PSA Day Two Roundup: Tamimi reaches round three
Qatar’s Abdulla Al Tamimi made it back-to-back upsets over French opposition with a surprise 3-0 win over Mathieu Castagnet ...
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R2: Simon Rosner 3-1 Declan James
[5] Simon Rosner (Ger) 3-1 Declan James (Eng) 11-9, 9-11, 11-8, 11-9 (70m) Never comfortable for Simon 3/1 “All the games could have gone either way”, stated Simon at the end of the match. Well, pretty much yes. A few…
Day ONE : Tamimi gets his win at last
The Qatar PSA World Champs kicked off with 32 first round matches across four courts and one very popular upset ...
R1: Saurav 3-0 Mahesh
[10] Saurav Ghosal (IND) 3-0 Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND) 11-7, 11-7, 18-16 (56m) I don’t think I did anything wrong to lose points when I had match ball, or for him to go up game ball. He just played some very…
R1: Adrian 3-0 Chris
Adrian Waller (ENG) 3-0 Chris Simpson (ENG) 15-13, 11-7, 11-1 (44m) It is a familiar match playing Chris, because we have played so many times over the years. I knew I would be in for a tough battle, because he…
R1: Miguel 3-1 Youssef Sol
[8] Miguel Rodriguez (COL) 3-1 Youssef Soliman (EGY) 11-6, 9-11, 11-9, 11-8 (73m) Miguel It was a tough first round, I’ve never played him before in PSA, only in an exhibition match. I knew I had to be on my toes…
R1: Syed Amjad bizarre 3-1 Iker
[WC] Syed Azlan Amjad (QAT) 3-1 Iker Pajares Bernabeu (ESP) 8-11, 12-10, 4-11, 2-0 rtd (60m) PSA report Amjad advanced from his round one fixture with Spain’s Iker Pajares Bernabeu in bizarre circumstances. Pajares was 2-1 up in games and…
R1: Lucas 3-1 Benji
Lucas Serme (FRA) 3-1 [Q] Benjamin Aubert (FRA) 10-12, 11-8, 11-3, 11-5 (64m) In the first game, I just opened up the court too much for him, playing too short and offering him too many opportunities on the volley and…
R1: Tarek 3-1 Raphael
[2] Tarek Momen (E-GY) 3-1 Raphael Kandra (GER) 12-10, 10-12, 11-7, 11-4 (52m) That was definitely a banana skin for the second seed and world number 3. Tarek must have lost of a bit of confidence as he was ousted…
R1: Mohamed ElSh 3-0 Victor
[1] Mohamed ElShorbagy (EGY) 3-0 Victor Crouin (FRA) 11-8, 11-6, 11-7 (33m) Victor (on facebook) Lost out today in the first round of the World Championship against top seed Mohamed El Shorbagy in 3 games. Some people could see it…
