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Keith Grainger Memorial UCT Open 2017
23-28 Apr, Cape Town, South Africa, $5k |
It's an Egyptian double in Cape Town:
A packed UCT court 1 witnessed yet another great evening of
squash.
 In
the PSA women’s final between local Cape Townian no 3 seed
Alexandra Fuller and no 7 seed Egyptian Menna Hamed.
Alex raced to a 2-0 lead and seemed in total control. There was
a collision in the 3rd game that seemed to rattle Alex and she
lost the game 6-11. Menna came out firing in the 4th with
renewed energy having picked up a game and clinched the 4th. She
continued this pressure and won the 5th picking up her 2nd PSA
Title.
 In
the PSA men’s final Mohamed ElSherbini continued his
amazing run in South Africa clinching his 3rd straight PSA title
in 3 weeks. He beat South African no 3 seed Tristan Eysele
in 29min, 3-0.
He now heads up to Johannesburg to play in the new tournament on
the circuit, the Bull Ring….can he make 4 from 4 and having to
fight through the qualifiers again…..
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WATCH THE
FINALS
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UCT Open 2017
23-28 Apr, Cape Town, South Africa, $5k |
Round One
25 Apr |
Quarters
26 Apr |
Semis
27 Apr |
Final
28 Apr |
[1] Auguste Dussourd (Fra)
11/8, 11/5, 11/5
Jean-Pierre van der Merwe (Rsa) |
[1] Auguste Dussourd
12/10, 5/11, 11/1, 9/11, 5/11
Gary Wheadon |
Gary Wheadon 11/5, 11/8, 13/11
[3] Tristan Eysele |
[3] Tristan Eysele
11/2, 11/2, 11/3
Mohamed Elsherbini
3rd PSA title (in a row) for Mohamed |
[7] Jean-Pierre Brits (Rsa)
11/7, 2/11, 12/10, 11/7
Gary Wheadon (Rsa) |
[5] Chang-Wook Woo (Kor)
8/11, 11/5, 11/9, 11/6
Zeeshan Khan (Pak) |
[5] Chang-Wook Woo
5/11, 11/9, 5/11, 8/11
[3] Tristan Eysele |
[3] Tristan Eysele (Rsa)
11/9, 11/6, 11/8
Lewis Doughty (Eng) |
Rodney Durbach (Rsa)
11/5, 6/1 rtd
[4] Lyell Fuller (Eng) |
Rodney Durbach
9/11, 11/8, 11/6, 12/10
[6] Joeri Hapers |
Rodney Durbach 7/11, 11/8, 11/4, 11/7
Mohamed Elsherbini |
Omar Baghat (Egy)
12/10, 11/5, 11/8
[6] Joeri Hapers (Bel) |
Mohamed Elsherbini (Egy)
11/6, 12/10, 11/8
[8] Enzo Corigliano (Fra) |
Mohamed Elsherbini
11/6, 7/11, 11/8, 11/8
[2] Mark Fuller |
[wc] Blessing Muhwati (Zim)
11/7, 11/4, 10/12, 11/4
[2] Mark Fuller (Eng) |
Qualifying:
Finals:
Jean-Pierre van der Merwe (Rsa) 3-0 Ruan Olivier (Rsa)
11-5, 13-11, 11-8
Mohamed Elsherbini (Egy) 3-0 Wayne Sithole (Rsa)
11-3, 11-8, 11-8
Gary Wheadon (Rsa) 3-0 Thean Toerien (Rsa)
11-8, 11-7, 11-5
Rodney Durbach (Rsa) 3-1 Adam Shean (Rsa)
10-12, 11-7, 11-3, 11-3
Round One:
Ruan Olivier (Rsa) 3-2 Mighael Lombard (Rsa) 9/11,
3/11, 11/3, 11/1, 13/11
Jean-Pierre van der Merwe (Rsa) 3-0 Ahmed Medan (Egy) 12/10,
11/8, 11/6
Wayne Sithole (Rsa) 3-1 Ali Jafari (Eng)
