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 NSCI Open 2015
01-06 Sep, Mumbai, India, $15k x2 |
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06-Sep, Finals:
[3] Joshana Chinappa (Ind) 3-0 [1] Habiba Mohamed (Egy)
11/8,
11/9, 11/6 (47m)
[1] Adrian Waller (Eng) 3-1 [3] Mahesh Masngaonkar (Ind)
11/9,
11/2, 12/14, 11/6 (61m)
Chinappa & Waller win in Mumbai
Match reports by Liesl Goecker, Circuit
Director
India's Joshana Chinappa beat top-seeded Egyptian Habiba
Mohamed to become the Women's NSCI Open champ in a 3-0 match.
 It
wasn't an easy match for Chinappa. She took the first game smoothly,
trading points with Mohamed throughout the first game but prevailing
11-8. Chinappa fell behind in the second, and at 1-3 Mohamed hit
Chinappa in the face in the follow-through of a huge swing.
Chinappa recovered from her bloody nose, and resumed play about 10
minutes later. Mohamed racked up a 6-2 lead while Chinappa found her
legs again. But at 6-9, the gritty Chinappa started clawing her way
back with a few lovely drops and took the game 11-9. The third game
saw a conduct warning for coaching to Mohamed at 1-2.
After that, the play opened up as both players kept up the pressure.
But three key unforced errors by Mohamed helped send the game and
match to Chinappa 11-8, 11-9, 11-6 in 47 minutes
"It was good. I think I played well," Chinappa said after the
match. "I was just thinking, 'I hope I don't have to not play'
because I was in so much pain. But it only lasted about 10 minutes.
Fortunately, I was quite warm and that helped me get back on court
faster. It all worked out. The crowd was great. They really helped."
Top seeded Englishman Adrian Waller denied the
home fans an Indian double as he beat Mahesh Mangaonkar 3-1 to
become the Men's NSCI Open champion.
Waller was in control from the start, particularly in the second
game when he gave up only two points to Mangaonkar. In the third
game, Mangaonkar came back in the third, playing a tight game in the
front court that drew out the errors from Waller and sent the game
his way 14-12.
But Waller refocused for the fourth, cut out the errors and moved
Mangaonkar all over the court to win the match and tournament 11-9,
11-2, 12-14, 11-6 in 61 minutes.
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Draws &
Results
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  NSCI
Open 2015
01-06 Sep, Mumbai, India, $15k |
Round One
03-Sep |
Quarters
04-Sep |
Semis
05-Sep |
Final
06-Sep |
[1] Adrian Waller (Eng)
11/4, 11/9, 10/12, 11/3 (75m)
Peter Creed (Wal) |
[1] Adrian Waller
11/6, 11/9, 11/6 (40m)
[5] Harinderpal Sandhu |
[1] Adrian Waller
11/3, 12/10, 15/13 (75m)
[Q] Karim El Hammamy |
[1] Adrian Waller
11/9, 11/2, 12/14, 11/6 (61m)
[3] Mahesh Mangaonkar |
[5] Harinderpal Sandhu (Ind)
11/2, 11/9, 7/11, 6/11, 11/7 (62m)
Joel Hinds (Eng) |
[7] Mohamed Reda (Egy)
11/6, 7/11, 11/3, 11/8 (49m)
[Q] Carlos Cornes (Esp) |
[7] Mohamed Reda
11/6, 6/11, 11/7, 11/7 (64m)
[Q] Karim El Hammamy |
[4] Tsz Fung Yip (Hkg)
15/13, 11/9, 11/7 (50m)
[Q] Karim El Hammamy (Egy) |
