Gordon, Razik Lose As Seeds Fly Through In $70K PSA Netsuite First Round Qualifying from Tour Media September 25, 2013
- The seeds held sway during the first round of 2013 NetSuite Open
Qualifying in San Francisco for the PSA 70 International squash
championship today on Wednesday 25 September 2013.
Held at three
different venues in downtown San Francisco and almost concurrently with
the massive jubilation of the city at USA's come from behind 9-8
America's Cup victory by Team Oracle over Emirates NZ, the squash
matches unfolded along expected lines.
At the University
Club, seed #8 Mohd Ali Anwar Reda suppressed veteran Canadian tour
player Shahier Razik 11-8, 6-11, 11-9, 11-7 in 65 mins.
Following on, French
rising star Mathieu Castagnet, seeded #4, turned aside American
Christopher Gordon 9-11, 11-4, 11-5, 11-4 in 55 mins.
At the Olympic Club,
the PSA Tour regulars tore through the Locals. #6 Henrik Mustonen
defeated Olympic Club Pro Jeff Young 11-1, 11-4, 11-4 in 17 mins and
Scotland's #3 seed Alan Clyne dispatched Los Gatos California squash
pro and Welsh star Gareth Weber 11-2, 11-6, 11-5 in 22 mins.
At the Bay Club,
famous for hosting the North American Open and other previous PSA tour
titles, the four match evening started off with a decisive win by
Canada's #7 seed Shawn Delierre over England's Lewis Walters 11-6,
11-9, 11-4 in 50 mins.
Following on before
the full house crowd, Egypt's Marwan Elshorbagy, the #1 seed in
Qualifying, knocked out Malaysia's rising number three Muhd Asryaf Azan
11-5, 11-6, 11-4 in 31 mins..
Newly transplanted
English pro Charlie Johnson was no match for Qualifying seed #2
Gregoire Marche as the Frenchman won handily 11-8, 11-6, 11-5 in 37
mins.
Lastly, #5 Adrian Waller of England ran through Cesar Salazar of Mexico 11-3, 11-4, 11-8 in 40 mins.
Final Round of Qualifying on Thursday:
#1 Marwan Elshorbagy (EGY) v. Adrian Waller (ENG)
Mohd Ali Anwar Reda (EGY) v. #4 Mathieu Castagnet (FRA)