11/9, 11/5, 6/11, 11/7
Mohamed Elsherbini (Egy) 3-0 Rowan Smith (Rsa)
11/7, 11/9, 11/8
Gary Wheadon (Rsa) 3-0 Christo Potgieter (Rsa)
15/13, 13/11, 11/8
Thean Toerien (Rsa) 3-1 Daniel Smith (Rsa)
11/6, 5/11, 11/8, 11/6
Adam Shean (Rsa) 3-1 Gareth Naidoo (Rsa)
9/11, 11/0, 11/7, 11/7
Rodney Durbach (Rsa) 3-0
Nyeon-Ho Lee (Kor)
11/5, 11/9, 11/8
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UCT Open 2017
23-28 Apr, Cape Town, South Africa, $5k |
Round One
25 Apr |
Quarters
26 Apr |
Semis
27 Apr |
Final
28 Apr |
[1] Nikki Todd (Can)
11/9, 11/8, 11/5
Julie Rossignol (Fra) |
[1] Nikki Todd
11/4, 11/5, 11/4
[5] Cheyna Tucker |
[1] Nikki Todd
12/14, 11/9, 11/8,9/11, 11/5
[7] Menna Hamed |
2nd PSA title for Menna
[7] Menna Hamed
4/11, 6/11, 11/6, 11/6, 11/3
[3] Alexandra Fuller
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[5] Cheyna Tucker (Rsa)
13/11, 11/9, 11/5
Karen Blom (Rsa) |
[7] Menna Hamed (Egy)
11/2, 11/2, 11/5
Sanne Veldkamp (Ned) |
[7] Menna Hamed
11/4, 11/9, 8/11, 13/11
[4] Ineta Mackevica |
[4] Ineta Mackevica (Lat)
11/0, 11/4, 11/9
Karen Schultz (Rsa) |
Ria Kennerley (Eng)
11/3, 11/2, 11/8
[3] Alexandra Fuller (Rsa) |
[3] Alexandra Fuller
11/0, 11/1, 11/3
Juanette le Roux |
[3] Alexandra Fuller 9/11, 11/4,
11/7, 11/6
Mena Nasser |
Juanette le Roux (Rsa)
11/7, 11/7, 4/11, 11/8
[8] Arezoosadat Mousavizadeh (Iri) |
Laura Gamblin (Fra)
6/11, 11/7, 11/7, 11/7
[6] Elise Romba (Fra) |
[6] Elise Romba
10/12, 7/11, 11/9, 11/8, 11/9
Mena Nasser |
Mena Nasser (Egy)
11/8, 11/9, 5/11, 9/11, 11/9
[2] Milnay Louw (Rsa) |
Qualifying:
Finals:
Karen Blom (Rsa) 3-0 Panashe Sithole (Rsa)
11-4, 11-6, 11-3
Ria Kennerley (Eng) 3-0 Shannon Harvey (Rsa)
11-8, 11-4, 12-10
Juanette le Roux (Rsa) 3-0 Gill van Vlaanderen (Rsa)
12-10, 11-5, 11-2
Karen Schultz (Rsa) 3-2 Hannelize Human (Rsa) 11-5, 9-11,
7-11, 11-8, 11-9
Round One, 23-Apr:
Karen Blom (Rsa) 3-0 Boipelo Montwedi (Rsa)
11/4, 11/6, 11/3
Panashe Sithole (Rsa) 3-0 Bongi Seroto (Rsa)
11/5, 11/2, 11/7
Ria Kennerley (Eng) 3-0 Shanna Swart (Rsa)
11/8, 11/5, 11/9
Shannon Harvey (Rsa) 3-2 Sharon Bender (Rsa) 10/12, 11/7,
11/5, 8/11, 11/4
Juanette le Roux (Rsa) 3-0 Tayla Diepenbroek (Rsa)
11/7, 11/5, 11/9
Gill van Vlaanderen (Rsa) 3-1 Jaime Leslie (Rsa)
12/10, 9/11, 11/7, 11/1
Hannalieze Human (Rsa) 3-0 Katie Mayhew (Rsa)
11/6, 11/6, 11/3
Karen Schultz (Rsa) 3-0 Catherine Geard (Rsa)
11/3, 11/5, 11/
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Cape Town semis:
Fuller and Sherbini head to finals
In the Women’s Draw 7th seed Menna Hamed from Egypt
toppled the no1 seed Nikki Todd 3-2 in 54 min seeking revenge
after losing to her in the Ukrainian Final last year 3-2. This
will be Menna’s 4th PSA final in her 3 years on the tour having
recently won the Riga Open and so has one title under the belt.
