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CIMB Malaysian Open
NSC, Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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Sponsor
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MEN'S DRAW
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WOMEN'S
DRAW
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Men's Qualifying
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Women's Qualifying
HISTORY
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2009 Event
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2008 Event
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2007 Event
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2006 Event
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Top Seeds
Triumph In KL Open
Top seeds
Nicol David and Ramy Ashour triumphed in the
finals of the CIMB KL Open, beating their opponents
in straight games in the finals on an all-glass court at
Berjaya Times Square in the Malaysian capital Kuala
Lumpur.
It was a
sensational sixth title for national heroine Nicol David,
and a successful return to the winner's podium after the
world number one's shock defeat in the women's final last
year.
David,
celebrating her tenth appearance in the KL Open final since
her making her first in 1999 as a 15-year-old, was in
control from the outset, beating her career-long Egyptian
rival Omneya Abdel Kawy 11-4, 11-2, 13-11 in 31
minutes.
Abdel Kawy,
the fourth seed from Cairo, reached the final of the $53,500
WISPA World Tour Gold event against expectations
after upsetting England's No2 seed Jenny Duncalf in
the semi-finals.
The final of
the men's $50,000 5-star PSA World Tour event was an
all-Egyptian affair between Ashour, the world number one,
and his Cairo compatriot Karim Darwish, the second
seed.
Ashour,
boasting his sixth final appearance in his last seven PSA
Tour outings since November, became the first Egyptian to
win the title since 2007 after beating the world No5 in
three close games, 11-8, 11-8, 11-9 in 41 minutes.
The win takes
22-year-old Ashour's collection of PSA Tour titles to 15 –
and is sure to strengthen his grip on the top position in
the Dunlop PSA world rankings.
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CIMB
KL Open
2010
Men's Draw
15-20 Mar, Kuala Lumpur, $50k |
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Round One
17 Mar |
Quarters
18 Mar |
Semis
19 Mar |
Final
20 Mar |
[1] Ramy Ashour (Egy)
11/7, 11/9, 11/7 (35m)
[Q] Nafiizwan Adnan (Mas) |
Ramy Ashour
12-14, 11-3, 11-6, 11-6 (47m)
Aamir Atlas Khan |
Ramy Ashour
11-5, 8-11, 11-6, 11-7 (44m)
Ong Beng Hee |
Ramy Ashour
11-8, 11-8, 11-9
(41m)
Karim Darwish |
[7] Aamir Atlas Khan (Pak)
9/11, 11/9, 12/10, 11/9 (52m)
[Q] Omar Abdel Aziz (Egy) |
[4] Mohamed El Shorbagy (Egy)
11/5, 8/11, 13/11, 13/11 (55m)
[Q] Ivan Yuen (Mas) |
Mohamed El Shorbagy
7-11, 8-11, 16-14, 11-4, 11-8 (80m)
Ong Beng Hee |
[8] Ong Beng Hee (Mas)
11/8, 11/9, 3/11, 11/8 (56m)
[Q] Mohammed Abbas (Egy) |
Muhd Asyraf Azan (Mas)
11/4, 11/8, 11/5 (29m)
[5] Stuart Boswell (Aus) |
Stuart Boswell
11-1, 11-8, 11-5 (47m)
Azlan Iskandar |
Azlan Iskandar
11-6, 11-6, 11-7 (48m)
Karim Darwish |
Azlan Iskandar (Mas)
11/4, 11/4, 11/9 (40m)
[3] Adrian Grant (Eng) |
Jonathan Kemp (Eng)
11/7, 11/5, 11/7 (31m)
[6] Cameron Pilley (Eng) |
Cameron Pilley
11-7, 11-7, 11-9 (38m)
Karim Darwish |
Ali Anwar Reda (Egy)
11/6, 11/9, 11/0 (36m)
[2] Karim Darwish (Egy) |
Men's Qualifying
Omar Abdel Aziz (Egy) bt
Chris Simpson (Eng) 12/14, 11/1, 7/11,
11/5, 12/10 (83m)
Mohammed Abbas (Egy) bt Mark Krajcsak (Hun)
11/4, 11/6, 11/2 (42m)
Ivan Yuen (Mas) bt Steve Coppinger (Rsa)
7/11, 11/8, 11/2, 11/6 (46m)
Nafiizwan Adnan (Mas) bt Amr Swelim (Ita)
12/10, 12/10, 10/12, 11/7 (74m)
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CIMB
KL Open
2010
Women's Draw
15-20 Mar, Kuala Lumpur, $50k |
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Round One
17 Mar |
Quarters
18 Mar |
