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 The
Suburban Collection Motor City Open
2019
29 Jan - 02 Feb, Detroit, USA, $75k |
Final
Abouelghar beats Elias in Detroit thriller
In a final between the third and fourth seeds, it was Egypt's
Mohamed Abouelghar who prevailed, beating Peruvian Diego
Elias in a see-saw five game final to win the Motor City title,
and a lovely new watch !
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  Motor
City Open
2019
29 Jan - 02 Feb, Detroit, USA, $75k |
Round One
29 Jan |
Round Two
30 Jan |
Quarters
31 Jan |
Semis
01 Feb |
Final
02 Feb |
Mazen Hesham (Egy)
11/8, 11/8, 11/3 (35m)
Richie Fallows (Eng) |
[1] Marwan ElShorbagy (Egy)
11/4, 11/7, 11/13, 11/7 (46m)
Mazen Hesham |
[1] Marwan ElShorbagy
11/5, 11/9, 11/4 (34m)
[7] Omar Mosaad |
[1] Marwan ElShorbagy
11/7, 11/4, 11/1 (30m)
[4] Diego Elias |
[4] Diego Elias
5/11, 11/6, 11/3, 4/11, 11/8 (63m)
[3] Mohamed Abouelghar |
Campbell Grayson (Nzl)
11/5, 11/7, 11/6 (47m)
Chris Hanson (Usa) |
[7] Omar Mosaad (Egy)
11/4, 7/11, 13/11, 8/11, 11/9 (72m)
Chris Hanson |
Chris Simpson (Eng)
8/11, 11/9, 7/11, 11/7, 11/9 (97m)
Iker Pajares (Esp) |
[5] Ryan Cuskelly (Aus)
11/2, 11/8, 11/8 (45m)
Iker Pajares |
[5] Ryan Cuskelly
11/7, 11/9 rtd (20m)
[4] Diego Elias |
Cesar Salazar (Mex)
11/7, 10/12, 7/11, 11/8, 11/2 (53m)
Peter Creed (Wal) |
[4] Diego Elias (Per)
7/11, 11/7, 3/1 rtd (37m)
Cesar Salazar |
Vikram Malhotra (Ind)
11/4, 11/4, 11/7 (26m)
Todd Harrity (Usa) |
Todd Harrity (
11/7, 11/6, 11/13, 12/10 (56m)
[3] Mohamed Abouelghar (Egy) |
[3] Mohamed Abouelghar
11/7, 6/11, 11/8, 2/11, 11/9 (60m)
Adrian Waller |
[3] Mohamed Abouelghar
11/9, 6/11, 11/7, 11/9 (54m)
Zahed Salem |
Mahesh Mangaonkar (Ind)
11/6, 12/10, 11/9 (45m)
Adrian Waller (Eng) |
Adrian Waller
9/11, 12/10, 11/6, 5/11, 11/7 (70m)
[6] Raphael Kandra (Ger) |
Mohamed Reda (Egy)
11/7, 11/9, 11/7 (37m)
Zahed Salem (Egy) |
Zahed Salem
3/11, 13/11, 11/9, 8/11, 11/5 (58m)
[8] Nicolas Mueller (Sui) |
Zahed Salem
6/11, 11/8, 11/5, 11/5 (49m)
[2] Miguel Rodriguez |
Olli Tuominen (Fin)
11/7, 11/6, 11/5 (33m)
Mathieu Castagnet (Fra) |
Mathieu Castagnet
8/11, 11/9, 11/7, 11/5 (63m)
[2] Miguel Rodriguez (Col) |
Semis
Elias, Abouelghar set up finals clash
There will be a new squash champion on Saturday at the Motor
City Open.Four former MCO champions came to Detroit this week hoping to
become the third two-time champion in the pro squash event’s 20
years.
All of them fell throughout the week though, as Diego
Elias of Peru and Mohamed Abouelghar of Egypt assured there
would be a first-time MCO champion, Elias beating top seed and
defending champion Marwan ElShorbagy in straight games,
Aboulghar ending the run of unseeded compatrion Zahed Salem.