Local Cape Townian Alexandra Fuller took 40min to beat
Menna Nasser 3-1 in the other semi-final to the delight of the
home crowd.
Alex will be playing in her 4th PSA final having clinched 2
titles to date, coming off a recent win in the Assore & Balwin
Parkview Open 2017 in Gauteng South Africa.
In the Men’s Draw Tristan Eysele ended South African
qualifier Gary Wheadon's amazing run in the tournament with a
3-0 win.
Tristan has been on the tour for 5 years having played in 74
tournaments and this will be his first PSA Final.
Mohamed ElSherbini beat local South African Rodney
Durbach 3-1 in 54 min to setup his 3rd straight PSA final in 3
weeks, already with 2 South African titles under his belt.
Mohamed has been on the tour for 7 years but hasn’t played
enough tournaments to move steadily up the rankings. Consistency
shown in 2017 will ensure that he leaps up the rankings.
Crowds will be sure to flock to court 1 at UCT with South
Africans vs the Egyptians in the finals which promises to be an
entertaining evening of high level squash.
Together with the finals of all the masters: men 35-49, 50-54,
55-59, 60-64, 65-75 and women’s 35-49 and the 3 other open
sections.
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Locals advance in
Cape Town quarters
Match of the evening was South African qualifier Gary Wheadon
upsetting the no 1 seed Auguste Dussourd in 78 min of
entertaining squash.
After going 2-1 down and losing the third game 1-11 the silence
in the crowds showed that locals thought the 36 year old South
African was down and out. Gary however had plenty more in the
tank and rallied to a 11-9 win in the 4th and continued this
pace winning the 5th and claiming his first semi-final spot at
this tournament.
Two other South Africans will join him in the Semi Finals with
Tristan Eysele (no 3 seed) and 45 year old South African
qualifier Rodney Durbach (only men's player to win two Keith
Grainger Memorial UCT Open Titles) also making their way into
the semis.
Representing Egypt and all other internationals is Mohamed
ElSherbini who worked his way into his 3rd straight semi final
PSA tournament from the qualifiers with a hard fought 3-1 win
over the no 2 seed Mark Fuller. It was 81 minutes of
entertaining squash, both players very vocal on court
‘discussing’ the match with the officials to the amusement of
the crowd together with long rallies ensured a riveting
spectacle.
In the women’s draw no 1 seed Nikki Todd from Canada continued
her impressive run not dropping a game yet beating South African
Cheyna Tucker in 20 min.
Menna Hamed had a hard fought 3-1 win over Latvian no 1 Ineta
Mackevica and local South African Alexandra Fuller eased past
South African qualifier Juanette Le Roux in 15min.
The match of the evening for the women was between Elise Romba
and Menna Nasser. Elise was 2-0 up and it looked like last
night;s hard fought 5 set win over the no 2 seed had taken its
toll on Menna but the Egyptian showed her class by winning the
next 3 games and match in 54 min. |
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Down to the quarters in Cape Town
After three days of build up the opening night of the main draw
has finally begun and crowds were treated to another evening of
upsets with seeds tumbling in both the men and women’s draws.
Match of the evening in the women’s section was Egyptian Menna
Nasser beating the no 2 seed South African Milnay Louw, 11-9 in
the 5th game.
Menna was two games up and Milnay had to dig deep to claw her
way back into the game, with plenty of local crowd support she
was urged on and nearly achieved a remarkable comeback but Menna
kept the pressure on to win the match.
In the men’s draw South African qualifier Gary Wheadon beat the
no 7 seed JP Brits and fellow qualifier Rodney Durbach beat the
no 4 seed Lyell Fuller who retired ill.
Egyptian qualifier Mohamed ElSherbini continued his great run in
South Africa when he beat the no 8 seed Enzo Corigliano.
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