Semis
19 Mar |
Final
20 Mar |
[1] Nicol David (Mas)
11/7, 11/8, 11/2 (37m)
Jaclyn Hawkes (Mzl) |
Nicol David
12-10, 14-12, 11-1 (43m)
Kasey Brown |
Nicol David
11-3, 11-7, 11-5 (35m)
Alison Waters |
Nicol David
11-4, 11-2, 13-11
(31m)
Omneya Abdel Kawy |
[8] Kasey Brown (Aus)
11/6, 11/4, 11/5 (33m)
[Q] Sarah Kippax (Eng) |
[3] Alison Waters (Eng)
7/11, 14/16, 11/3, 11/9, 11/9 (75m)
Delia Arnold (Mas) |
Alison Waters
11-5, 11-2, 8-11, 11-13, 12-10 (60m)
Samantha Teran |
[7] Vanessa Atkinson (Ned)
13/11, 8/11, 11/9, 11/2 (50m)
Samantha Teran (Mex) |
[Q] Donna Urquhart (Aus)
11/7, 6/11, 5/11, 11/6, 11/7 (60m)
[5] Madeline Perry (Irl) |
Madeline Perry
12-10, 7-11, 11-5, 11-7 (40m)
Omneya Abdel Kawy |
Omneya Abdel Kawy
11-3, 11-8, 11-9 (37m)
Jenny Duncalf |
[Q] Rebecca Chiu (Hkg)
9/11, 11/4, 11/4, 11/3 (30m)
[4] Omneya Abdel Kawy (Egy) |
[Q] Raneem El Weleily (Egy)
11/9, 11/1, 0/11, 12/14, 12/10 (44m)
[6] Laura Massaro (Eng) |
Laura Massaro
11-7, 4-11, 10-12, 10-11 ret. (66m)
Jenny Duncalf |
Engy Kheirallah (Egy)
4/11, 6/11, 7/11 (27m)
[2] Jenny Duncalf (Eng) |
Women's
Qualifying:
Sarah Kippax (Eng) bt Annie
Au (Hkg)
11/9, 11/9, 12/10 (40m)
Rebecca Chiu (Hkg) bt Joey Chan (Hkg)
11/8, 5/11, 8/11, 11/4, 11/6 (42m)
Donna Urquhart (Aus) bt Tania Bailey (Eng) 11/9,
13/11, 9/11, 7/11, 12/10 (49m)
Raneem El Weleily (Egy) bt Aisling Blake (Irl)
11/6, 12/10, 11/4 (27m)
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Abdel Kawy
Upset Heralds Hopes Of Egyptian Double In KL
Fourth seed
Omneya Abdel Kawy pulled off a straight games upset over
Jenny Duncalf, the No2 seed, in the women's
semi-finals of the CIMB KL Open to raise hopes of the
first ever Egyptian double in the major men's and women's
Tour event being staged on an all-glass court at Berjaya
Times Square in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur.
Abdel Kawy,
the 24-year-old world No6 from Cairo, despatched Duncalf –
ranked two in the world - 11-3, 11-8, 11-9 in 37 minutes in
the semi-finals of the $53,500 WISPA World Tour Gold
event to reach the 23rd Tour final of her career.
Much to the
delight of the partisan KL crowd, Abdel Kawy's opponent will
be Nicol David, the Malaysian star who is now
celebrating her tenth appearance in the KL Open final since
1999 – when she was just 15!
The world
number one from Penang delivered the 26th birthday present
England's Alison Waters did not want - when she beat
the third-seeded Londoner 11-3, 11-7, 11-5.
The win takes
Nicol David to her 58th WISPA final – and her 12th Tour
meeting with Omneya Abdel Kawy since their first, in KL, in
April 2000!
Both
semi-finals in the men's $50,000 5-star PSA World Tour
event featured Malaysians hoping to be lifted by the crowd
against higher-ranked Egyptians.
But hopes of
upsets by both Ong Beng Hee and Mohd Azlan
Iskandar – leading to a repeat of the final between the
pair in 2008 – were dashed when favourite Ramy Ashour
beat eighth seed Ong Beng Hee 11-5, 8-11, 11-6, 11-7 and
second seed Karim Darwish overcame Iskandar 11-6,
11-6, 11-7.
The victories
take world number one Ashour, aged just 22, to the 25th PSA
Tour final of his career – and the fifth in a row – and
Darwish to his 29th.
Massaro
Back On Track In KL
England's
world No9 Laura Massaro made up for two successive
shock losses earlier this year to Raneem El Weleily
when she beat the rising Egyptian star in the first round of
the CIMB KL Open, the $53,500 WISPA World Tour
Gold squash event in the Malaysian capital Kuala
Lumpur.
Sixth seed
Massaro looked to be in control as she took a two-game lead
over El Weleily, the 21-year-old world No15 from
Alexandria. But the tables turned as the Egyptian, this
time a qualifier, took the next game in a surprise
whitewash, then clinched the fourth to level the match.
The pair
battled all the way to a tie-break in the decider before
Massaro's greater experience eventually paid off as the
26-year-old from Preston secured her 11-9, 11-1, 0-11,
12-14, 12-10 win after 44 minutes.
