
09 Aug |
Quarters
10 Aug |
Semis
11 Aug |
Final
12 Aug |
[1] Karim Abdel Gawad (Egy)
11-5/11-3/11-2
Amr Swelim (Ita) |
[1] Karim Abdel Gawad
11-13, 11-7, 11-9, /11-5
Wael Farag |
[1] Karim Abdel Gawad
11-8, 11-6, 6-11, 11-8
[3] Andrew Wagih |
[1] Karim Abdel Gawad
6/11, 12/10, 11/9, 6/11, 11/8
[4] Ali Farag |
Wael Farag (Egy)
11-9/11-13- rtd
Ahmed Hawas (Egy) |
Omar Khaled Kheirallah (Egy)
11-4/11/6-11/7
Mazen Gamal (Egy) |
Mazen Gamal
11-6, 12-10, 11/7
[3] Andrew Wagih |
[Q] Mohamed Elkamash (Egy)
11/7-11/7-3/11-11/5
[3] Andrew Wagih (Egy) |
[4] Ali Farag (Egy)
11/7-11/8-11/9
[Q] Karim Elhammamy (Egy) |
[4] Ali Farag
11/3, 12/10, 11/8
Omar Abdel Meguid |
[4] Ali Farag
11-1, 11-13, 11-3, 11-6
Marwan El Shorbagy |
Omar Abdel Meguid (Egy)
11/2-9-11/11/4-11/8
[Q] Fares Dessouky (Egy) |
Ahmad Alzabidi (Jor)
11/4-11-4/11-7
Marwan El Shorbagy (Egy) |
Marwan El Shorbagy
8-11, 3-11, 11-4, 11-7, 11-8
[Q] Karim Aly |
[Q] Karim Aly (Egy)
6-11/16/14-11/8-11/8
[2] Omar Abdel Aziz (Egy) |
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08-Aug, Qualifying Finals:
Karim Elhammamy bt Ahmed Elsraj
11/8- 8/11-7/11-11/8-11/5
Mohamed Elkamash btAhmed Atef 11/6-11/9-11/8
Karim Aly bt Moustafa Bayoumy 11/8-11/6-11/8
Fares Dessouky bt Zahedan Mohamed 14/12-11/3-4/11-6/11-11/9.
07-Aug, Qualifying Round One:
Ahmed Atef bt. Pablo Rowden
w/o
Zahed Shereen bt. Islam El Feiy
11/8, 11/6, 11/6
Moustafa Bayoumi bt. Mazen Hisham
8/11, 11/9, 11/6, 7/11, 11/9
Ahmed Serrag bt. Ahmed Abd El Latif
12/10, 11/7, 8/11, 6/11, 11/6
Kareem EL Hamammy bt. Tarek Salah
11/7, 7/11, 11/6, 11/8
Fares El Dessouky bt. Hossam Nasser
11/7, 11/8, 11/6
Mohamed El Amash bt. Mohamed Essam El Sherif
12/10, 11/8, 11/9
Karim Aly bt Bassem Makram
11/4, 12/10, 11/7
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Demi-Finals:
All-Egyptian Final in Cairo
Karim Abdel Gawad
and Ali Farag will meet in an all-Egyptian final of the
inaugural Egyptian People Tournament after four-game victories in
the semi-finals at
the Heliopolis Club in Cairo.
Third seed Farag ended the run of unseeded compatriot Marwan El
Shorbagy, the 18-year-old from Alexandria who has been enjoying an
impressive run on the PSA Tour since becoming the world junior
champion last month.
But Farag, the 19-year-old world No73 from Cairo, beat fellow
teenager El Shorbagy - now ranked five places higher - 11-1, 11-13,
11-3, 11-6 to reach the fourth Tour final of his career.
Gawad, the top seed, faced fellow Cairo-based Andrew Wagih Shoukry,
the No4 seed. The 20-year-old world No38 overcame Shoukry 11-8,
11-6, 6-11, 11-8 to reach the eighth final of his career.
