German Open Final
May 31 2004, By Howard Harding; SquashTalk Independent News Service © 2004

Top Seeds Win Men and Women's Finals

Egypt's Omar Elborolossy and England's Laura-Jane Lengthorn, both the number one seeds, triumphed in four-game finals to lift the men's and women's title, respectively, in the German Open Squash Championships in Gerlingen.

Elborolossy, the world No15 from Cairo who has not tasted PSA Tour title success since January 2003, was in sparkling form as he fought back from a game down to overcome England's No2 seed Adrian Grant 12-15 15-14 15-11 15-3 in 69 minutes.

The success in the $20,000 event brought Elborolossy his biggest title of his career - and raised the 28-year-old's total PSA title haul to 12 in more than 11 years on the international circuit.

It was a disappointing outcome for Londoner Grant, the 23-year-old now based in Halifax in Yorkshire who made his senior international debut for England earlier this month. Ranked 18 in the world, Grant arrived in the final after a tough five-game semi which lasted 90 minutes - almost twice the length of his opponent's encounter.

The women's final saw the eventual demise of unseeded German giant-killer Kathrin Rohrmüller, the 21-year-old from Rosenheim who despatched three seeds to reach the Gerlingen climax.

Lengthorn, the 20-year-old twice British Junior champion from Chorley in Lancashire, was simply too strong for her opponent in the final. Despite a fight-back by Rohrmüller in the third game, Lengthorn maintained her composure to win 9-3 9-2 2-9 9-7 in 43 minutes to claim her maiden WISPA World Tour title.

Rohrmüller has a terrific tournament, scoring three successive upsets capped by a 38 minute win in the semi finals over Line Hansen, before falling in the finals.

RESULTS: German Open Squash Championships, Gerlingen, Germany

Men's final:
[1] Omar Elborolossy (EGY) bt [2] Adrian Grant (ENG) 12-15, 15-14, 15-11, 15-3 (69m)
S emi-finals:
[1] Omar Elborolossy (EGY) bt [15] Majid Khan (PAK) 15-10, 15-7, 15-10 (47m)
[2] Adrian Grant (ENG) bt [4] Moh'd Azlan Iskandar (MAS) 10-15, 15-4, 15-10, 11-15, 15-9 (90m)
Quarter-finals:
[1] Omar Elborolossy (EGY) bt [11] Bradley Ball (ENG) 15-12, 15-8, 4-15, 15-6 (70m)
[15] Majid Khan (PAK) bt Christian Drakenberg (SWE) 15-10, 15-8, 15-7 (45m)
[4] Moh'd Azlan Iskandar (MAS) bt Stacey Ross (ENG) 12-15, 15-7, 15-13, 15-12 (82m)
[2] Adrian Grant (ENG) bt Saeed Hassan (PAK) 15-6, 8-15, 15-11, 15-11 (70m)
Men's 2nd round:
[1] Omar Elborolossy (EGY) bt [14] Matthew Giuffre (CAN) 15-4, 15-8, 15-10 (42m)
[11] Bradley Ball (ENG) bt [6] Hisham Moh'd Ashour (EGY) 15-2, 15-6, 15-9 (29m)
[15] Majid Khan (PAK) bt [3] Davide Bianchetti (ITA) 4-15, 9-15, 15-13, 15-5, 15-3 (93m)
Christian Drakenberg (SWE) bt Khayal Muhammad (PAK) 13-15, 15-8, 16-17, 15-3, 15-5 (84m)
Stacey Ross (ENG) bt [10] Alister Walker (ENG) 15-14, 8-15, 15-12, 15-12 (79m)
[4] Moh'd Azlan Iskandar (MAS) bt [12] Glenn Keenan (AUS) 15-9, 15-13, 15-5 (51m)
Saeed Hassan (PAK) bt [8] Mark Heather (ENG) 15-9, 15-10, 13-15, 15-10 (69m)
[2] Adrian Grant (ENG) bt Raj Nanda (AUS) 15-9, 5-15, 15-12, 11-15, 15-10 (69m)

Women's final:
[1] Laura-Jane Lengthorn (ENG) bt Kathrin Rohrmüller (GER) 9-3, 9-2, 2-9, 9-7 (43m)
S emi-finals:
[1] Laura-Jane Lengthorn (ENG) bt [3] Raneem El Weleily (EGY) 9-4, 9-5, 8-10, 9-1 (57m)
Kathrin Rohrmüller (GER) bt [6] Line Hansen (DEN) 8-10, 9-5, 9-4, 9-6 (38m)
Q uarter-finals:
[1] Laura-Jane Lengthorn (ENG) bt [7] Orla Noom (NED) 9-0, 9-2, 9-4 (21m)
[3] Raneem El Weleily (EGY) bt [8] Margriet Huisman (NED) 9-4, 4-9, 9-1, 9-3 (33m)
[6] Line Hansen (DEN) bt [4] Karen Kronemeyer (NED) 10-9, 9-4, 9-0 (26m)
Kathrin Rohrmuller (GER) bt [5] Amnah El Trabolsy (EGY) 9-3, 9-3, 9-4 (26m)
Women's 1st round:
[1] Laura-Jane Lengthorn (ENG) bt [Q] Chinatsu Matsui (JPN) 9-6, 9-3, 9-0 (18m)
[7] Orla Noom (NED) bt [Q] Kirsty McPhee (ENG) 9-5, 9-2, 6-9, 9-1 (27m)
[3] Raneem El Weleily (EGY) bt Milja Dorenbos (NED) 9-6, 9-3, 10-9 (34m)
[8] Margriet Huisman (NED) bt [Q] Olivia Hauser (SUI) 9-1, 5-9, 10-8, 9-0 (53m)
[6] Line Hansen (DEN) bt Nicolette Fernandes (GUY) 9-1, 9-1, 9-0 (30m)
[4] Karen Kronemeyer (NED) bt [Q] Dagmar Vermeulen (NED) 9-1, 9-4, 9-4 (25m)
[5] Amnah El Trabolsy (EGY) bt Manuela Manetta (ITA) 6-9, 9-10, 9-6, 9-5, 9-7 (56m)
Kathrin Rohrmuller (GER) bt [2] Eman El Amir (EGY) 3-9, 9-6, 9-3, 9-3 (30m)

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