(updated 1-apr-09 12:18 )  

[WISPA DRAW]      [PSA DRAW]

Top Seeds Untroubled In Hurghada

There were no surprises in the quarter-finals of the Hurghada International Squash Championships on the first day of action in the men's and women's Tour event in the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Hurghada on an all-glass court at the Sinbad Beach Resort.

Top seed Karim Darwish, the world number one from Cairo, delighted the partisan crowd by cruising to an 11-5, 11-6, 11-1 win over Pakistan teenager Aamir Atlas Khan, the fifth seed, in the men's $61,000 PSA World Tour event.

A Pakistani fell in the other men's quarter-final match when Frenchman Gregory Gaultier brushed aside sixth seed Farhan Mehboob 11-7, 11-8, 11-4.

Darwish will now face Gaultier for a place in the final - hoping for his first win in his third meeting with the world No4 this year.

There was Egyptian success too in the women's $26,000 WISPA World Tour event:  Third seed Omneya Abdel Kawy needed just 21 minutes to quash compatriot Heba El Torky, an 18-year-old qualifier from Alexandria, 11-5, 11-4, 11-7.

Later, England's second seed Jenny Duncalf claimed her anticipated place in the last four when she beat Hong Kong qualifier Joey Chan 11-7, 11-8, 11-7.

Duncalf and Abdel Kawy will go head-to-head for a place in the final for the first time since the 26-year-old from Harrogate in Yorkshire lost to her lower-ranked rival in the final of the Women's World Team Championship in Cairo in December.

RESULTS:         Hurghada Squash International, Cairo, Egypt

Men's quarter-finals (top half of draw):
[1] Karim Darwish (EGY) bt [5] Aamir Atlas Khan (PAK) 11-5, 11-6, 11-1 (30m)
[3] Gregory Gaultier (FRA) bt [6] Farhan Mehboob (PAK) 11-7, 11-8, 11-4 (35m)

Women's quarter-finals (lower half of draw):
[3] Omneya Abdel Kawy (EGY) bt [Q] Heba El Torky (EGY) 11-5, 11-4, 11-7 (21m)
[2] Jenny Duncalf (ENG) bt [Q] Joey Chan (HKG) 11-7, 11-8, 11-7 (31m)

 

Outstanding men's quarter-final line-up:
[4] Ramy Ashour (EGY) v Tarek Momen (EGY)
[2] Amr Shabana (EGY) v [8] Mohamed El Shorbagy (EGY) 

Outstanding women's quarter-final line-up:
[1] Rachael Grinham (AUS) v Tenille Swartz (RSA)
[4] Rebecca Chiu (HKG) v Camille Serme (FRA)

 

 

 

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