But whilst Gawad is celebrating his first final appearance of the
year - and his first on home soil - his final opponent Farag will be
looking for his third Tour title of 2011. |
10-Aug, Quarters:
Marwan makes Cairo Quarters
Egyptian teenager Marwan El Shorbagy
became the only unseeded player to reach the quarter-finals of
the inaugural Egyptian People Tournament after beating compatriot
Karim Ali Fathi in the quarter-finals at the Heliopolis Club in
Cairo.
Fathi, a qualifier, made his breakthrough in the opening round where
he knocked out second seed Omar Abdel Aziz.
And the 18-year-old from Cairo took the opening two games against El
Shorbagy, also 18, but ranked more than 130 places higher in the
world rankings.
But El Shorbagy, the recently-crowned world junior champion, dug
deep and took control of the match to draw level
before claiming victory in an 8-11, 3-11, 11-4, 11-7, 11-8 scoreline.
El Shorbagy will now face third seed Ali Farag following the
19-year-old from Cairo's 11-3, 12-10, 11-8 win over fellow
countryman Omar Abdel Meguid.
The other semi will also be an all-Egyptian affair, between top seed
Karim Abdel Gawad and Andrew Shoukry, the fourth seed.
Gawad, the Alexandria-born world No38, recovered from a game to beat
Ali Farag's older brother Wael Farag 11-13, 11-7, 11-9, 11-5,
while Shoukry despatched Mazen Gamal 11-6, 12-10, 11-7.
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09-Aug, Round One:
Round One in Cairo
Egyptian teenager Karim Ali Fathi caused a sensational
upset in the inaugural Egyptian People Tournament when he beat
second-seeded compatriot Omar Abdel Aziz in the opening round at the Heliopolis
Club in Cairo.
Experienced Aziz, the 27-year-old world No45 from Cairo, took the
opening game. But 18-year-old Fathi, a qualifier coached in the UK
by former England international Phil Whitlock, survived a lengthy
second tie-break game before going on to close out the match 6-11,
16-14, 11-8, 11-8 and record one of the best wins of his career.
Fathi will now face another rising star of Egyptian squash Marwan
El Shorbagy. The 18-year-old from Alexandria, who became the
world junior champion in considerable style last month in Belgium,
took just three games to dismiss Jordan's Ahmad Alzabidi 11-4, 11-4,
11-7 to earn a place in the Tour event's quarter-finals.
Event favourite Karim Abdel Gawad cruised into the last
eight. The Cairo-based 20-year-old despatched Cairo-born Italian Amr
Swelim 11-5, 11-3, 11-2 and will now take on fellow countryman
Wael Farag for a place in the semi-finals.
08-Aug, Qualifying Finals:
Night for the Juniors in Cairo
Hatem Hassan reports
It was a night for rising juniors in qualifying finals for the
Egyptian People tournament at Cairo's prestigious Helipoplis Club.
We started with rising Egyptian star Karim Elhammamy. Just 15
years old he managed to clinch a place in the main draw in his first
experience in a psa event, beating the Asian junior champion
Ahmed Elsraj from Jordan after a marathon full of nice shots
from both players especially from Karim. It was like a print out
from the legendary ashour brothers maybe because he used to be with
them in and out court, they are team mates. 11/8-
8/11-7/11-11/8-11/5.
The second match was between two Egyptians, the experienced
Mohamed Elkamash got past Ahmed Atef in three straight
games nice and easy 11/6-11/9-11/8.
The third match was between two under 19 stars - Karim Aly
beat his team mate, the tiring Moustafa Bayoumy
11/8-11/6-11/8 in a one way match for Karim.
The Last match was the good end to the day, it was 74 minutes full
of actions, flicks, stretches and all the tactics and tricks you can
imagine in squash between the gentleman Zahedan Mohamed, 19
years old,and the young stallion Fares Dessouky 17 years old,
who won 14/12-11/3-4/11-6/11-11/9. It was obvious that fares had a
good coaching from his experienced coach Sheeren Adel which give him
the advantage in the critical points .
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