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Day Five,
The Finals 2010
G13:
[3/4] Mayar Hany (Egy) bt [1] Nouran Gohar (Egy)
5/11, 11/5, 11/3, 9/11, 11/8 (34m)
B13: [1] Youssef Mohamed (Egy) bt
[5/8] Roshan Kumarakannan (Ind)
11/5, 11/5, 11/2 (19m)
G15: [1] Yathreb Adel (Egy) bt
[3/4] Mariam Metwaly (Egy)
13/11, 12/10, 11/5 (31m)
B15:
[3/4] Shehab Essam (Egy) bt [3/4] Dylan Murray (Usa)
11/5, 3/11, 11/4, 20/18 (52m)
G17: [1] Nour El Tayeb (Egy) bt
[2] Amanda Sobhy (Usa)
11/6, 11/4, 11/4 (20m)
B17:
[2] Marwan El Shorbagy (Egy) bt [5/8] Mohamed Abou Elgar (Egy)
11/9, 12/10, 5/11, 11/4 (36m)
G19: [1] Nour El Sherbini (Egy) bt
Salma Hany (Egy)
11/8, 11/7, 11/3 (25m)
B19: [1] Mohamed El Shorbagy (Egy) bt
[2] Karim Abdel Gawad (Egy)
11/9, 11/7, 10/12, 11/9 (52m)
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Egypt claim BJO Clean
Sweep
The 40-strong Egyptian team created history
in Sheffield today as the claimed all eight
title to dominate the event as never before.
In fact the clean sweep was assured after
just five finals as the last three on court
were all-Egyptian affairs anyway.
Mayar Hany started the ball rolling
in the Girls U13, beating top-seeded
compatriot Houran Gohar in a five game
thriller. In the Boys it was the top seed
who prevailed, Youssef Mohamed taking
the spoils in straight games.
Yathreb Adel, last year's U13
champion, doubled her tally as she claimed
the U15 title against compatriot Mariam
Metwaly. Yathreb needed extra points to
clinch the first two games before easing
through the third. In the Boys division
Shehab Essam denied the USA's Dylan
Murray in four after extended extra points
in the final game.
Next up was a fourth title for Nour El
Tayeb as she successfully defended her
U17 title, beating Amanda Sobhy in straight
games to guarantee the clean sweep for
Egypt.
In the Boys U17 Marwan El Shorbagy
claimed his first BJO title, then settled
down to hopefully watch his big brother take
a third consecutive U19 crown.
Nour El Sherbini, on the other hand,
already has three titles at U13 and U15
level, and the world junior champion
justified her jump straight into the U19s
with a straight games win over surprise
finalist Salma Hany ... and Sherbini will be
around for another four years.
No disrespect to Karim, but it wouldn't have
felt right if the day wasn't completed by
Mohamed El Shorbagy winning his third
consecutive - and fifth in total - title in
his last-ever match as a junior, and he duly
did so, winning in four tight games to
complete a remarkable start to 2010 for the
all-conquering Egyptians.
While the Egyptian performance obviously
makes the headlines, honourable mentions go
to USA for two finalists, and hosts England
with two semi-finalists both exceeding their
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Girls U13
[3/4]
Mayar Hany (Egy) bt [1] Nouran Gohar (Egy)
5/11, 11/5, 11/3, 9/11, 11/8 (34m) |
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Boys U13
[1] Youssef Mohamed
(Egy) bt
[5/8] Roshan Kumarakannan (Ind) 11/5, 11/5, 11/2
(19m) |
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Girls U15
[1] Yathreb Adel (Egy)
bt
[3/4] Mariam Metwaly (Egy)
13/11, 12/10, 11/5 (31m)
That
was a tough match today between Yathreb and
Mariem, they both have a good squash and I
think they really enjoyed playing the final
on the glass court.
In the first game Mariem had the lead all
the game, she was up 10/6 but Yathreb was
able to save four game points and won the
game. same thing happened in the second as
Mariem was leading 9/4 and again Yathreb
came back to win the game and had the
confidence to win the third, and her second
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This was the
match of the day, the crowd really loved it.
Dylan who was diving to every ball today,
and Shehab who played some really good shots
and won his first bjo title.
