Egyptians Progress In Kuwait $15K Jena International, Harvard's Farag Loses
by Howard Harding
16 June 2012 - Top seeds Mohd Ali Anwar Reda and Marwan El Shorbagy led six Egyptians through to the quarter-finals of the Jena International No1, the PSA World Tour Challenger 15 squash event at Qadsia Sporting Club in Kuwait City, Kuwait.
Favourite Reda defeated Kuwait qualifier Ammar Al-Tamimi 6-11, 11-3, 8-11, 11-8, 11-1 in 56 minutes to earn a battle with a further Kuwaiti Abdullah Al Muzayen.
The Kuwait number one despatched Indian qualifier Mahesh Mangaonkar 11-7, 11-5, 11-2 in just 30 minutes.
El Shorbagy, the 18-year-old second seed from Alexandria, took out fellow countryman and fellow teenager Mazen Hesham Ga Sabry 11-7, 11-8, 11-9.
Aamir Atlas Khan has extended Pakistani interest in the event. The fourth seed from Peshawar beat Kuwait's Nasser Al Ramzi 11-4, 11-6, 11-2.
RESULTS: PSA Challenger 15 Jena International, Kuwait City, Kuwait
1st round:
[1] Mohd Ali Anwar Reda (EGY) bt [Q] Ammar Al-Tamimi (KUW) 6-11, 11-3, 8-11, 11-8, 11-1 (56m)
Abdullah Al Muzayen (KUW) bt [Q] Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND) 11-7, 11-5, 11-2 (30m)
Omar Abdel Meguid (EGY) bt Elvinn Keo (MAS) 11-6, 11-5, 7-11, 11-3 (26m)
[4] Aamir Atlas Khan (PAK) bt Nasser Al Ramzi (KUW) 11-4, 11-6, 11-2 (27m)
[3] Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY) bt Muhd Asyraf Azan (MAS) 11-8, 11-7, 13-11 (35m)
Omar Abdel Aziz (EGY) bt [Q] Ali Farag (EGY) 11-2, 13-15, 11-3, 11-7 (58m)
Zahed Mohamed (EGY) bt Yasir Butt (PAK) 8-11, 11-8, 8-11, 11-3, 11-8 (60m)
[2] Marwan El Shorbagy (EGY) bt [Q] Mazen Hesham Ga Sabry (EGY) 11-7, 11-8, 11-9 (42m)
Quarter-final line-up:
[1] Mohd Ali Anwar Reda (EGY) v Abdullah Al Muzayen (KUW)
Omar Abdel Meguid (EGY) v [4] Aamir Atlas Khan (PAK)
Omar Abdel Aziz (EGY) v [3] Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY)
[2] Marwan El Shorbagy (EGY) v Zahed Mohamed (EGY)
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