[wc] Kush Kumar (Ind)
11/5, 11/6, 11/3 (40m)
[3] Mahesh Mangaonkar (Ind) |
[3] Mahesh Mangaonkar
8/11, 11/5, 7/11, 13/11, 11/4 (73m)
[8] Jaymie Haycocks |
[3] Mahesh Mangaonkar
11/6, 11/1, 11/6 (29m)
[Q] Mazen Gamal |
Tom Ford (Eng)
11/5, 7/11, 7/11, 12/10, 12/10 (67m)
[8] Jaymie Haycocks (Eng) |
[Q] Shehab Essam (Egy)
11/8, 4/11, 11/7, 11/5 (52m)
[6] Ben Coleman (Eng) |
[6] Ben Coleman
13/11, 7/11, 11/9, 11/5 (62m)
[Q] Mazen Gamal |
[Q] Mazen Gamal (Egy)
13/11, 6/11, 15/13, 5/11, 13/11 (74m)
[2] Raphael Kandra (Ger) |
02
Sep, Qualifying Finals:
Carlos Cornes (Esp)
3-1 Sandeer Jangra (Ind)
11/5, 10/12, 11/7, 11/4 (32m)
Karim El Hammamy (Egy)
3-0
Ravi Dixit (Ind)
11/9, 11/6, 11/6 (34m)
Mazen Gamal (Egy) 3-2 Vikram Malhotra (Ind)
11/9, 6/11, 7/11, 12/10, 11/5 (53m)
Shehab Essam (Egy) 3-1
Vijay Kumar (Ind)
2/11, 11/3, 11/3, 11/6 (32m)
01
Sep, Qualifying Round One:
Carlos Cornes (Esp)
3-0 Abhinav Sinha (Ind)
11/5, 11/7, 11/8
Sandeer Jangra (Ind) 3-0 Ankit Acharya (Ind)
11/5, 11/7, 11/4
Ravi Dixit (Ind) 3-0 Aishwarya Singh (Ind)
11/4, 11/1, 11/4
Karim El Hammamy (Egy) 3-0 Aryaman Adik (Ind)
w/o
Mazen Gamal (Egy) 3-0 Basem Makrem (Egy)
11/3, 11/5, 11/3
Vikram Malhotra (Ind)
3-2
Christoph Potgieter (Rsa) 9/11, 11/4, 13/15,
12/10, 11/9
Vijay Kumar (Ind)
3-1 Jean-Pierre Brits (Rsa)
9/11, 11/9, 11/6, 11/6
Shehab Essam (Egy) 3-0 Ashish Keskar (Ind)
11/5, 11/0, 11/0
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NSCI
Open 2015
01-06 Sep, Mumbai, India, $15k |
Round One
03-Sep |
Quarters
04-Sep |
Semis
05-Sep |
Final
06-Sep |
[1] Habiba Mohamed (Egy)
6/11, 11/8, 11/5, 11/9 (39m)
[Q] Alexandra Fuller (Rsa) |
[1] Habiba Mohamed
14/12, 11/7, 14/12 (41m)
[7] Millie Tomlinson |
[1] Habiba Mohamed
7/11, 7/11, 11/7, 11/7, 11/4
[Q] Hania El Hammamy |
[1] Habiba Mohamed
11/8, 11/9, 11/6 (47m)
[3] Joshana Chinappa |
[7] Millie Tomlinson (Eng)
15/13, 11/4, 11/5 (39m)
Sarah Cardwell (Eng) |
[6] Nadine Shahin (Egy)
11/4, 11/6, 11/5 (22m)
[Q] Hania El Hammamy (Egy) |
[Q] Hania El Hammamy
11/7, 11/6, 6/11, 7/11, 11/6 (50m)
[4] Nouran El Torky |
[4] Nouran El Torky (Egy)
8/11, 11/1, 11/2, 11/2 (20m)
[wc] Sachike Ingale (Ind) |
Sina Wall (Ger)
11/9, 11/4, 11/3 (25m)
[3] Joshana Chinappa (Ind) |
[3] Joshana Chinappa
11/5, 11/7, 9/11, 11/2 (36m)
[Q] Lee Ka Yi |
[3] Joshana Chinappa
11/9, 11/4, 11/8 (27m)
Fiona Moverley |
[Q] Lee Ka Yi (Hkg)
13/11, 7/11, 11/9, 11/6 (39m)
[5] Deon Saffery (Wal) |
Fiona Moverley (Eng)
13/11, 11/7, 11/5 (37m)
[LL] Enora Villard (Fra) |
Fiona Moverley
11/5, 9/11, 7/11, 11/9, 11/8 (56m)
[2] Joey Chan |
[Q] Carmen Lee (Hkg)
11/9, 11/8, 11/7 (27m)
[2] Joey Chan (Hkg) |
02 Sep, Qualifying Finals:
Hania El Hammamy (Egy) 3-0
Ankasha Hemant Salunkhe (Ind)
11/2, 11/9, 11/4 (40m)
Alexandra Fuller (Rsa) 3-0
Janet Vidhi (Ind)
11/2, 11/2, 11/5 (43m)
Carmen Lee (Hkg) 3-1
Nikita Joshi (Ind)
8/11, 11/0, 12/10, 11/5 (28m)
Lee Ka Yi (Hkg) 3-0
Enora Villard (Fra)
11/2, 11/3, 11/3 (36m)
01 Sep, Qualifying Round One:
Hania El Hammamy (Egy) 3-0 Urwashi Joshi (Ind)
11/9, 11/2, 11/9
Nikita Joshi (Ind) 3-0 Abhilasha Bhasin (Ind)
