Dessouky Leads Seeds Into CCI International Quarter-Finals by Sean Reuthe
photos Nitesh Square
November 24, 2016
- Egyptian World No.18 Fares Dessouky got his 2016 CCI International
JSW ISC campaign off to a winning start as all eight seeds rose to
victories on the opening day of main draw action at the PSA M50
tournament taking place in Mumbai at the Cricket Club of India.
Dessouky was in fine form to shrug off the attentions of experienced
Finnish campaigner Olli Tuominen, earning the win by an 11-9, 11-6,
11-7 margin to seal his place in the quarter-final stage.
Scotland’s Alan Clyne will meet Dessouky for a place in the last four
after he benefitted from an injury to Indian qualifier Mahesh
Mangaonkar. Clyne was two games ahead and 5-3 up in the third before
Mangaonkar was forced to retire after 20 minutes.
Home hope Saurav Ghosal was the only Indian player to win on day one
after he overturned a one-game deficit against Malaysia’s Ivan Yuen,
setting up a quarter-final fixture with Switzerland’s Nicolas Mueller,
who beat England’s Jaymie Haycocks.
The other local player involved in the main draw was tournament
wildcard Vikram Malhotra, with the World No.62 falling in four games to
Egypt’s Mohamed Reda, whose reward is a next round clash with second
seed Mohamed Abouelghar.
England’s Chris Simpson is also through after the World No.20 defeated
Campbell Grayson of New Zealand, and the number three seed will face
Frenchman Lucas Serme in the next round.
Draw - Quarter-Final
[1] Fares Dessouky (EGY) v [6] Alan Clyne (SCO)
[7] Lucas Serme (FRA) v [3] Chris Simpson (ENG)
[4] Saurav Ghosal (IND) v [5] Nicolas Mueller (SUI)
[8] Mohamed Reda (EGY) v [2] Mohamed Abouelghar (EGY)
