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Macau Open 2011
08-13 Nov, Macau, China, $50k |
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13-Nov, Finals:
Macau titles for Shorbagy and Chan
Mohamed El Shorbagy, top seed in
the Men's PSA $50k event, claimed the Macau Open title with an
hour-long four-game victory over France's second seed Thierry
Lincou.
Twenty-year-old Shorbagy, the world No8 from Alexandria, recovered
from a game down - as he had done in the previous three rounds - to
shake off veteran Lincou, the 35-year-old former world champion
ranked two positions lower.
 "I'm glad to win the championship," said the jubilant Egyptian at
the trophy presentation. "Thierry and I have known each other for
quite a long time, so we know quite well the way each other plays."
With smile on his face, El Shorbagy added: "I think one of the
reasons I won is because I'm much younger than Lincou - he's in his
middle age, but I'm still young!"
The triumph - marking El Shorbagy's fifth career Tour title - will
be a major boost on the eve of the Cathay Pacific Sun Hung Kai
Financial Hong Kong Open, the seventh PSA World Series event of the
year which got underway in Hong Kong today.
In the women's event Hong Kong's Joey Chan gave herself a boost
before heading home for the Hong Kong Open which started today as
she beat Ireland's Aisling Blake in straight games to take the
women's title.
French
Corner
Ça ne passe pas
Je pense avoir pas mal joué tactiquement.
Le premier a été super intense et j'y ai laisse quelques plumes même
si je l'ai remporté. Puis j'ai eu une petite baisse de régime vers
la fin du second.
Après, c'est simplement que je ne pouvais plus aussi bien bouger et
je commençais à perdre ma lucidité.
Bref. Bon tournoi, de belles victoires quand même et toujours le
moral pour la suite,
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"Very happy to win the tournament!!
Had brutal matches there...First against Pilley.. it was such a hard
match mentally for me as I have never beaten him before...and he is
the most player on tour I find him awkward to play too so I was
super lucky he played bad that day to allow me to win...
And then the match of Beng Hee was just a joke!! The guy played the
best I have ever seen him play...he was just too good for me..
I just kept digging in and I was so lucky to win after being 10/7
down in the second 10/8 down in the 3rd and 9/5 down in the 5th...
The match was 113m.. But winning the tournament in Colombia this
year just gave me so much of confidence in my fitness...and I
actually thought that this long match would make me fresh for the
semis and which it did...
Against Lincou today.. first game was so long and very hard and I
was 10/8 up.. I should have tried to close that one.. But after,
that the longer the match was getting the more I was getting
confident the more I was getting fresher and the more he was getting
tired!!!
And I think one of the reasons I won is because I'm much younger
than him - he's in his middle age, but I'm still young!
Now off tomorrow to Hong Kong another and need to get ready mentally
for it :)
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 Macau
Open 2011
08-13 Nov, Macau, China, $50k |
Round One
10 Nov |
Quarters
11 Nov |
Semis
12 Nov |
Final
13 Nov |
[1] Mohamed El Shorbagy (Egy)
9-11, 11-9, 12-10, 11-3
Cameron Pilley (Aus) |
[1] Mohamed El Shorbagy
9-11, 12-10, 12-10, 15-17, 11-9 (113m)
[Q] Ong Beng Hee |
