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11-Aug, Final:
Draw & Results
[5] Wael El Hindi (Egy) bt Laurens Jan Anjema (Ned)
13/1, 11/4, 11/9 (50m) |
Wael
keeps Heliopolis
title at home for Egypt
After three successive wins against seeded opposition, Laurens Jan
Anjema's run finally came to an end in the final of the Rotary
Heliopolis Open in Cairo as Wael El Hindi kept the title in
Egyptian hands.
The win marked the fourth and biggest PSA title of El Hindi's career,
and will undoubtedly give him a boost for the forthcoming Al Ahram World
Open, also to be held in Cairo.
El Hindi extends a line of distinguished Egyptian winners of the title –
including Amr Shabana, Omar Elborolossy and Ahmed Barada – since 1998,
when England's Peter Nicol secured the trophy after one of his famous
clashes with Canadian rival Jonathon Power. |
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the Stadium |
Barker v Ashour |
LJ downs Darwish |
Wael gets advice |
10-Aug, Semis:
El
Hindi carries home hopes into Heliopolis final
 Four
Egyptians made the quarter-finals of the Heliopolis Open, but it's left to
fifth seed Wael El Hindi to deliver the hoped for home victory.
El Hindi beat England's Peter Barker in a tight four-game match, and will
face the Netherlands' Laurens Jan Anjema in the final.
Anjema continued his sensational run as he beat Mohamed Abbas in
four games, his third consecutive seeded victim.
For LJ, currently ranked 27, it's his eleventh PSA final. El Hindi, the
world number 20, will appear in his ninth, but both know that victory here
will likely give them a significant boost in the September rankings.
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SEMI-FINALS:
Laurens Jan Anjema (Ned) bt
[3] Mohamed Abbas (Egy)
11/8, 11/9, 4/11, 11/7 (61m)
[5] Wael El Hindi (Egy) bt
[7] Peter Barker (Eng)
11/13, 11/8, 12/10, 11/7 (63m)
Draw & Results |
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09-Aug, Quarters:
LJ
downs Darwish in Cairo
Hopes of two all-Egyptian semi-finals were dashed when LJ Anjema
and Peter Barker produced two upset results in the quarter-finals
at the Cairo Stadium on a day which saw the top two seeds perish.
Dutchman Anjema produced the result of the day as he toppled top seed
Karim Darwish in a five-game thriller - coming from 2-1 down to take the
decider 13/11.
Barker, the only Englishman in the draw, took out double world junior
champion Ramy Ashour in straight games, leaving Mohammad Abbas and
Wael El Hindi, who created a third upset of the day in beating
second seed Olli Tuominen, to fly the Egyptian flag in the semi-finals.
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QUARTER-FINALS:
LJ Anjema (Ned) bt
[1] Karim Darwish (Egy)
11/8, 6/11, 10/12, 11/5, 13/11 (61m)
[3] Mohamed Abbas (Egy) bt
[8] Borja Golan (Esp)
11/9, 11/8, 11/4 (48m)
[7] Peter Barker (Eng) bt
[4] Ramy Ashour (Egy)
11/4, 11/8, 11/8 (42m)
[5] Wael El Hindi (Egy) bt
[2] Olli Tuominen (Fin)
14/12, 11/7, 11/5 (49m)
Draw & Results
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08-Aug, Round One:
Four
Quarters, Four Egyptians
After an extended qualifying competition, the main draw action got under
way in Cairo today, with seven of the eight seeded players winning through
to the quarter-finals.
The exception was Dutchman Laurens
Jan Anjema's win over Shahier Razik. The Canadian is renowned for his
lengthy matches, and this was no exception as Anjema eventually triumphed
12/10 in the fifth after 93 minutes, easily the longest match of the day.
LJ now meets top seed Karim Darwish,
one of four Egyptians through to the quarters, with the possibility of two
all-Egyptian semis. Darwish, runner-up here last year, despatched Italy's
David Bianchetti in straight games.