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Quarters
Diego joins Egyptian trio in Motor City semis as Salem strikes
out Rodriguez
Matt Shoch reports
Three of the top four seeds advanced Thursday to the
semifinals of The Motor City Open presented by the Suburban
Collection.
Zahed Salem made it three Egyptians in Friday’s semifinals,
knocking off second-seed and the 2015 MCO champion Miguel
Rodriguez of Colombia in four-games at the Birmingham Athletic
Club.
In Friday’s semis Salem will meet close friend
and countryman Mohamed Abouelghar, the third seed and World #10.
It will be a rematch of the finals in Guatemala a few years
back, which Abouelghar won against a hobbled Salem.
In earlier quarterfinal matches, the higher
seeds held as top-seed Marwan El Shorbagy of Egypt topped
seventh-seeded Omar Mossad in three games. Fourth-seed Diego
Elias of Peru topped #5-seed Ryan Cuskelly of Australia, who
retired with an illness after two games.
El Shorbagy, the defending MCO champion, lost to Elias in four
games at last week’s J.P. Morgan Tournament of Champions in New
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Round Two:
Three former champs advance as Waller and Salem pull shocks
Matt Shoch reports
Two seeds fell in upsets and three former champions moved on in
Round of 16 squash action at the Motor City Open.
Adrian Waller of England and Zahed Salem of
Egypt topped seeded opponents and will play in Thursday’s
quarterfinals, seeking their third win in as many days at the
Birmingham Athletic Club.
Waller pulled the biggest upset of the night, knocking off
sixth-seeded Raphael Kandra of Germany, World #17, in a
five-game, 70-minute thriller, winning from 4-6 down in the
decider.
Salem closed the night with a five-game
victory against eighth-seed Nicolas Mueller of Switzerland.
Four of the eight quarterfinalists are from Egypt, the country
that has won six of the past nine MCO titles. The top-five
seeds, including three former MCO champions, will headline the
quarters.
Top-seeded Marwan El Shorbagy of Egypt, the
defending MCO champion and World #5, won in four games against
countryman Mazen Hesham.
Second-seeded Miguel Rodriguez of Colombia,
the 2015 MCO champion and sixth-ranked player in the world,
dropped the first game to Mathieu Castagnet of France, but
recovered to take three straight.
Fifth-seed and 2017 champion Ryan Cuskelly of Australia cruised
in three games over Spain’s Iker Pajares Bernabeu, who had
played a marathon 95-minute match the day before.
Diego Elias of Peru advanced after his opponent. Cesar Salazar,
withdrew with an injury in Game 3.
Chris Hanson and Todd Harrity became the first two Americans to
earn main draw victories in MCO history on Tuesday, but both
fell on Wednesday despite good showings. |
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Round One:
Americans advance in Detroit
Matt Schoch reports
In the first 19 years of the Motor City Open
presented by the Suburban Collection, no U.S. player had ever
made the main draw of the pro squash tourney. Now, after just
one day of the 20th annual event, two have victories.
Americans Chris Hanson and Todd Harrity cruised to
three-game wins to move on to Wednesday’s second round at the
Birmingham Athletic Club.
Hanson and Harrity moved on to the Round of 16 along with six
other winners Tuesday night. Waiting for them are the eight
seeded foes, who each received byes through Round One.
Hanson will have a rematch with seventh-seed Omar Mossad of
Egypt on Wednesday. The pair met last week in the J.P. Morgan
Tournament of Champions in New York with Mossad winning in three
games.
While the Americans had relatively smooth sailing, the most
entertaining Round 1 match was the opener. Spain’s Iker Pajares
battled back twice from a game down, outlasting Chris Simpson of
England in 95-minutes, 8-11, 11-9, 7-11, 11-7, 11-9.
Tuesday was likely the final MCO match for 2007 champion Olli
Tuominen of Finland, a crowd favorite.
After Tuominen lost to Mathieu Castagnet of France in three
hard-fought games, the Birmingham Athletic Club crowd recognized
his history at the MCO, chanting “Olli! Ollii! Olli!” for the
39-year-old. Tuominen said this is his final year on the
Professional Squash Association World Tour.
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