09-Oct, Final:

[7] Yathreb Adel (Egy) bt [4] Lauren Selby (Eng)
        11/5, 8/11, 11/9, 11/9 (45m)

Adel seizes Sheikha Al Saad title

The final of the Sheikha Al Saad Tournament at the Qadsia Club in Kuwait witnessed one final upset as seventh seed Yathreb Adel beat England's fourth seed Lauren Selby in a close four-game final.

The 15-year-old Egyptian missed the World Juniors in the summer through injury, but on her return to action she has been in spectacular form, finishing runner-up in the Orange County Open, losing in five to the eventual runner-up in the Southwest Open and reaching the quarter-finals of the Alexandria Open - after having to qualify for all three events.

Having beaten top seed Emma Beddoes in the quarter-finals, Yathreb, the British Junior Open U17 runner-up, went on to beat fellow-Egyptian Nouran El Torky (ranked 8th in the new WSF World Junior U19 rankings) before claiming the scalp of Selby in the final to claim her second WISPA title.

DID YOU KNOW?
YATHREB MAKES HISTORY....
from SquashInfo

Egypt's 15-year-old Yathreb Adel has made history by becoming the youngest winner of two WISPA World Tour titles after clinching the Women's Sheikha Al Saad Squash Open at the Qadsia Sporting Club in Hawally, Kuwait.

Incredibly, it was only two weeks ago that compatriot Nour El Sherbini set the record. Two months before her 16th birthday, El Sherbini despatched all-comers to win the Alexandria International Open, her second Tour title.

But, after lifting the Swiss Open crown in March, Adel swept through the WISPA World Tour 8 field at the Sheikha Al Saad Open, beating top seed Emma Beddoes en-route to the final where she defeated England's higher-ranked Lauren Selby 11-5, 8-11, 11-9, 11-9 in 45 minutes - a feat she achieved aged just 15 years and seven months!

Sheikha Fatma al Sabah
meeting the players

11/9, 10/12, 14/12, 11/7 (55m)

[5] Nouran El Torky

11/5, 8/11, 11/9, 11/9 (45m)

11/6, 11/7, 11/9 (26m) 

[2] Siyoli Waters

04-Oct, Qualifying:

Mayar Aly Ezzo (EGY) bt Fatemehalsadat Haidary (IRI)    11/5, 5/11, 11/5, 11/5 (17m)
Salma Hany Ibrahim (EGY) bt Hana Essam Khedr (EGY)            11/5 11/4 11/7  (19m)
Mennat Nasser (EGY) bt Parand Dolatyzadeh (IRI)                     11/5, 11/2, 11/2 (8m)
Nihal Alaa Bayoumi (EGY)  bye

08-Oct-11, Semis:

I am delighted to reach my first tour 8 final. Even though I had two hard first rounds I felt really good today, you know one of those days where everything seems to fit into place. I've been working hard with Lee Drew on my game and I feel I'm heading in the right direction. I'm really enjoying my squash at the moment and I'm looking forward to tomorrow!

07-Oct-11, Quarters:
Four five-setters in Kuwait quarters

It was a long afternoon at the Qadsia club in Kuwait City as all four quarter-finals of the Sheikha Al Saad tournament went the distance.

In the top half of the draw Egyptian teenagers Yathreb Adel and Nouran El Torky both beat higher-seeded players, both winning 12/10 in the fifth!

Yathreb came from 2/1 down to beat top seed Emma Beddoes while Nouran overcame third seed Olga Ertlova.

In the bottom half second and fourth seeds Siyoli Waters and Lauren Selby will contest the semi-final, although both were taken to five games, by Lisa Aitken and Salma Hany Ibrahim respectively.

Salma Hany wins her qualifying
match and plays ... Salma Hany
for a place in the quarters!