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Wed 6th,
Day Five DAY 3....
DAY 4...
G13:
[2] Sana Mahmoud
3-1
[1] Nour Aboulmakarim
11-9, 9-11, 15-13, 11-5 (44m)
B15:
[2] Omar El
Torkey 3-2
[1] Mostafa Asal
3-2
11-7, 9-11, 6-11, 11-8, 11-9 (58m)
My first BJO, my first title ! We were all
shaking at the end...
G17:
[1] Hania Elhamamy
3-2 [3/4] Rowan Reda
4-11, 8-11, 11-2, 11-7, 11-5 (49m)
B17:
[1] Youssef Ibrahim
3-0 [9/16]
Mostafa Montaser
11-7, 11-5, 11-5 (27m)
 G19:
[1] Nouran Gohar
3-0 [3/4] Nadine
Shahin
11-6, 11-5, 11-6 (28m)
"It's never
easy to play your best friend, I had to try
to move her around ..."
 B19:
[1] Youssef Soliman
3-0 [3/4]
Saadeldin
Abouaish
11-5, 11-6, 11-5 (40m)
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Youssef Abdelfattah, Ahmed Aly and
Youssef Ezzo |
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Tue 5th,
Day
FOUR
DAY 3....
Twelve out of
Sixteen for Egypt!
Let’s make it short. Only in two finals,
you won’t find Egyptians. The BU13 &
the GU15. That’s it. For the 6 other
finals, it’s a “full basket” for Masr!
So let’s start with the bad news, the G15
final will not feature an Egyptian, as Maria
Stefanoni and Aifa Azman both beat Egyptian
opponents in the semis.
USA's Stefanoni staged a remarkable
comeback from two-nil down against top seed
Jana Shiha. The Egyptian powered through
the first and then saved two game balls to
take the second 12-10. Stefanoni fought back
to take a close third and with Shiha
unsettled by time and coaching warnings took
the fourth at a canter. Battle was rejoined
in the fifth though with barely a point
between them. Shiha had match balls at 10-9
and 12-11, Stefanoni at 11-10 and 13-12,
finishing the match to the delight of the
large US contingent in the crowd.
Her opponent in the final will be Malaysia's
Aifa Azman, the second-seeded U13
champion from 2014. She got the better of
last year's U13 runner-up Nouran Yousef
in three, racing through the first before
getting the better of two close and
hotly-contested games.
And in the BU13, Sam Todd, English
new Marvel who wish to be “the first English
Player to win since James Willstrop”, got
the better of the only Egyptian player in
the age group, Kareem El Torkeyn
13/11 in the 3rd.
THE SUCCESS
GU13, both finalists Nour
Aboulmakarim & Sana Mahmoud lost a game
but recovered to win their semis, against
Nader & Maliff respectively.
The BU15 final will be contested by
the top two seeds, both Egyptian. Mostafa
Asal was always in control of his match
with Aly Eltokhy, while Omar El Torkey
recovered from a game and 0-5 down to beat
Moustafa Elserty in four games.
In the U17, complete
domination again for Egypt, with Hania
Elhamamy who had to come back twice from 0/1
and 1/2 to finally take the 5th
comprehensively, 11/3. It was simpler for
Rowan Reda, who created the upset by ousting
#2 Amina Yousry 3/1.
As for the Boys, another upset with
Marwan Tarek, seeded 2 losing out of Mostafa
Montaser in a well contested battle, 3/2,
while favorite Youssef Ibrahim closed his
match 3/1 against Ziad Sakr.
In the
GU19
event defending champion Nouran Gohar
met club team-mate Mayar Hany, and after
pulling clear from 7-all in the first went
on to take the match in straight games.
England's Gina Kennedy took the lead against
Nadine Shahin, but the Egyptian
fought back to take the next three games,
claiming her first-ever final outing in her
last BJO.
The BU19
final will also be all-Egyptian. Top seed
Youssef Soliman took a close first game
against England's Kyle Finch, eased through
the second and then came from 7-10 down to
claim the third 12-10.
As for the other one, in
a repeat of last year's BU17 final
Saadeldin Abouaish got the better of
Eain Yon Ng for the first time in four
attempts. The Egyptian took a two-nil lead
and although Ng fought back to take the
third, the fourth was never in doubt.
