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Keith Grainger Memorial UCT
Open 2016
24-30 Apr, Cape Town, South Africa |
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29-Apr - Finals:
[2] Aqeel Rehman 3-1 Hesham Mohamed Aly
11/4, 15/13, 9/11, 11/7 (60m)
[7] Rowan Elaraby 3-1 [3] Milnay Louw
11/4, 11/7, 6/11, 11/9 (43m)
In the Women’s PSA Main draw final Egyptian U17 no 1 player,
Rowan Elaraby took 43 min to beat South African no 5 Milnay
Louw, 3-1 to win her 2nd PSA tournament in 2 weeks.
It was the first game she had lost in 8 matches on South African
soil. Milnay was also tested for the first time this week and
both players showed great athleticism and speed moving each
other around the court. Milnay never gave up and kept the
intensity resulting in the 3rd game win for her but Rowan showed
her class and amazing temperament for a 15 year old player
clinching the 4th 11-9.
In the Men’s Main draw no 2 seed Aqeel Rehman, Austrian no 1
beat unseeded Egyptian Hesham Mohamed Aly in 60 minutes 3-1.
After winning the first game 11-4,
Aqeel found himself 3-8 down in the 2nd after Hesham raised to
an early lead, never giving up he fought his way to 9-9 and then
went point for point eventually clinching the 2nd 15-13. Hesham
again started the 3rd game quickly easing into a lead and this
time he hung on securing the game win.
Aqeel bounced back and showed some amazing skills of fetching
and a steady temperament closing off the match 3-1 to win his
8th PSA final.
28-Apr, Semi-Finals:
Aqeel gets his revenge as
Elaraby and Louw set up repeat final
 In
the Women’s semes Egyptian U17 no 1 player Rowan Elaraby
took 29 min to beat South African no 2 Elani Landman 3-0 to
reach her second consecutive PSA final in two weeks, where she
will again meet Milnay Louw who she played in last weeks
Assore Central Gauteng Open final.
Milnay outclassed Cheyna Tucker to win in three games also yet
to be truly tested in this event not having dropped a game.
 In
the Men’s Main draw the talk of the evening was the match of the
tournament with #2 seed Aqeel Rehman, Austrian #1,
beating the #3 seed and Argentinian #2 Leandro Romiglio
in 75 thrilling minutes of entertaining squash.
The match was a replay of last week's epic Assore Central
Gauteng Open Final where Leandro won the match 20-18 in the 5th
game (92 minutes).
 This
time it was Aqeel who was able to clinch the match 3-2 and setup
his 8th PSA final against unseeded Egyptian Hesham Mohamed
Aly who beat South African JP Brits 3-0 in the other
semi-final.
This will be Hesham's first PSA final.
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Keith Grainger Memorial UCT Open 2016
24-30 Apr, Cape Town, South Africa |
Round Two
26 Apr |
Quarters
27 Apr |
Semis
28 Apr |
Final
29 Apr |
[1] Shehab Essam (Egy)
11/8, 11/8, 11/7 (37m)
Gary Wheadon (Rsa) |
[1] Shehab Essam
15/13, 2/11, 11/9, 11/8 (59m)
[6] Jean-Pierre Brits |
[6] Jean-Pierre Brits 11/9, 11/8, 11/9 (42m)
Hesham Mohamed Aly |
Hesham Mohamed Aly
11/4, 15/13, 9/11, 11/7 (60m)
[2] Aqeel Rehman |
[6] Jean-Pierre Brits (Rsa)
11/7, 11/6, 11/2 (26m)
Paul Atkinson (Rsa) |
[5] Mark Broekman (Eng)
11/5, 11/7, 11/1 (25m)
Gareth Naido (Rsa) |
[5] Mark Broekman
11/5, 11/5, 11/4 (28m)
Hesham Mohamed Aly |
[4] Matthew Serediak (Can)
12/10, 11/6, 11/3 (25m)
Hesham Mohamed Aly (Egy) |
Vincent Droesbeke (Fra)
15/13, 7/11, 11/4, 11/5 (65m)
[3] Leandro Romiglio (Arg) |
[3] Leandro Romiglio
11/7, 11/6, 11/4 (31m)
Rodney Durbach |
[3] Leandro Romiglio 4/11, 11/6, 8/11, 11/9,
11/9 (75m)
[2] Aqeel Rehman |
[Q] Justin Van der Poel (Rsa)
w/o
Rodney Durbach (Rsa) |
[Q] Daniel Smith (Rsa)
11/6, 11/1, 11/9 (19m)
[7] Christo Potgieter (Rsa) |
[7] Christo Potgieter
11/4, 11/6, 11/7 (28m)
[2] Aqeel Rehman |
Kyle Maree (Rsa)
11/2, 11/3, 11/4
[2] Aqeel Rehman (Aut) |
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Keith Grainger Memorial UCT Open 2016
24-30 Apr, Cape Town, South Africa |
Round One
26 Apr |
Quarters
27 Apr |
Semis
28 Apr |
Final
29 Apr |
[1] Sina Wall (Ger)
11/6, 11/9, 11/5 (16m)
[Q] Miranda Lang (Rsa) |
[1] Sina Wall
11/3, 11/3, 11/9 (23m)