[1] Mohamed El Shorbagy
9-11, 11-5, 11-4, 11-7 (62m)
Olli Tuominen |
[1] Mohamed El Shorbagy
11-13, 11-5, 11-5, 11-7 (60m)
[2] Thierry Lincou |
Tom Richards (Eng)
11-8, 11-5, 11-6
[Q] Ong Beng Hee (Mas) |
Julian Illingworth (Usa)
6-11, 12-10, 11-8, 11-5
[Q] Mathieu Castagnet (Fra) |
Julian Illingworth
11-7, 6-11, 4-11, 3-11 (48m)
Olli Tuominen |
Olli Tuominen (Fin)
7-11 11-6 11-7 11-9
[3] Daryl Selby (Eng) |
[4] Azlan Iskandar (Mas)
11/4, 11/2, 11/5
Armando Amante (Mac) |
[4] Azlan Iskandar
11-8, 9-11, 11-13, 11-5, 11-4 (61m)
Hisham Ashour |
Hisham Ashour
6-11, 13-11, 11-8, 13-11 (60m)
[2] Thierry Lincou |
Hisham Ashour (Egy)
11-8, 11-3, 8-11, 11-5
[Q] Chris Ryder (Eng) |
Jonathan Kemp (Eng)
11-6, 11-9, 11-5
[Q] Borja Golan (Esp) |
[Q] Borja Golan
11-9, 11-6, 7-11, 11-4
[2] Thierry Lincou |
Omar Mosaad (Egy)
11-8, 4-11, 7-11, 11-3, 13-11
[2] Thierry Lincou (Fra) |
09-Nov, Qualifying Finals:
Ong Beng Hee (Mas) bt Greg
Marche (Fra) 11/6, 5/11, 6/11,
11/9, 11/9
Chris Ryder (Eng) bt Martin
Knight (Nzl)
11/7, 11/5, 15/13
Mathieu Castagnet (Fra)
bt Alan Clyne (Sco)
11/7, 8/11, 11/4, 11/8
Borja Golan (Esp) bt Max Lee (Hkg)
11/9, 9/11, 10/12, 12/10,11/5
08-Nov, Qualifying Round One:
Ong Beng Hee (Mas) bye
Greg Marche (Fra) bt Yann Perrin (Fra)
11/3, 11/6, 11/8
Martin Knight (Nzl) bt Fong Tek Kei (Chn) 11/2,
11/2, 11/0
Chris Ryder (Eng) bt Bradley Hindle (Mlt)
7/11, 15/13, 11/3, 11/6
Alan Clyne (Sco) bt Chan Hoi Long (Chn) 11/1, 11/1,
11/3
Mathieu Castagnet (Fra) bt Leo Au (Hkg)
9/11, 11/6, 18, 11/7
Max Lee (Hkg) bt Dick Lau (Hkg)
8/11, 11/3, 114, 11/4
Borja Golan (Esp) bye
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 Macau
Open 2011
08-13 Nov, Macau, China, $16k |
Round One
10 Nov |
Quarters
11 Nov |
Semis
12 Nov |
Final
13 Nov |
[1] Jaclyn Hawkes (Nzl)
11-3, 9-11, 11-1, 11-6
Kylie Lindsay (Nzl) |
[1] Jaclyn Hawkes
8-11, 11-4, 11-9, 11-8
[7] Gaby Huber |
[1] Jaclyn Hawkes
11-6, 12-10, 11-8 (38m)
[5] Aisling Blake |
[5] Aisling Blake
11/8, 11/9, 11/9 (36m)
[2] Joey Chan |
[7] Gaby Huber (Sui)
9-11, 13-11, 6-11, 11-3, 11-8
[Q] Liu Tsz Ling (Hkg) |
[4] Line Hansen (Den)
15-13, 6-11, 11-8, 11-8
[Q] Misaki Kobayashi (Jpn) |
[4] Line Hansen
11-7, 5-11, 11-3, 11-3
[5] Aisling Blake |
[5] Aisling Blake (Irl)
11-8, 11-4, 11-5
[Q] Carmen Lee (Hkg) |
Siyoli Waters (Rsa)
8-11, 11-6, 12-10, 11-7
[6] Latasha Khan (Usa) |
Siyoli Waters
13-11, 11-6, 11-5
[3] Delia Arnold |
[3] Delia Arnold
6-11, 11-7, 11-6, 9-11, 11-5 (71m)
[2] Joey Chan |
Liu Kwai Chi (Mac)
w/o
[3] Delia Arnold (Mas) |
Siti Munirah Jusoh (Mas)
11-7, 12-14, 11-9, 11-9
[8] Melody Francis (Aus) |
Siti Munirah Jusoh
11-8, 11-2, 11-5
[2] Joey Chan |
[Q] Lauren Selby (Eng)
11-4, 11-5, 11-2
[2] Joey Chan (Hkg) |
09-Nov, Qualifying Finals:
Misaki Kobayashi (Jpn)
bt Tong Tsz-Wing (Hkg)
11/9, 11/6, 11/9
Liu Tsz-Ling (Hkg) bt Carrie Ramsey (Eng)
11/9, 7/11, 11/7, 10/12, 11/5
Carmen Lee (Hkg)
bt Anaka Alankamony (Ind)
11/8, 11/7, 12/14, 11/8
Lauren Selby (Eng) bt Karman Siu (Hkg)
11/3, 11/5, 11/4
08-Nov, Qualifying Round One:
Tong Tsz-Wing (Hkg) bt Pushppa Devi (Mas)
11/7, 11/3, 11/6
Anaka Alankamony (Ind) bt Sam Hei Tong (Hkg)
11/2, 11/0, 11/1
Karman Siu (Hkg) bt Lee Sio Mgan (Mac)
11/2, 11/2, 11/3
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11-Nov,
Quarters:
Hisham ousts Azlan,
Bengy falls just short
It wasn't a good day for the Malaysians
in the $50 PSA event quarter-finals, although Azlan Iskandar and Ong
Beng Hee will have mixed emotions on the day.
