Category Round One Reports

R1: Abou 3-0 Tayyab

[7] Mohamed Abouelghar (EGY) 3-0 Tayyab Aslam (PAK) 11-5, 11-4, 11-7 (25m) Abou I am feeling great. It is my first win of the season since the injury I picked up in the off-season. I am very happy to get…

R1: Mostafa 3-0 Campbell

Mostafa Asal (EGY) 3-0 Campbell Grayson (NZL) 12-10, 11-5, 11-5 (42m) Mostafa Today was tough. Men and my coach managed to make a plan with a lot of things to do inside the court because Campbell is such a tough…

R1: Paul 3-0 Hamad

[4] Paul Coll (NZL) 3-0 [WC] Hamad Al-Amri (QAT) 11-4, 11-4, 11-3 (20m) Paul It’s been a good start of the season, there have been a couple of matches that haven’t gone my way, but I’ve learned a lot from…

R1: Zahed 3-1 Yip

[14] Zahed Salem (EGY) 3-1 Tsz Fung Yip (HKG) 11-7, 3-11, 11-3, 11-6 (33m) Zahed I am happy to beat him today in four, especially as it is the first round of the World Championships, because we all want to…

R1: Omar 3-1 Baptiste

[12] Omar Mosaad (EGY) 3-1 Baptiste Masotti (FRA) 8-11, 11-9, 11-2, 11-8 (54m) “I started the season with some good training, and I was looking to show my game, how I have improved, but I did not have a chance…

R1: Borja 3-0 Ramit

Borja Golan (ESP) 3-0 Ramit Tandon (IND) 11-9, 11-6, 11-3 (31m) Borja I was ready to play. The injury to Ibrahim happened just after 3, so I stopped warming up, and then I started doing it patches. It is not…

R1: Karim 3-0 Auguste

[3] Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY) 3-0 [Q] Auguste Dussourd (FRA) 11-4, 11-8, 13-11 (28m) Karim I’m really happy with my performance today, it’s hard to play someone who you haven’t played before. I just focused on performing my best from…

R1: Mazen 3-0 Tom

Mazen Hesham (EGY) 3-0 Tom Richards (ENG) 17-15, 11-8, 11-8 (42m) Two shot makers, playing very entertaining squash, fast and furious. Mazen found some good lines tough, while playing sumptuous winners. Tom about the same really, just making a few…

R1: Mathieu 3-0 Shawn

Mathieu Castagnet (FRA) 3-0 [Q] Shawn Delierre (CAN) 11-7, 11-8, 11-4 (29m) Shawn (To RDS) « Je suis un peu déçu de ma prestation aujourd’hui. J’aurais aimé atterrir un peu plus tôt au Qatar et je suis seulement arrivé la…

R1: Youssef 3-2 Daryl

Youssef Ibrahim (EGY) 3-2[16] Daryl Selby (ENG)  11-5, 10-12, 11-5, 11-13, 11-9 (107m) What a weird one that one… No nails left to Nick Matthew’s fingers – here to support/advice the English players. He had already a tough time with  Declan…