$50K Malaysian PSA Qualifying Finals Report by Howard Harding 11 September 2013
- Kuwaiti Abdullah Al Muzayen, who reached last year's CIMB Malaysian
Open quarter-finals as a qualifier, will have the chance to repeat his
heroics in the 2013 event after surviving today's qualifying finals of
the PSA World Tour International 50 squash event at the Bukit Jalil
National Squash Centre in Kuala Lumpur.
The 25-year-old world No39 broke local hearts when he beat Malaysian hope Ivan Yuen 11-9, 11-9, 11-9 in 44 minutes.
Al Muzayen will now face Egypt's new world No20 Karim Abdel Gawad in the main draw.
Scot Alan Clyne and
Egyptian Mazen Hesham Ga Sabry arrived in KL fresh from PSA Tour title
success last week - Clyne in New Zealand and Ga Sabry in India. Clyne
looked in better shape, taking a two-game lead over the 19-year-old
from Cairo.
But teenager Ga Sabry
had plenty in reserve - fighting back to level the match before
clinching victory after 56 minutes in a 9-11, 13-15, 11-8, 11-4, 11-6
scoreline.
Fellow Egyptian Omar
Abdel Aziz, however, survived the day's longest encounter - twice
recovering from leads by his Malaysian opponent to beat Muhd Asyraf
Azan 9-11, 11-4, 9-11, 11-7, 11-9 in 99 minutes.
A collision at 10-all
in the fourth game between Omar Abdel Meguid of Egypt and Hong Kong's
Max Lee - with Lee already having had match-balls - led to the Hong
Kong player suffering a severe nose bleed. Play was halted for more
than an hour before officials decided that it would continue the next
day.
RESULTS: PSA International 50 CIMB Malaysian Open, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Qualifying finals: Abdullah Al Muzayen (KUW) bt Ivan Yuen (MAS) 11-9, 11-9, 11-9 (44m) Omar Abdel Meguid (EGY) v Max Lee (HKG) (match not completed) Omar Abdel Aziz (EGY) bt Muhd Asyraf Azan (MAS) 9-11, 11-4, 9-11, 11-7, 11-9 (99m) Mazen Hesham Ga Sabry (EGY) bt Alan Clyne (SCO) 9-11, 13-15, 11-8, 11-4, 11-6 (56m)
Updated 1st round draw: [1] Karim Darwish (EGY) v Chris Simpson (ENG) Saurav Ghosal (IND) v [Q] Omar Abdel Aziz (EGY) Olli Tuominen (FIN) v [Q] Mazen Hesham Ga Sabry (EGY) [4] Tarek Momen (EGY) v Cameron Pilley (AUS) [3] Borja Golan (ESP) v Omar Mosaad (EGY) Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY) v [Q] Abdullah Al Muzayen (KUW) Ong Beng Hee (MAS) v [WC] Mohd Nafiizwan Adnan (MAS) [2] Peter Barker (ENG) v Qualifier [either Omar Abdel Meguid (EGY) or Max Lee (HKG)]