G13
[1] Nour
Aboulmakarim 3-1 [3/4]
Habiba Nader
11-7, 8-11, 11-2, 11-3
[2] Sana Mahmoud
3-1 [9/16] Katie Maliff (Eng)
8-11, 12-10, 11-6, 11-8
B13
[1] Sam Todd (Eng) 3-0 [9/16]
Kareem El Torkey
11-7, 11-4, 13-11
G15
[5/8] Marina Stefanoni (Usa) 3-2 [1]
Jana Shiha
4-11, 10-12, 11-7, 11-3, 14-12 (44m)
[2] Aifa Azman (Mas) 3-0 [3/4]
Nouran Yousef
11-3, 11-8, 11-9 (20m)
B15
[1] Mostafa Asal
3-0 [5/8]
Aly Eltokhy
11-6, 11-4, 11-5 (25m)
[2] Omar El Torky
v [5/8] Moustafa
Elserty
4-11, 11-6, 11-3, 11-5 (27m)
"I'm happy to
be in the final, I was fourth last year and
second in the US U17 last month, so I really
want to win this time!"
"We play each other a lot in Egypt, so I'm happy to win this one," he said,
"and very pleased to make the final in my
first BJO."
(came back from 0-1 and 0/5 down)
G17
[1] Hania Elhamamy
3-2 [5/8] Hana Ayoub
9-11, 11-6, 11-8, 9-11, 11-3
[3/4] Rowan Reda
3-1 [2]
Amina Yousry
11-6, 11-9, 7-11, 11-7
B17
[1] Youssef Ibrahim
3-1 [5/8] Ziad Sakr
8-11, 11-6, 11-5, 11-7
[9/16] Mostafa
Montaser 3-2 [2]
Marwan Tarek
11-4, 7-11, 12-10, 3-11, 14-12
G19
[1] Nouran Gohar
3-0 [5/8] Mayar
Hany
11-8, 11-5, 11-4 (27m)
[3/4] Nadine Shahin
3-1 [2] Georgina Kennedy (Eng)
4-11, 11-6, 11-7, 11-4 (33m)
"I was a little
nervous at the start, and she played really
well. We train together and met in the U13
final and U15 semis here, and it's always
close between us."
"My first final in
my last BJO and I'm playing my best friend,
I'm so happy!
I'm just so happy to make a final at last,
the best I managed before was fourth. And to
be playing my best friend in the final, I'm
really looking forward to it I just hope
it's a good match."
B19
[3/4] Saadeldin
Abouaish 3-1 [2] Eain Yow Ng
(Mas)
11-9, 11-4, 6-11, 11-3 (42m)
[1] Youssef Soliman
3-0 [9/16] Kyle Finch (Eng) 11-9, 11-2,
12-10 (46m)
"I'm really
pleased to beat him for the first time,
especially after being two-nil up in last
year's U17 final.
Now I'm playing Youssef in a repeat of our
World semi-final, I hope we can play as good
a match as that one was."
"He's had some great wins and I never even saw him play before," said
Soliman. "I needed to play at a fast pace
against him, but at the end I just had to
keep the ball deep, I'm really happy to get
through that in three games."
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Mon 4th,
Day THREE
Quarter-finals
day,
plenty of
Egyptian Action in all age groups, as ever!
Let's start
with the Girls U13,
where Egypt is taking 3 out of 4 seats in
the semis! There will be an Egyptian in
the final, no need for Crystal Ball for this
one, as Nour Aboulmakarim will play
compatriot Habiba Nader in the first
semi, while Sana Mahmoud will play
[9/16] Katie Maliff from England, who
created the upset today, beating [3/4] Lucie
Stefanoni (Usa) 3/0!
The BU13, "only"
one Egyptian out of 4, as Ahmed Ali
bowed logically to local favourite and seed
1, Sam Todd, 3/0. As for the other
match, unfortunately, two Egyptians were
playing each other, and it's the lesser
ranked that prevailed, [9/16] Kareem El
Torkey beating [3/4] Youssef Ezzo
in three very close games indeed. Kareem now
played Sam...
In the GU15,
one Egyptian in each semi, with a little
disapointment, when [3/4] Farida Mohamed
lost to [5/8] Marina Stefanoni (Usa)
but in superb match, 3/1, where Farida
fought every point. [1] Jana Shiha
will therefore play the American, while
[3/4] Nouran Yousef, who despatched
her Indian opponent quickly, will play
Malaysian [2] Aifa Azman.
'Carton plein' for the
BU15, 'full basket' you would
say, with 4 out of 4 for Egypt, annnnd the
same for the GU17
and let's make it for the
BU17 as well!!! Elhamdoulillah
indeed....