Mohammed Abbas saw off the
challenge of Yasser El Halaby, returning to the tour after dominating US
college squash for four years, double world junior champion Ramy Ashour
recorded the quickest win of the day against
junior team-mate Ali Anwar Reda, while Wael El Hindi needed four
games to put out another member of the triumphant Egyptian junior team,
Tarek Momen.
In the quarter-finals Abbas meets
Spaniard Borja Golan, Ashour faces England's Peter Barker,
and El Hindi comes up against Finland's Olli Tuominen, the second
seed who needed five games to get past Ramy's elder brother Hisham. |
DRAW & RESULTS
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Four
quarters ... Four Egyptians ! |
07-Aug, Qualifying Finals:
Three days of Qualifying,
Three (or 4) Extra Egyptians ...
Unusually for a 16-draw event the Rotary Heliopolis Open featured a
three-round 32-man qualifying draw - not a bad thing, as many players use
the event to get used to Cairo conditions for the forthcoming World Open.
Even before today's third round, three extra Egyptians were guaranteed, as
three of the four qualifying finals were 'local derbies'.
In the event Hisham Ashour went through to join brother Ramy in the
main draw, getting the better of a five-game battle with Ashour junior's
world team team-mate Omar Mosaad. Hisham's reward is a meeting with second
seed Olli Tuominen.
Also through are youngsters Yasser El Halaby and Tarek Momen,
while the fourth spot was claimed by Sweden's Badr Abdel Aziz.
As Badr said at last month's Alexandria Open:
"I play for Sweden but my parents are from Egypt and it's home to
me."
So that's an honorary qualifying clean sweep for Egypt, then ...
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Hisham & Ramy Ashour
2005 Event
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 Heliopolis
Rotary Open 2006
05-11 August,
Cairo, Egypt, $40k |
Round One
Aug
08 |
Quarters
Aug 09 |
Semis
Aug 10 |
Final
Aug 11 |
[1] Karim Darwish (Egy)
11/5, 11/2, 11/8 (33m)
Davide Bianchetti (Ita) |
Karim Darwish
11/8, 6/11, 10/12, 11/5, 13/11 (61m)
Laurens Jan Anjema |
Laurens Jan Anjema
11/8, 11/9, 4/11, 11/7 (61m)
Mohammed Abbas |
Laurens Jan Anjema
13/11, 11/4, 11/9 (50m)
Wael El Hindi |
[6] Shahier Razik
(Can)
11/4, 6/11, 11/7, 4/11, 12/10 (93m)
Laurens Jan Anjema (Ned) |
[3] Mohammed Abbas (Egy)
11/6, 11/4, 11/8 (34m)
[Q] Yasser El Halaby (Egy) |
Mohammed Abbas
11/9, 11/8, 11/4 (48m)
Borja Golan |
[8] Borja Golan (Esp)
11/8, 11/8, 10/12, 11/5 (62m)
Renan Lavigne (Fra) |
[Q] Badr Abdel Aziz (Swe)
11/6, 11/8, 11/3 (37m)
[7] Peter Barker (Eng) |
Peter Barker
11/4, 11/8, 11/8 (42m)
Ramy Ashour |
Peter Barker
11/13, 11/8, 12/10, 11/7 (63m)
Wael El Hindi |
Mohd Ali Anwar Reda (Egy)
11/4, 11/4, 11/3 (25m)
[4] Ramy Ashour (Egy) |
[Q] Tarek Momen (Egy)
11/4, 3/11, 11/7, 11/6 (35m)
[5] Wael El Hindi (Egy) |
Wael El Hindi
14/12, 11/7, 11/5 (49m)
