1st - 7th Nov 2009

Sheikha Fadyah Al-Sabah to Host 2009 Kuwait Men’s World Open

For more than four years, Sheikha Fadyah Al-Sabah has been orchestrating and planning the hosting of the world’s most prestigious squash tournament, the PSA World Open 2009, which will be staged in Kuwait between the 1st and 7th November.

The event was awarded to Sheikha Fadyah Al-Sabah by the PSA and the WSF as a result of her historical endeavors over the last four years of hosting and producing tournaments within Kuwait.

Qualification for the championships will be held in London, England on the 28th August 2009 at St George’s Hill Squash & Tennis Club. Thirty-two players will compete for sixteen main draw places in the main draw that will be played in Kuwait. The thirty-two Qualifiers will comprise the twenty highest ranked PSA players, eight WSF selected players and four Kuwaiti nominated players.

The Main Draw of six-four participants will consist of the forty-seven top ranked PSA players, sixteen successful Qualifiers and one Kuwaiti Wildcard, Abdullah Al-Meyzeyan, the Kuwaiti No.1 who will have the honour of playing the first match of the event following the Opening Ceremony.

The prize fund of US$275,000 is the largest ever offered by any World Open or World Tour event. The Tournament will stage a glittering Opening and Closing Ceremony as well as hosting an Official Championship Gala Dinner.

Sheikha Fadyah Al-Sabah has assembled a team of leading professionals to manage all aspects of event management, under her direction as the President of the Higher Organising Committee.

 

Sun 1st, First Round

[1] Karim Darwish (EGY) bt Mansoor Zaman (PAK)                    17-15, 11-4, 11-7 (30m)
[29] Saurav Ghosal (IND) bt [Q] Mathieu Castagnet (FRA)   0-11, 11-6, 11-8, 11-5 (56m)
[11] James Willstrop (ENG) bt [Q] Robbie Temple (ENG)           13-11, 11-7, 11-0 (35m)
[28] Jonathan Kemp (ENG) bt Arturo Salazar (MEX)                    11-7, 11-4, 11-5 (25m)

[8] Thierry Lincou (FRA) bt [Q] Yasir Butt (PAK)                          11-5, 11-7, 11-3 (32m)
[18] Stewart Boswell (AUS) bt [Q] Scott Arnold (AUS)                 11-8, 12-10, 11-6 (39m)
[15] Alister Walker (ENG) bt Mark Krajcsak (HUN)                11-6, 11-6, 6-11, 11-5 (49m)
Renan Lavigne (FRA) bt [30] Shahier Razik (CAN)                11-9, 9-11, 11-5, 11-3 (71m)

[4] Amr Shabana (EGY) bt [Q] Shaun le Roux (ENG)                    11-6, 11-5, 11-6 (32m)
[24] Omar Mosaad (EGY) bt Abdullah Almezayen (KUW) 11-9,10-12,11-6,9-11,11-8 (62m)
[12] Azlan Iskandar (MAS) bt Aaron Frankcomb (AUS)                 11-6, 11-4, 11-2 (39m
[22] Daryl Selby (ENG) bt [Q] Stephen Coppinger (RSA)               11-8, 11-6, 11-6 (38m)

[6] David Palmer (AUS) bt [Q] Julien Balbo (FRA)                       11-5, 11-4, 11-6 (39m)
[25] Tarek Momen (EGY) bt Ben Ford (ENG)                               11-9, 11-3, 11-6 (22m)
[9] Wael El Hindi (EGY) bt Stephane Galifi (ITA)         9-11, 11-8, 11-3, 9-11, 11-6 (85m)
Amr Swelim (ITA) bt [26] Joey Barrington (ENG)                       11-8, 12-10, 11-9 (53m)

[21] Hisham Ashour (EGY) bt Chris Simpson (ENG)   6-11, 10-12, 11-6, 11-8, 11-5 (54m)
[10] Adrian Grant (ENG) bt Chris Ryder (ENG)                            11-7, 11-6, 11-6 (36m)
[19] Olli Tuominen (FIN) bt [Q] Martin Knight (NZL)                     11-6, 11-7, 11-9 (40m)
[7] Peter Barker (ENG) bt [Q] Nicolas Mueller (SUI)                   11-7, 11-2, 12-10 (37m)

[17] Aamir Atlas Khan (PAK) bt Simon Rosner (GER)                   11-9, 11-9, 11-5 (34m)
[14] Laurens Jan Anjema (NED) bt [Q] Rasmus Nielsen (DEN)    15-13, 11-6, 11-5 (34m)
Omar Abdel Aziz (EGY) bt [23] Miguel Angel Rodriguez (COL)     11-5, 11-6, 15-13 (57m)
[3] Ramy Ashour (EGY) bt Jorge Ferreira (MEX)                              13-11, 0-0 rtd (11m)

[20] Cameron Pilley (AUS) bt [Q] Joe Lee (ENG)                       11-6, 11-4, 12-10 (39m)
[16] Mohamed El Shorbagy (EGY) bt [Q] Nafiizwan Adnan (MAS) 11-7, 11-5, 11-3 (25m)
[27] Davide Bianchetti (ITA) bt [Q] Yann Perrin (FRA)       15-13, 11-6, 6-11, 11-2 (85m)
[5] Nick Matthew (ENG) bt [Q] John Rooney (IRL)                                   11-6 rtd (12m)

[31] Tom Richards (ENG) bt [Q] Arthur Gaskin (IRL)            11-7, 7-11, 11-2, 11-0 (36m)
[13] Ong Beng Hee (MAS) bt Ali Anwar Reda (EGY)            14-12, 6-11, 11-6, 11-8 (68m)
[32] Julian Illingworth (USA) bt Kashif Shuja (NZL)                  11-5, 11-8, 12-10 (46m)
[2] Gregory Gaultier (FRA) bt [Q] Alan Clyne (SCO)                   11-2, 11-5, 11-7 (27m)