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Lincou Denies All-Egyptian Final In
Portland |
Oregon Open 2008
Portland, USA, 17-23 Feb, $50k |
Round One
19/20-Feb |
Quarters
21-Feb |
Semis
22-Feb |
Final
23-Feb |
[1]
Thierry Lincou
(Fra)
13/11, 11/8, 11/7 (38m)
Kashif Shuja (Nzl) |
Thierry Lincou
v11-5, 11-2,
10-11 (0-2), 11-4 (56m)
Alister Walker |
Thierry Lincou
11-10 (3-1), 11-7,
11-8 (73m)
Wael El Hindi |
Thierry Lincou
11-4, 11-0, 10-11
(3-5), 11-9 (68m)
Karim Darwish |
[7] Alister Walker (Eng)
11/6, 11/5, 8/11, 11/4 (43m)
[LL] Wade Johnstone (Aus) |
[4]
Wael El Hindi
(Egy)
11/9, 11/5, 12/10 (53m)
[Q] Tom Richards (Eng) |
Wael El Hindi
11-7, 11-10
(2-0), 6-11, 6-11, 11-3 (105m)
Cameron Pilley |
[5]
Cameron Pilley
(Aus)
8/11, 11/7, 11/3, 11/8 (58m)
[Q] Yasser El Halaby (Egy) |
[Q]
Jan Koukal (Cze)
11/6, 13/11, 11/4 (40m)
[8] Omar Elborolossy (Egy) |
Jan Koukal
11-8, 8-11, 11-9,
11-4 (45m)
Chris Ryder |
Jan Koukal
11-4, 11-10 (2-0),
11-4 (52m)
Karim
Darwish |
Chris Ryder (Eng)
10/12, 11/5, 12/10, 11/0 (44m)
[4] Mohammed Abbas (Egy) |
Julian Illingworth (Usa)
8/11, 12/10, 11/7, 11/3 (60m)
[6] Renan Lavigne (Fra) |
Renan Lavigne
11-5, 11-2, 11-8
(33m)
Karim Darwish |
[Q]
Ryan Cuskelly (Aus)
11/2, 11/4, 11/5 (33m)
[3] Karim Darwish (Egy) |
Darwish
Wins
Oregon Title In Portland
Egyptian Karim Darwish upset top-seeded Frenchman Thierry Lincou
in the final of the Oregon Open to win his first title of the year at
the $50,000 5-star PSA Tour squash event at Multnomah Athletic
Club in
Portland,
USA.
Darwish came into the match as underdog - not only as second seed, but also
chasing a 7-2 head-to-head lead by his opponent. But the 26-year-old from
Cairo quickly won the first game, then, inexplicably, the second in a
whitewash - in what was Lincou's first ever 'scoreless' game!
Many
in the overflow crowd imagined the end was near for Lincou: They were
wrong. The fourth game was intense - with six lead changes. The
Frenchman's shots were much sharper and he was able to move Darwish around
the court.
"The
tiebreaker had some phenomenal points with fantastic shots off the backwall
on shots after drives that would be winners against mere mortals," said
event spokesman James Daigle.
Lincou
won the game 15-13 - and, in the fourth game, led 9-8 after several lead
changes, suggesting that the match was heading for a decider.
However, this time Darwish did not relent and the second seed reclaimed the
advantage to win 11-4, 11-0, 10-11 (3-5), 11-9 after 68 minutes.
The
triumph marks the 13th PSA Tour title of Darwish's career - and
his first since marrying fellow Egyptian international Engy Kheirallah
in December.
Lincou
Denies All-Egyptian Final In
Portland
Frenchman Thierry Lincou battled for 73 minutes to beat Wael El
Hindi in the semi-finals of the Oregon Open Squash Championship
to put paid to an all-Egyptian final of the $50,000 5-star PSA Tour
event at Multnomah Athletic Club in
Portland,
USA.
Lincou,
the top seed, beat the third seed from
Cairo
11-10 (3-1), 11-7, 11-8 to reach the 36th PSA Tour final of his
career - and his second this year.
The
31-year-old from Marseille's opponent will be Karim Darwish, the
second seed from Egypt who ended qualifier Jan Koukal's run in an
11-4, 11-10 (2-0), 11-4 defeat in 52 minutes.
Darwish is celebrating his 19th PSA final appearance and will be
meeting Lincou for the tenth time on the Tour. Lincou boasts a 7-2
head-to-head record over the Egyptian, but Darwish's victories came in the
pair's two most recent meetings.
Ryder
& Koukal Progress In
Portland
The
anticipated Egyptian involvement in the quarter-finals of the Oregon Open
Squash Championship was reduced by 50% when Czech qualifier Jan Koukal
and unseeded Englishman Chris Ryder upset two of the event's top seeds in
the first round of the $50,000 5-star PSA Tour event at Multnomah
Athletic Club in Portland, USA.
Koukal, the Czech number one from Prague competing in his fourth Tour event this
year, despatched Omar Elborolossy, the eighth seed from Cairo, 11-6,
11-10 (3-1), 11-4 in 40 minutes.
The 24-year-old world No60 will now face Ryder for a place in the last four.
In what will rank as his best international scalp to date, the 27-year-old World
University champion from Wolverhampton defeated fourth seed Mohammed Abbas,
the world No13 from Giza, 10-11 (0-2), 11-5, 11-10 (2-0), 11-0 in 44 minutes.
Second seed Karim Darwish is leading Egyptian interest in the event.
The No2 seed from
Cairo beat
Australian qualifier Ryan Cuskelly 11-2, 11-4, 11-5 and will now face
Frenchman Renan Lavigne, the sixth seed.
Darwish is expected to meet top seed Thierry Lincou in Saturday's final.
Fresh from his tenth title in the French National championships, Lincou beat New
Zealand's Kashif Shuja 11-10 (3-1), 11-8, 11-7.
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