11/5, 11/3, 11/6
plus six walkovers
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05-Sep, Semis:
Top seeds to face Indian opposition
in Mumbai finals ...
Match reports by Liesl Goecker, Circuit
Director
 Top
seed Habiba Mohamed halted the progress of qualifier Hania El
Hammamy in a long, acrimonious match that had both players disputing
with the referee and culminated in an exchange of light racket taps
upon exiting the court at the match's conclusion.
El Hammamy played well in the first two games, getting points off
her drops and picking up Mohamed's favored straight kills more often
than not, racking up a 2-0 lead. The third game saw more blocks than
points and tempers started to rise.
In the end, Mohamed stayed more focused and clawed her way back,
winning the match 7-11, 7-11, 11-7, 11-7, 11-4 in 63 minutes.
 Joshana
Chinappa continued her walk through the Main Draw into tomorrow's
finals with a quick win against Fiona Moverley.
Chinappa took control from the start, setting the pace and moving
Moverley around the court. Moverley put up a good fight, trading
points till 9-11 in the first game, but was no match in the second
and third, sending the match Chinappa's way 11-9, 11-4, 11-8 in 27
minutes.
 Hania's
elder brother Karim El Hammamy also met his match in top-seed
Adrian Waller today in a lengthy, three-game battle.
Play was fast and furious from the start, with Waller much in
control and taking the first game 11-3. In the second game, El
Hammamy appeared game, but spent. He put up a good fight with some
lovely shots, forcing Waller into extra points in the second and
third. But Waller prevailed, closing it out 11-3, 12-10, 15-13 in 75
minutes.
 Mahesh
Mangaonkar also made quick work of his opponent to enter tomorrow's
final, winning against Mazen Gamal 3-0. Gamal, a qualifier, seemed
to run out of steam after four days of play.
He played well in the first game, but in the second, Mangaonkar
dominated, giving away only one point. Gamal managed a short run in
the third, closing Mangaonkar's 9-2 lead to 10-6 with a couple of
solid shots. But in the end, Mangaonkar took the match 11-6, 11-1,
11-6 in 29 minutes.
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04-Sep, Quarters:
Top seeds through to semis in Mumbai
Top seeds Adrian Waller and
Habiba Mohamed are through to the semi-finals in Mumbai, but
also through are two qualifiers and two Indians.
 Waller
despatched home hope Harinderpal Sandhu in straight games and now
meets qualifier Karim El Hammamy, who pulled off another
upset in beating fellow Egyptian Mohamed Reda, the seventh seed.
"We know each other and train at the same club, so we know each
other's way of playing," El Hammamy said. "He kept me to the back
corners. We have a very contrasting game. In the second game, his
basics were deep and he managed to control my game plan. I realized
I had to play longer rallies to win the match, and I did."
 In
the bottom half of the draw India's Mahesh Mangaonkar twice
came from a game down to beat Englishman Jaymie Haycocks.
