Al Muzayen Celebrates Historic Lebanon Title
by Howard Harding

11 July 2011 - Kuwaiti Abdullah Al Muzayen celebrated an historic squash success in the final of the Senses Open in Beirut when he beat Egypt's Zahed Mohamed to win the first PSA World Tour event ever to be held in Lebanon.

The top seed from Kuwait City was in sensational form at Senses Squash Club in the Lebanese capital where he reached the climax of the PSA Challenger 5 event without dropping a game.

Left-hander Al Muzayen was marking his eighth Tour final - whilst Mohamed was making his maiden appearance in a PSA final after a series of stunning upsets.

The unseeded 19-year-old from Alexandria made his breakthrough in the quarter-finals where he beat second-seeded compatriot Ahmed Hawas in four games.

The unheralded teenager - ranked just inside the world top 200 - then battled for 52 minutes in the semi-finals to overcome fellow Egyptian Basem Makram, the No3 seed.

But Al Muzayen was too strong for his inexperienced opponent in the final, beating Mohamed 11-8, 11-8, 11-4 in 30 minutes to collect the fifth Tour title of his career.

RESULTS: PSA Challenger 5 Senses Open, Beirut, Lebanon

1st round:
[1] Abdullah Al Muzayen (KUW) bt Mikael Paulsson (SWE) 11-2, 11-2, 11-1 (30m)
Alexander Preston (ENG) bt Mohammad Hossei Jafari Nadoushan (IRI) 8-11, 8-11, 12-10, 11-3, 11-9 (60m)
Karim Ali Fathi (EGY) bt Mohammad Reza Sadeghpour (IRI) 11-2, 11-0, 11-8 (30m)
Zeyad Tareq Alowaesh (KUW) bt [4] Ahmad Al-Zabidi (JOR) 11-3, 3-11, 11-9, 2-11, 11-1 (60m)
[3] Basem Makram (EGY) bt Islam El Fiky (EGY) 11-5, 11-1 ret. (30m)
Alireza Sanaei (IRI) bt Navid Maleksabet (IRI) 11-7, 12-10, 1-11, 11-9 (40m)
Zahed Mohamed (EGY) bt Ahmad Al-Saraj (JOR) 11-9, 11-4, 11-5 (30m)
[2] Ahmed Hawas (EGY) bt Khaled Zahran (EGY) 9-11, 7-11, 11-3, 11-9, 11-9 (70m)

Quarter-finals:
[1] Abdullah Al Muzayen (KUW) bt Alexander Preston (ENG) 11-6, 11-1, 11-4 (26m)
Karim Ali Fathi (EGY) bt Zeyad Tareq Alowaesh (KUW) 11-5, 11-4, 11-3 (26m)
[3] Basem Makram (EGY) bt Alireza Sanaei (IRI) 11-5, 11-6, 11-1 (21m)
Zahed Mohamed (EGY) bt [2] Ahmed Hawas (EGY) 11-4, 11-7, 7-11, 11-1 (36m)

Semi-finals:
[1] Abdullah Al Muzayen (KUW) bt Karim Ali Fathi (EGY) 11-9, 11-2, 11-9 (37m)
Zahed Mohamed (EGY) bt [3] Basem Makram (EGY) 11-8, 9-11, 11-5, 11-2 (52m)

Final:
[1] Abdullah Al Muzayen (KUW) bt Zahed Mohamed (EGY) 11-8, 11-8, 11-4 (30m)








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