[7] Rowan Elaraby |
[7] Rowan Elaraby 11/6, 11/2, 11/6 (29m)
[4] Elani Landman |
[7] Rowan Elaraby
11/4, 11/7, 6/11, 11/9 (43m)
[3] Milnay Louw |
[7] Rowan Elaraby (Egy)
11/4, 11/4, 11/9 (20m)
Makgosi Peloakgosi (Rsa) |
[6] Yemisi Olatunji (Ngr)
11/8, 11/4 rtd (10m)
Karen Blom (Rsa) |
[6] Yemisi Olatunji
11/6, 11/4, 11/3 (26m)
[4] Elani Landman |
[4] Elani Landman (Rsa)
311/7, 11/7, 11/4 (23m)
[Q] Juanette Le Roux |
[Q] Gill Van Vlaanderen (Rsa)
11/1, 11/3, 11/1 (15m)
[3] Milnay Louw (Rsa) |
[3] Milnay Louw
11/5, 11/6, 11/9 (19m)
Sacha West |
[3] Milnay Louw 11/9, 11/1, 11/5 (24m)
[2] Cheyna Tucker |
[Q] Catherine Atkinson (Rsa)
11/2, 11/3, 11/6 (14m)
Sacha West (Rsa) |
Danielle van Niekerk (Rsa)
11/3, 11/7, 11/13, 11/6 (28m)
[5] Lume Landman (Rsa) |
[5] Lume Landman
11/4, 11/2, 12/10 (25m)
[2] Cheyna Tucker |
Kacey-Leigh Dodd (Rsa)
11/9, 8/11, 8/11, 11/9, 11/3 (32m)
[2] Cheyna Tucker (Rsa) |
Qualifying Finals:
Miranda Lang (Rsa) v Sibongile
Seroto (Rsa)
Andrea Echeverria (Esa) v Gill van Vlaanderen (Rsa)
Catherine Atkinson (Rsa) v Sharon Bender (Rsa)
Juanette le Roux (Rsa) v Katie Mayhew (Rsa)
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Down to the Semis in Cape Town
Day 6 of the Keith Grainger Memorial UCT Squash Open
Kerr Rogers reports
In the Women’s PSA Main draw Egyptian U17 no 1 player, Rowan
Elaraby continued her good form in South Africa still not
dropping a game in 2 tournaments when she beat the no 1 seed
Sina Wall 3-0 in 23 min.
 Rowan
again impressed with her speed to the front and collected and
dispatched any lose balls putting her opponent under immense
pressure by speeding the game up. All the top seeds in the
bottom half of the draw proceeded into the semi-finals without
dropping a game, including South Africa's Milnay Louw,
pictured beting Sacha West.
 In
the Men’s Main draw the talk of the evening was the upset of the
tournament with no 6 seed JP Brits beating the no 1 seed
Shehab Essam in 59 minutes. JP showed his intensity in the 1st
game with his relentless speed and patience enduring long
rallies to eventually secure a crucial 15-13 first game lead, he
lost the second but came back firing in the 3rd winning 11-9 and
kept this intensity into the 4th finishing off a great 3-1 win.
Unseeded Egyptian Hesham Mohamed Aly beat the no 5 seed
Mark Broekman in 3 entertaining games. Tomorrows men’s
semi-finals promises to be an exciting evening with last weeks
Assore Central Gauteng Open Finalists squaring up against each
other again.
The match last week went for 92 minutes of thrilling squash with
Leandro Romiglio winning 20-18 in the 5th against the no
2 seed from Austria Aqeel Rehman, both winning their
quarter-finals tonight.
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Down to the Quarters in Cape Town
Day 5 of the Keith Grainger Memorial UCT Squash Open
Kerr Rogers reports
In the Women’s PSA Main draw all top seeds made their way into
the quarter final fairly comfortably, it was only the no 2 seed
Cheyna Tucker who had to fight through 5 games against fellow
South African Kacey-Leigh Dodd to progress to the next round.
The first 4 games were closely contested requiring Cheyna to
fight back from 1-2 down to level proceedings and then her
experience shone through in the 5th. The crowds were able to get
their first glimpse of talented 15 year old Egyptian U17 no 1
player, Rowan Elaraby who won in 3 straight games and comes up
against the no 1 seed in tomorrows quarterfinals.
In the Men’s Main draw the seeded International players made
quick work of the local South Africans, all seeds progressed to
the next round except for the no 4 seed Matthew Serediak from
Canada who was beaten by Egyptian Hesham Mohamed Aly in 4 games.
Three South Africans still remain in the draw as we head into
the quarter finals. All eyes will be on SA no 1 Rodney Durbach
who takes on recent Assore Central Gauteng Open champion Leandro
Romiglio in tomorrows quarter final.
Quarter finals start from 13h00 ending off with the final match
at 20h00.
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