The "Big" ones now, with
the GU19 first of all, where
Zeina Mickawy came very close to a biig
upset, taking home favourite and #2
Georgina Kennedy to 5, losing only 11/7
in the decider. Hard luck, but you truly did
your best, and you can be proud Zeina. Gina
will tomorrow meet with Nadine, while
Nouran will face Mayar.
As for the U19 boys, that was close from
CloseShave dear Karim Desouky, you
pushed so hard, Mabrouk, you didn't win
today, but isA next time, come on, 12/10 in
the 5th, that's a flip of a coin, you nearly
ousted the #2! So it's Eain Yow Ng
that will play again Saadeldin
tomorrow, while Yousssef takes on
English [9/16] Kyle Finch - not the
Englishman that was expected in the semis,
as Kyle beat compatriot Patrick Rooney 3-1!
GU13
[1]
Nour Aboulmakarim 3-1 Heng Wai
Wong (Mas) 11-4, 9-11, 11-5, 11-9
Habiba Nader
3-0 Menna Hedia
11-8, 11-6, 11-2
[2] Sana Mahmoud
3-0 [5/8] Aira Azman (Mal)
11-5, 11-7, 11-4
BU13
[1] Sam Todd (Eng) 3-0 [5/8]
Ahmed Aly 11-5, 11-5,
11-5
[9/16] Kareem El Torkey 3-0
[3/4] Youssef Ezzo 11-7,
12-10, 11-9
GU15
[1]
Jana Shiha
3-0 [5/8] Alice
Green (Eng) 11-8, 11-5, 11-6
[5/8] Marina Stefanoni (Usa) 3-1 [3/4]
Farida Mohamed
11-9, 12-10, 9-11, 11-9 (40m)
[3/4] Nouran Yousef
3-0 [5/8] Navmi Sharma (Ind)
11-6, 11-3, 11-3
[2] Aifa Azman (Mas) 3-0 [5/8]
Malak Mostafa
11/7 11/4 11/8 (17m)
BU15
[1]
Mostafa Asal
3-1 [5/8] Yehia Elnawsany 4-11 11-6 11-7 11-4 (45m)
[5/8] Aly Eltokhy 3-2 [3/4]
Md ElShamy 3-11 14-12 11-8 9-11 11-6
(53m)
[5/8] Moustafa Elserty v
[3/4] Muhd H. Zhafri (Mas) 11-7 5-11
11-8 11-0
[2] Omar El Torky
3-2 [9/16] Viktor Byrtus (Cze)
11-8, 11-8, 7-11, 5-11, 11-9 (44m)
GU17
[1] Hania Elhamamy 3-0 [5/8] Satomi Watanabe 11-6, 11-7, 11-4
(35m)
[5/8] Hana Ayoub 3-0 Jasmine
Hutton (Eng) 11-2
4-11 11-8 11-3
[3/4] Rowan Reda
3-0 [5/8] Lucy
Turmel (Eng)
11-6, 11-4, 11-1
[2] Amina Yousry
3-0 [17/32] Nga Ching Cheng (HK)
11-1, 11-4, 11-8
BU17
[1] Youssef Ibrahim 3-1 [5/8]
Samuel Scherl (Usa) 11-8 3-11 11-6 11-8
[5/8] Ziad Sakr 3-2 [3/4] Michael Mehl (Can) 2-10 12-10 10-12 11-13 11-7
[5/8] Mostafa Montaser
3-1 [3/4]
Victor Crouin (Fra)
11-4 11-5 7-11 11-5
[2] Marwan Tarek
(Egy) 3-0 [5/8] Adhitya Raghavan (Ind)
GU19
[1] Nouran Gohar 3-0 [5/8] Andrea
Lee (Mas) 11-5, 11-8, 11-3 (25m)
[5/8] Mayar Hany
3-0 [3/4] Tinne
Gilis (Bel) 11-6, 11-8, 11-3 (25m)
[3/4]
Nadine Shahin
3-1 Amelia Henley (Eng) 11-8 11-8 4-11 11-3
(35m)
[2]
Georgina Kennedy (Eng) 3-2 [5/8] Zeina Mickawy
11/9 11/6 9/11 8/11 11/7 (32m)
BU19
[1] Youssef Soliman 3-0 [5/8] Miko
Aijanen (Fin) 11-8, 11-9, 11-3 (35m)
[3/4] Saadeldin Abouaish 3-0
[5/8] James Peach 11-6, 11-7, 11-8
[2] Eain Yow Ng (Mas) 3-2 [5/8] Karim Desouky
15-13, 5-11, 8-11, 11-7, 12-10 (55m)
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