Olli Tuominen |
[Q] Hisham Ashour (Egy)
11/6, 11/9, 9/11, 10/12, 11/9 (71m)
[2] Olli Tuominen (Fin) |
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Qualifying (05-07 Aug):
Finals, 07 Aug:
Hisham Ashour (Egy) bt Omar Mosaad (Egy)
6/11 13/15, 11/8 12/10, 11/4 (50m)
Yasser El Halaby (Egy) bt Amr Mansi (Egy)
11/7, 9/11, 11/9, 11/5 (38m
Tarek Momen (Egy) bt Amr Swellam (Egy)
4/11, 11/7, 11/6, 11/9 (42m)
Badr Abdel Aziz (Swe) bt Rafael Alarcon
(Bra)
11/9, 11/7, 5/11, 6/11, 11/8 (63m)
Round Two, 06 Aug:
Hisham Ashour (Egy) bt Mohamed El-keiy (Egy)
11/6, 11/1, 11/4 (15m)
Omar Mosaad (Egy) bt Omar Abdel Aziz (Egy)
6/11, 11/7, 11/9, 11/3 (58m)
Amr Mansi (Egy) bt Ahmad Hassan (Egy)
11/3, 11/8, 11/3 (36m)
Yasser El-Halaby (Egy) bt Luca Mastrostefano (Ita)
5/11, 13/11, 11/3, 11/7 (40m)
Tarek Momen (Egy) bt Sherif Mostafa (Egy)
4/11, 11/9, 11/8, 2/11, 11/6 (61m)
Amr Swellam (Egy) bt Mark Krajcsack (Hun)
15/13, 11/8, 11/6 (39m)
Badr Abdel Aziz (Swe) bt Simon Rosner (Ger)
11/9, 11/2, 11/3 (26m)
Rafael Alarcon (Bra) bt Ahmad Sweify (Egy)
11/9, 11/7, 11/6 (25m)
Round One, 05 Aug:
Hisham Ashour (Egy) bt Karim el Dabeeh (Egy)
11/2, 11/7, 11/2 (19m)
Yasser El Halaby (Egy) bt Ahmed Nafee (Egy)
11/2, 11/6, 11/3 (20m)
Mark Krajcsak (Hun) bt Mohamed Hatem (Egy)
10/12, 6/11, 11/1, 11/2, 11/6 (49m)
Luca Mastrostefano (Ita) bt Andrew Wagih (Egy)
11/2, 10/12, 11/5, 11/6 (25m)
Mohamed Elkiey (Egy) bt Ahmed Osama (Egy)
9/11, 11/6, 11/4, 10/12, 11/6 (40m)
Amr Swelam (Egy) bt Mohamed Farid (Egy)
11/9, 11/4, 11/9 (27m)
Omar Mosaad (Egy) bt Omar Abdel Meguid (Egy)
11/8, 11/5, 11/9 (28m)
Ahmad Hassan (Egy) bt Omar El Kashef (Egy)
11/3, 9/11, 11/2, 11/6 (32m)
Omar Abdel Aziz (Egy) bt Mohamed El Kamash (Egy) 11/9,
11/6, 11/5 (25m)
Amr Mansy (Egy) bt Mohamed Shorbagy (Egy)
11/8, 5/11, 11/6, 11/8 (34m)
Sherif Mostafa (Egy) bt Omar Tarek (Egy)
11/4, 9/11, 11/8, 11/8 (53m)
Ahmed Sweify (Egy) bt Thomas Javanaud (Eng)
11/6, 11/9, 11/6 (28m)
Badr Abdel Aziz (Swe) bt Wael Farag (Egy)
15/13, 11/4, 11/3 (30m)
Rafael Alarcon (Bra) bt Islam Fiky (Egy)
11/9, 11/6, 11/6 (21m)
Tarek Momen (Egy) bt Omar Elborolossy (Egy)
11/9, 10/12, 11/7, 11/5 (40m)
Simon Rosner (Ger) bt Aly Farag (Egy)
11/7, 11/7, 11/7 (23m)
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Darwish favourite for Heliopolis
The second edition of the Rotary Heliopolis sees last year's runner-up
Karim Darwish installed as top seed for the $40k event.
With three rounds of qualifying many of the players will be using the
event to get used to the conditions in Cairo ready for the Al Ahram World
Open, some three weeks later.
Egyptian fans will be welcoming home Ramy Ashour, fresh from retaining his
World Junior title and leading the team to victory in New Zealand, and a
quirk of the draw sees him play team-mate Mohd Ali Anwar Reda in the first
round.
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