First game Shehab was focusing and
controlling the game as Dylan was just
running and running; in the second Shehab
started making errors and Dylan took
advantage from that to win the game. After
the second Dylan was bleeding from his elbow
so he had to put a bandage, but I think he
lost his concentration in the third...
Last game was the game of the day as Dylan
saved 8 match points from Shehab, Dylan had
2 game points but he couldn't win them. At
13/13 Dylan dove 3 times in that point but
Shehab was able to win the point at the end.
19/18 and shehab made a great shot and win
his first bjo title. |
"I am very
happy to win my first bjo title today.
"I was really focusing on my match. I think
I lost a bit of concentration in the second.
"He is a very good player and I enjoyed
playing him tonight."
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Girls U17
[1] Nour El Tayeb (Egy) bt
[2] Amanda Sobhy (Usa)
11/6, 11/4, 11/4 (20m) |
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I didn't watch
all the match coz my match was after, but
Nour seemed in control most of the match
with some great shots, and she was able to
win her 4th BJO title
I think it was a bad day for Amanda as well,
as the crowd was expecting a harder match
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"I played
really well tonight, I was really focusing
for the match coz I know Amanda is a tough
opponent.
"Happy to win my 4th title and
congratulations to Egypt for winning all the
title this year. And I just want to thank my
parents for supporting me!"
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Boys U17
[2] Marwan El Shorbagy (Egy)
bt [5/8] Mohamed Abou Elgar (Egy)
11/9, 12/10, 5/11, 11/4 (36m) |
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I think we both
played well. The first two games were really
tight - first game point by point, at 7/7
Abouelghar made 2 errors so he gave me the
confidence to take the lead to 10/7 then he
was able to save two game points with some
great shots.
Second game same thing, point by point then
I had the lead 10/8 and again he was able to
save 2 game points but I took an advantage
from his errors to win the game. in the
third Abouelghar started to change his game
as I started to make some mistakes which
helped him to win the third.
Last game, I was just waiting for his
mistakes, he made too many tins which helped
me a lot to win the title for the first
time.
 "I
really enjoyed playing this tournament, I
think I played really well in all my
matches. I was training really hard last six
months in Millfield. I just wanted to enjoy
my self this tournament I didn't put any
pressure on myself.
"I just want to thank my dad and mum for
supporting me all the time, my brother who
always gives me help from his experience and
of course the great Jonah barrington, and
Ian Thomas who worked really hard with me !
"And now it's my time to keep the El
Shorbagy name on the World Junior trophy and
the Drysdale Cup !"
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Girls U19
[1]
Nour El Sherbini (Egy) bt Salma Hany
(Egy)
11/8, 11/7, 11/3 (25m) |
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"I am very
happy to win the title u19 this year. I
played well today and I am looking forward
to come back again here next year and win
it.
"I would like to thank my parents, my
coached Roushdy and Mohamed Mabrouk, and our
national coach Mohamed Medhat."
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After winning
the world junior title Nour El Sherbini
decided to play the u19 girls instead of the
u15, and again she beat Heba in the semis
and tonight she won in straight games and
she still has 4 more British !
Salma had a really good tournament, in last
16 she beat the English number one in five
games, in the quarters she beat the number
two seed and made a big upset in five games,
and yesterday she beat Nouran in five games.
So of course she was a bit tired for today's
match. El Sherbini played well, she was in
control most of the match. Salma was
struggling a bit with her movement, Nour won
her 4th BJO title and still 4 to go !
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Boys U19
[1] Mohamed El Shorbagy (Egy)
bt
[2] Karim Abdel Gawad (Egy) 11/9, 11/7, 10/12,
11/9 (52m) |
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Shorbagy won
the U19 title for the third time in a row
and played his last junior match in his
career. It was a good match from both. they
played last year and Shorbagy won in five
but this year Shorbagy won only in four.
First game point by point till 9/9 but
shorbagy used his experience to finish the
game; in the second Shorbagy was in control
most of the game, and karim made too many
mistakes. Third game Shorbagy was up 9/7 but
karim was able to come and win the game, and
from here karim had more and more confidence
and he started to go for shots 8/6 up in the
fourth.
But Shorbagy came back to win the title
again and his 5th bjo title in total. |
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"I'm
really happy to win this title. I have to
really thank god for giving me the titles I
wanted in my junior career, winning 2 world
juniors and 5 british junior, 3 of them the
Drysdale cup.