El Torky & Khalifa Claim Egyptian Double In Cairo

May 11, 2011 Amr Khaled Khalifa and Heba El Torky made it a home nation double in the Egyptian Circuit No1 after winning the finals of the inaugural international squash circuit event at the Shooting Club in Cairo.

Unseeded Khalifa continued his giant-killing run through the men's PSA World Tour Challenger 10 event by despatching second-seeded fellow countryman Omar Abdel Aziz in straight games.

The reigning world junior champion from Cairo removed the fourth seed in the quarter-finals, then defeated 27-year-old Aziz, the world No42, 11-7, 11-9, 11-7.

The triumph marks Khalifa's first Tour title success on home soil – but the seventh of his brief career to date – and is sure to see the 18-year-old improve on his current PSA world ranking of 78.

The final of the women's WISPA World Tour 8 event was a more dramatic affair, in which South African outsider Siyoli Waters twice led the Egyptian favourite in a bid to win her maiden Tour title.

But El Torky, the 20-year-old world No36 from Alexandria, held her nerve to keep fourth-seeded Waters at bay.

And after 59 minutes, the Egyptian clinched victory over her 28-year-old opponent, winning 6-11, 11-8, 9-11, 11-4, 11-5.

The triumph marks Heba El Torky's fourth Tour title – and extends the Alexandria star's unbeaten record in WISPA finals.


 
RESULTS:         Egyptian Circuit No1, Cairo, Egypt

Men's final:

Amr Khaled Khalifa (EGY) bt [2] Omar Abdel Aziz (EGY) 11-7, 11-9, 11-7 (59m)

Women’s final:

[1] Heba El Torky (EGY) bt [4] Siyoli Waters (RSA) 6-11, 11-8, 9-11, 11-4, 11-5 (59m)


 

Issued by Howard Harding on behalf of PSA & WISPA

 
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