Iskandar, the fourth seed, fell in five games to Egypt's Hisham
Ashour while the unseeded Ong took another Egyptian, top seed
Mohamed El Shorbagy, all the way only to lose out 11/9 in the fifth
after 113 minutes.
Shorbagy now meets Finland's Olli Tuominen while Ashour faces
France's second seed Thierry Lincou.
In the $16k women's event the top three seeds are safely through
to the semis along with Irish fifth seed Aisling Blake.
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French
Corner
Un petit mot d'ici où le tournoi se passe gentiment dans la
bonne ambiance. Pas grand monde pour regarder...
C'est cool de se retrouver avec la bande de frenchies
Yann , Grégoire et Matt en plus de qq calédoniens
Sinon perso 2 gros tours pour ma qualifier pour la demie de demain
Deux revanches sur Mosaad en 5 donc et Golan en 4. Les sensations
sont bonnes. Dans la continuité de Rotterdam
Donc très content d'être sorti de ce piège et envie d'aller plus
loin
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10-Nov, Round One:
Tuominen dumps Daryl in Macau
Round One of the Macau Open at the Centro de Bowling do
Complexo Desportivo Internacional de COTAI in the Chinese SAR
just 40 miles from Hong Kong where next week's major squash action
takes place, saw a number of upsets in the men's and women's draws.
In the men's $50k draw Finland's Olli Tuominen came from a
game down to beat third seed Daryl Selby, while two qualifiers -
Ong Beng Hee and Borja Golan - progressed to the
quarter-finals where they'll meet top seeds Mohamed El Shorbagy
and Thierry Lincou.
Shorbagy also had to recover from losing the first game to beat
Australian Cameron Pilley, while Lincou was taken the full distance
by Omar Mosaad with the Frenchman finally squeezing home 13/11 in
the fifth.
In the $16k women's draw two minor seeds fell, Latasha Khan at the
hands of Siyoli Waters (who also dropped the first game), and
Melody Francis, beaten by Siti Munirah Jusoh.
There was no joy for the local wildcards as Armando Amante lost in
straight games to Azlan Iskandar while Liu Kwai Chi handed a
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Macau Open 2008 |
09-Nov, Qualifying Finals:
Qualifying complete in Macau
As a buildup to next week's Hong Kong Open, Macau provides
the ideal location, the two Chinese Special Administrative
Regions (SAR) are just 40 miles apart, and although we
haven't been to Macau, it's a fair bet that it's not too dissimilar
to Hong Kong.
On court it was qualifying finals at the Centro de Bowling do
Complexo Desportivo Internacional de COTAI, with a couple of
especially tough matches in the men's $50k event.
Ong Beng Hee, Chris Ryder, Mathieu Castagnet and Borja
Golan all made it through, and with some of the top-ranked
players drawn to play each other in the first round, all four have
realistic prospects of advancing further into the draw.
In the women's $16k event England's Lauren Selby and Japan's
Misaki Kobayashi join two Hong Kong qualifiers Carmen Lee
and Liu Tsz-Ling in the main draw.
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Round One
Results ... thanks to @Selbs11
Macau Open 2008 |
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