Shoukry Shines In Madison
by Howard Harding
31 October 2011 - Egypt's Andrew Wagih Shoukry cruised to success in the Madison Open in the USA when he won the PSA World Tour Challenger 5 squash event in its third year at Madison Squash Workshop in Madison, Wisconsin, without dropping a game.
It was after overcoming unseeded Welshman Peter Creed in the semi-finals that the top seed from Cairo faced England's No2 seed Jaymie Haycocks in the final.
While 21-year-old Shoukry was celebrating his tenth Tour climax, Haycocks was marking his maiden appearance in a PSA final.
After a poor start, the 27-year-old Englishman recovered from 1-5 down to 8-10 - but was unable to prevent Shoukry taking an early lead.
"It was a better start in the second game and it was even, five-all, and six-all," said tournament organiser Damon Bourne. "But a few solid points by Wagih, and some errors off Jaymie's racquet, cost the Englishman the second."
Birmingham-based Haycocks went up 5-1 in the third, but the Egyptian stepped up a gear and closed out the match in a single hand from 2-5 down to win 11-8, 11-7, 11-5.
The triumph marks the fourth PSA World Tour title of Shoukry's career.
RESULTS: PSA Challenger 5 Madison Open, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
1st round:
[1] Andrew Wagih Shoukry (EGY) bt [Q] Lyall Paterson (SCO) 11-3, 11-2, 11-9
[Q] David Letourneau (CAN) bt Thomas Brinkman (CAN) 12-10, 11-7, 7-11, 11-9
Adrian Dudzicki (CAN) bt [Q] Jamie Macaulay (SCO) 11-5, 11-9, 11-8
Peter Creed (WAL) bt [4] Dane Sharp (CAN) 11-6, 22-20, 11-0
[3] Danish Atlas Khan (PAK) bt Tyler Hamilton (CAN) 11-6, 11-1, 11-5
Scott Arnold (AUS) bt [Q] Mark Heather (ENG) 5-11, 12-10, 11-8, 11-13, 11-7
Anthony Graham (ENG) bt Sam Burton (ENG) 11-5, 11-4, 11-9
[2] Jaymie Haycocks (ENG) bt Fernando Lopez (MEX) 11-5, 11-6, 11-5
Quarter-finals:
[1] Andrew Wagih Shoukry (EGY) bt [Q] David Letourneau (CAN) 11-6, 11-2, 11-7
Peter Creed (WAL) bt Adrian Dudzicki (CAN) 11-8, 11-4, 11-4
[3] Danish Atlas Khan (PAK) bt Scott Arnold (AUS) 11-8, 10-12, 11-6, 11-9
[2] Jaymie Haycocks (ENG) bt Anthony Graham (ENG) 6-11, 11-8, 11-7, 11-5
Semi-finals:
[1] Andrew Wagih Shoukry (EGY) bt Peter Creed (WAL) 11-7, 12-10, 12-10
[2] Jaymie Haycocks (ENG) bt [3] Danish Atlas Khan (PAK) 11-7, 12-10, 11-7
Final:
[1] Andrew Wagih Shoukry (EGY) bt [2] Jaymie Haycocks (ENG) 11-8, 11-7, 11-5
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