Women's Final:
[4] Yathreb Adel (Egy) bt [2] Birgit Coufal  (Aut) 
       11/8, 11/3, 11/2 (22m)
Men's Final:
[1] Olli Tuominen (Fin) bt [2] Karim Abdel Gawad  (Egy)
        10/12, 11/6, 12/14, 12/10, 11/8 (112m)

11-Feb, Semis:
It's a fifth Finnish title for Olli in Mikkeli
Poku Salo reports

The men’s final was a replay of last year’s final between defending champion Olli Tuominen and last year’s runner-up Karim Abdel Gawad.

A tough match with lots of lets and arguing with the referee. Both players had their moments and the outcome was not to be predicted until the last ball was played.

In the end it was Olli Tuominen who came out as the winner and secured his fifth Finnish Open title.

The women’s new champion is Yathreb Adel of Egypt. The fourth seed only need 22 minutes to take the title against Austria’s second seed Birgit Coufal.
  

7/11, 11/6, 11/2, 11/4 (43m)

[Q] Rasmus Nielsen

 10/12, 11/6,  12/14, 12/10, 11/8 (112m)

[2] Karim Abdel Gawad

11/7, 11/3, 11/5 (30m)

[2] Karim Abdel Gawad

07-FEb, Qualifying Finals:

Mohamed Abouelghar (Egy) bt Zahed Mohamed (Egy)  11-7, 12-10, 11-8
Aqeel Rehman (Aut) bt Joan Lezaud (Fra)   8-11, 11-8, 15-13, 9-11, 11-4
Rasmus Nielsen (Den) bt  Nathan Lake (Eng)                 11-8, 11-5, 11-6
Evan Williams (Nzl) bt Greg Lobban (Sco)            11-5, 15-13, 4-11, 11-2

06-Feb, Qualifying Round One:

Mohamed Abouelghar (Egy) bt Michael Harris (Eng)       11/8 13/11 11/8 (29”)
Zahed Mohamed (Egy) bt Robert Downer (Eng)             11/5 11/1 11/8 (26”)
Joan Lezaud (Fra) bt Reiko Peter (Sui)                  9/11 11/9 11/7 11/7 (55”)
Aqeel Rehman (Aut) bt Jaakko Vähämaa (Fin)               11/8 11/2 11/2 (34”)
Rasmus Nielsen (Den) bt Tatu Knuutila (Fin)                  11/0 11/3 11/1 (19”)
Nathan Lake (Eng) bt Kristian Rautiainen (Fin)               11/6 11/5 11/6 (30”)
Greg Lobban (Sco) bt Alex Ingham (Eng)                     11/7 11/7 11/9 (44”)
Evan Williams (Nzl) bt Matias Tuomi (Fin)            11/4 9/11 12/10 11/5 (53”)

11/6, 11/4, 11/7 (27m)

[4] Yathreb Adel

11/8, 11/3, 11/2 (22m)

[2] Birgit Coufal

3/11, 11/6, 11/8, 11/5 (27m)

[2] Birgit Coufal

Home favorite Olli Tuominen will go for his fifth Finnish title on Monday in Mikkeli when he meets last year's runner-up Karim Abdel Gawad of Egypt.

In today's semifinals Tuominen did not get off as well as expected and the surprise semifinalist Rasmus Nielsen took the first game. In the second game Tuominen got his game under control and he took the three following games quite comfortably.

Gawad made his way to the final with a clear three game victory over fellow egytian Karim Al Fathi in 30 minutes.

In the women's event top seed Lotte Eriksen of Norway was beaten in 27 minutes by fourth seed Yathreb Adel of Egypt. The 16 year old Adel dominated the match from start to finish and the was never a question who would go to the final.

The other semifinal was a more evenly contested match between 2nd and 3rd seeds Birgit Coufal of Autstria and Victoria Bell of England, with Coufal gaining revenge for her loss to Bell in Edinburgh last month.

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08-Feb, Round One:
Top Finns to meet in Savcor Quarters
Poku Salo reports

A long awaited match between the top two Finns will take place on Saturday in the quarterfinals of the Savcor Finnish Open in Mikkeli.

Olli Tuominen was tested by qualifier Aqeel Rehman from Austria and it took four hard fought games before top-seeded Tuominen secured the victory.

Henrik Mustonen faced lucky loser Joan Lezaud from France and managed to take the match in 19 minutes.

Two qualifiers, Rasmus Nielsen from Denmark and Mohamed Abouelghar from Egypt reached the quarters. Nielksen faces fourth seed Jan Koukal while Aboulghar faces fellow Egyptian Karim Abdel Gawad, the second seed.

The women’s draw also got under way with 12 players. The four top seeds had a bye and two seeds went out on the first day - Emilia Soini (8) was beaten by Katie Smith and Belen Echechoury (6) by Saara Valtola from Mikkeli.