June 7, 2011-Andrew
Wagih Shoukry and Amr Khaled Khalifa set up an all-Egyptian final of
the Egyptian Circuit No2 after straight games semi-final successes in
the PSA World Tour Challenger 10 squash event at the Sporting Club in
Alexandria.
Shoukry, the only seed left in the
last four, ended the giant-killing run of compatriot Mazen Gamal, the
unseeded 24-year-old from Cairo who removed top seed Karim Abdel Gawad
in the previous round.
But 20-year-old Shoukry, also from
Cairo and ranked 71 in the world, was too strong for Gamal, winning
11-7, 12-10, 11-5 in 46 minutes to make his first PSA Tour final of the
year, but the ninth of his career.
Khalifa stormed to an 11-3, 11-6, 11-7 victory in 44 minutes over English outsider Olivier Pett.
The 18-year-old from Cairo is
enjoying a fine run on the senior professional circuit after becoming
the world junior champion in Ecuador almost a year ago. Ranked 71 in
the world, Khalifa already boasts four PSA Tour final appearances this
year, with title successes in three.
It was only three weeks ago that the
teenager clinched the Egyptian Circuit No1 crown in Cairo - beating
Shoukry in the quarter-finals.