Massaro will
now meet her England team-mate Jenny Duncalf after
the second seed from Harrogate despatched Engy Kheirallah
– also an Egyptian - 11-4, 11-6, 11-7 in just 27 minutes.
Another
English seed was also stretched to the limit before claiming
her anticipated place in the last eight. Alison Waters,
the third seed from London, dropped the first two games to
Delia Arnold as the unseeded Malaysian thrilled the
partisan crowd with hopes of a shock upset.
But Waters,
the world No5, steadied the ship and clawed back the
advantage before ultimately salvaging the match 7-11, 14-16,
11-3, 11-9, 11-9 after 75 minutes.
There was a
surprise in the women's event, however, when unseeded
Mexican Samantha Teran claimed a 13-11, 8-11, 11-9,
11-2 upset over seventh seed Vanessa Atkinson, the
world No12 from the Netherlands. Teran, ranked just a
single place below Atkinson, will now face Waters for a
place in the semi-finals.
The KL crowd
will be treated to unexpected additional local interest in
the men's quarter-finals after unseeded Mohd Azlan
Iskandar pulled off the only upset in the $50,000 5-star
PSA World Tour event when he ousted England's No3
seed Adrian Grant, last year's runner-up, in straight
games.
Iskandar, the
27-year-old world No18 from KL who is looking for his third
KL Open title since 2003, crushed Grant 11-4, 11-4, 11-9 in
40 minutes – and will now line up against Australia's
Stewart Boswell for a place in the last four.
Fifth seed
Boswell, runner-up in 2007, was responsible for one of three
first round Malaysian defeats when he beat unseeded Muhd
Asyraf Azan 11-4, 11-8, 11-5.
Egypt's two
world top five players Ramy Ashour and Karim
Darwish took the first step towards their predicted
meeting in the final following straight games victories:
Top seed Ashour, making his first appearance in KL since
becoming world number one in January, beat Malaysian
qualifier Mohd Nafiizwan Adnan 11-7, 11-9, 11-7,
while second seed Darwish defeated compatriot Mohd Ali
Anwar Reda 11-6, 11-9, 11-0.
Malaysians Exploit Home
Advantage In KL Open
Hopes of an all-Malaysian
men's final in the CIMB KL Open were boosted when both Ong
Beng Hee and Mohd Azlan Iskandar claimed impressive upsets to
earn unexpected places in the semi-finals of the $50,000 5-star PSA
World Tour squash event being staged on an all-glass court at
Berjaya Times Square in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur.
Eighth seed Ong Beng Hee
clawed his way back from two games down against rising Egyptian star
Mohamed El Shorbagy, the 19-year-old No4 seed. After surviving a
dramatic third-game tie-break, the 2008 champion clinched the next two
games to record a magnificent 7-11, 8-11, 16-14, 11-4, 11-8
quarter-final victory in 80 minutes.
Beng Hee now faces the
event's toughest hurdle in top seed Ramy Ashour, the world number
one from Egypt. But the 22-year-old from Cairo was fully tested by
Pakistan's Aamir Atlas Khan before overcoming the 19-year-old No7
seed 12-14, 11-3, 11-6, 11-6.
Despite being unseeded,
Mohd Azlan Iskandar clearly has sights on a fourth appearance in the
final since 2003. The 27-year-old from KL followed his first round
upset over third seed Adrian Grant by despatching Australia's No5
seed Stewart Boswell 11-1, 11-8, 11-5 in 47 minutes.
Iskandar, winner of the
trophy in 2003 and 2006, will now take on Karim Darwish, the
second seed from Egypt who also ousted an Australian, sixth seed
Cameron Pilley, 11-7, 11-7, 11-9.
Malaysia's five times
champion Nicol David is on course to reach the women's final for the
tenth time since 1999 after overcoming determined Australian Kasey
Brown in the quarter-finals of the $53,500 WISPA World Tour Gold
event.
David prevailed only after
tie-breaks in the first two games – but then overwhelmed the No8 seed in
the third game to record a 12-10, 14-12, 11-1 victory.
The favourite will now
meet England's third seed Alison Waters who, for the second day
in a row, had to survive a tough five-game encounter before advancing to
the last four. On the eve of her 26th birthday, Waters battled for 60
minutes to quash unseeded Mexican Samantha Teran 11-5, 11-2,
8-11, 11-13, 12-10.
But second seed Jenny
Duncalf had a more surprising journey to the semi-finals after
surviving an all-English clash with Laura Massaro. Sixth seed
Massaro, chasing the first win over her England team-mate in four years,
recovered from a game down to take the next two and then reach match
ball in the fourth.
But the 26-year-old from
Preston then rolled over on her ankle and ultimately had to concede the
match to her surprised opponent.
Duncalf will now move on
to a meeting with Omneya Abdel Kawy, the fourth seed from Egypt
who beat Ireland's Madeline Perry, the fifth seed, 12-10, 7-11,
11-5, 11-7.
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