"Definitely not my best squash," Mangaonkar said, "nut I'm just
happy to get through the win."
He'll also meet an Egyptian qualifier after Mazen Gamal beat
sixth seed Ben Coleman in four games.
Mohamed faces an all-Egyptian semi-fianl against Karim's sister
Hania El Hammamy, who survived a five-game tussle with
compatriot Nouran El Torky.
"I feel tired," said Hania. "I played well in the first two
games, but in the other two, I lost my concentration and she played
better. In the last one, I managed to play like the first two games
again. The last game was really close, but I managed to win."
 Hopes
of a home winner were kepr alive as third-seeded Joshana Chinappa
beat Hong Kong qualifier Lee Ka Yi in four.
"I was confident in the first two games," Chinappa said. "In the
third, she really stepped and I made a few errors that cost me, but
I managed to get it back in the fourth."
She meets England's Fiona Moverley who upset second seed Joey
Chan, also from Hong Kong, in five.
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Draws &
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03-Sep, Round One:
El Hammamy siblings through again
as three Indians progress Mumbai
Once again it was Egyptian brother and sister pair of Karim and
Hania El Hammamy who led the way in Mumbai, bot qualifiers
grabbing the first quarter-final places in the opening round one
matches, both beating seeded opposition.
"We've played three times and she's won twice," said Hania of her
match with Nadine Shahin. "So I didn't expect to win 3-0. It's
always a difficult match between us. But I played well today and I'm
glad I made it in three. I really want to focus tomorrow, from the
beginning, and play good squash."
 After
ousting fourth seeded Tsz Fung Yip, Karim now faces fellow Egyptian
Mohamed Reda for a place in the semi-finals.
"The first two games were very tough, especially because Yip is
World No. 57 and has a lot more experience than me," Karim said. "I
was down in the second game and thought it would go 1-1. So I chose
to focus on the third game. But after I won the second game, I think
he mentally went down a little bit and that allowed me to take the
third game."
Elsewhere in the men's draw it was a good day for the Englishmen as
Adrian Waller, sixth seed Ben Coleman and unseeded
Jaymie Haycocks all progressed, all needing five games to secure
their least eight spots.
Top seed Waller now meets India's Harinderpal Sandhu, Ford
meets third seeded home favourite Mahesh Mangaonkar, and
Coleman meets Egyptiann qualifier Mazen Gamal who produced
the day's biggest upset in beating second seed Raphael Kandra, also
in five games.
In the women's quarter-finals Hania also comes up against Egyptian
opposition in Nouran El Torky, the fourth seed.
 Home
hopes rest on Joshana Chinappa, the third seed whoe eased
past German champion Sina Wall to set up a meeting with Hong Kong
qualifier Lee Ka Yi.
"It was a good match," Chinappa said. "The first game was pretty
close, but I managed to close it out in three, so that's always
good."
Lee was happy with her upset win over Deon Saffery: "She has
better hands than me, and I tried to minimize my mistakes," Ka Yi
said. "I didn't expect this much. I tried to slow down the pace,
prepare and get the point. I hope to try my best tomorrow."
Hong Kong have two chances of making the semi-finals as second seed
Joey Chan takes on unseeded Englishwoman Fiona Moverley,
while top seed Habiba Mohamed meets another Englishwoman in
Millie Tomlinson.
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02-Sep, Qualifying Finals:
El Hammamy siblings through
as Indians bow out in Mumbai
Egypt's Hania and Karim El Hammamy were the first two players
to qualify for the main draw of the NSCI Open on what proved to be a
bad day for home players.
Former world junior champion Karim beat Ravi Dixit in straight games
and was joined in the main draw by fellow Egyptians Mazen Gamel
and Shehab Essam, plus qualifying top seed Carlos Cornes
of Sapin, all four of them beating home players in varying degress
of difficulty.
In the women's draw top seed Hania is joined by South Africa's
Alexandra Fuller and Hong Kong pair of Carmen Lee and
Lee Ka Yi, three of them at the expense of Indian players.
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