PSA Macau Seeds March On by Nathan Clarke October 23, 2014
- All eight seeds came through their opening encounters in the 2014
Macau Open to move into the quarter-finals of the PSA International 50
tournament which is making its fourth consecutive appearance on the PSA
World Tour.
The quarter-final
line-up will feature a strong Egyptian flavour with 2013 champion Omar
Mosaad being joined by compatriots Tarek Momen, Mazen Hesham and Marwan
Elshorbagy while Indian No.1 Saurav Ghosal, Hong Kong's No.1 Max Lee
and Malaysian pairing Ong Beng Hee and Mohd Nafiizwan Adnan completing
the draw.
Mosaad, the
26-year-old from Cairo, got the defence of his title off to a seamless
start, seeing off Australian Matthew Karwalski 3-0 and he will now take
on Malaysian Adnan for a place in the final four, after the 28-year-old
beat Hong Kong qualifier Tsz Fung Yip.
Number one seed Momen,
the World No.12, was forced to work hard against English qualifier
Jamie Haycocks but proved too much for the World No.62 and remains
en-course to meet number two seed Mosaad in the final. Momen will face
Hong Kong's Lee in the quarter-final stage.
Results: 1st Round 2014 Macau Open, Macau, China [1] Tarek Momen (EGY) bt [Q] Jaymie Haycocks (ENG) 3-0: 11-9, 11-9, 11-8 [5] Max Lee (HKG) bt Zahed Mohamed (EGY) 3-0: 17-15, 11-7, 11-6 [6] Mazen Hesham (EGY) bt Leo Au (HKG) 3-1: 11-6, 11-9, 7-11, 11-8 [3] Saurav Ghosal (IND) bt [WC] Steven Liu (MAC) 3-0: 11-2, 11-3, 14-12 [4] Marwan Elshorbagy (EGY) bt Shaun Le Roux (RSA) 3-0: 11-5, 11-7, 11-8 [7] Ong Beng Hee (MAS) bt [Q] Eddie Charlton (ENG) 3-1: 11-4, 5-11, 11-7, 11-9 [8] Mohd Nafiizwan Adnan (MAS) bt [Q] Tsz Fung Yip (HKG) 3-1: 13-11, 10-12, 11-4, 14-12 [2] Omar Mosaad (EGY) bt [Q] Matthew Karwalski (AUS) 3-0: 7-11, 7-11, 8-11
Quarter-final Draw: [1] Tarek Momen (EGY) v [5] Max Lee (HKG) [6] Mazen Hesham (EGY) v [3] Saurav Ghosal (IND) [4] Marwan Elshorbagy (EGY) v [7] Ong Beng Hee (MAS) [8] Mohd Nafiizwan Adnan (MAS) v [2] Omar Mosaad (EGY)
