Gawad & Farag Make Cairo Final
by Howard Harding
12 August 2011 - Karim Abdel Gawad and Ali Farag will meet in an all-Egyptian final of the inaugural Egyptian People Tournament after four-game victories in the semi-finals of the PSA World Tour Challenger 10 squash event at the Heliopolis Club in Cairo.
Third seed Farag ended the run of unseeded compatriot Marwan El Shorbagy, the 18-year-old from Alexandria who has been enjoying an impressive run on the PSA Tour since becoming the world junior champion last month.
But Farag, the 19-year-old world No73 from Cairo, beat fellow teenager El Shorbagy - now ranked five places higher - 11-1, 11-13, 11-3, 11-6 to reach the fourth Tour final of his career.
Gawad, the top seed, faced fellow Cairo-based Andrew Wagih Shoukry, the No4 seed. The 20-year-old world No38 overcame Shoukry 11-8, 11-6, 6-11, 11-8 to reach the eighth final of his career.
But whilst Gawad is celebrating his first final appearance of the year - and his first on home soil - his final opponent Farag will be looking for his third Tour title of 2011.
RESULTS: PSA Challenger 10 Egyptian People Tournament, Cairo, Egypt
Semi-finals:
[1] Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY) bt [4] Andrew Wagih Shoukry (EGY) 11-8, 11-6, 6-11, 11-8
[3] Ali Farag (EGY) bt Marwan El Shorbagy (EGY) 11-1, 11-13, 11-3, 11-6
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