28th Oct - 2 Nov 2010

World's Top Players participate in Kuwait Open 2010
With more than half of the top ten seeds in the 2010 HH Sheikh Saad Abdullah Al-Sabah Trophy, The Patriarch Amir, Kuwait Open having held the world number one ranking in their careers, the $172,500 PSA Super Series squash event which was held in Green Island from 28 October to 2 November .
World number one Ramy Ashour claimed his second Kuwait Open title as he beat reigning world champion Amr Shabana in four games in the final, reversing the result of their meeting in the world open final here last year.
Shabana took a tight first game, but Ashour bounced back to take the second with some ease. The third was a brutal and crucial game as Shabana fought back from 10/8 down to earn his own at 11/10, but Ashour clinched it 13/11.
That was the end of the final as a contest as Ashour romped through the fourth game in two minutes, Shabana offering token resistance. At 10/0 Ashour effectively gave Shabana a point, them slammed his serve into the nick to take the title.

FINAL

[3] Amr Shabana (Egy)

9/11 11/4 13/ 11 11/1 (1-3) 45mins

[2] Ramy Ashour (Egy)

Round One
28/10/2010

Round Two
30/10/2010

Quarters
31/10/2010

Semis
1/11/2010

Final
2/11/2010

[1] Nick Matthew

11/9 13/11 11/6 (3-0) 49min

[1] Nick Matthew (Eng)

Stephen Coppinger (RSA)

9/11 6/11 11/7 11/1 11/7 (2-3) 83min

[9] Daryl Selby (Eng)

11/3 11/3 11/6 (3-0) 26min

[9] Daryl Selby (Eng)

Jonathan Kemp (Eng)

[5] Gregory Gaultier (Fra)

6/11 2/11 1/11 (3-0) 35min

[5] Gregory Gaultier (Fra)

11/5 11/5 6/11 11/2 (3-1) 44mins

[5] Gregory Gaultier (Fra)

Abdullah Almezayen (Kuw)

11/3 11/4 11/6 (3-0) 50min

[5] Gregory Gaultier (Fra)

[15] Adrian Grant (Eng)

5/11 11/9 11/8 4/11 11/8
(3-2) 85min

[15] Adrian Grant (Eng)

[Q] Nicolas Mueller (Sui)

Mon 1 Nov @ 19.00

[3] Amr Shabana (Egy)

Semi-final
9/11 3/11 5/7 Gaultier Retired
56min

[3] Amr Shabana (Egy)

7/11 11/8 11/7 11/6 (3-1) 58mins

[3] Amr Shabana (Egy)

Stewart Boswell (Aus)

7/11 11/5 11/5 11/6 (3-1) 56min

[3] Amr Shabana (Egy)

[16] Cameron Pilley (AUS)

Thu 28 Oct @ 19.30

[16] Cameron Pilley (AUS)

[Q] Ryan Cuskelly (Aus)

11/8 11/5 11/5 (3-0) 36min

[3] Amr Shabana (Egy)

[8] Peter Barker (Eng)

11/6 7/11 11/3 11/7 (3-1)75mins

[8] Peter Barker (Eng)

[Q] Borja Golan (Esp)

5/11 11/6 11/7 11/6 (3-2) 82min

[8] Peter Barker (Eng)

[16] Alister Walker (Eng)

11/4 11/7 11/5 (3-0)44mins

[16] Alister Walker (Eng)

Olli Tuominen (Fin)

29/10/2010

Ong Beng Hee (Mas)

9/11 11/13 2/11 (0-3) 35min

[13] Mohamed El Shorbagy (Egy)

11/1 7/11 11/7 11/7 (1-3) 58min

[6] James Willstrop (Eng)

Aamir Atlas Khan (Pak)

7/11 4/11 4/11 (0-3) 33min

[6] James Willstrop (Eng)

5/11 11/8 11/3 6/11 11/6 (3-2) 85min

[Q] Saurav Ghosal (Ind)

6/11 6/11 8/11 (0-3) 47min

[11] Wael El Hindi (Egy)

7/11 8/11 7/11 (0-3)

[4] Karim Darwish (Egy)

[Q] Mark Krajcsak (Hun)

7/11 11/6 5/11 6/11 (1-3) 42min

[4] Karim Darwish (Egy)

Mon 1 Nov @ 20.00

[2] Ramy Ashour (Egy)

Semi Final
7/11 11/8 9/11 12/10 7/11 (2-3) 82 mins

[Q] Mohammed Abbas (Egy)

7/11 5/11 9/11 (0-3) 43min

[14] Azlan Iskandar (Mas)

7/11 9/11 11/13 (0-3) 58min

[7] Thierry Lincou (Fra)

[Q] Ali Anwar Reda (Egy)

7/11 5/11 2/11 (0-3) 30min

[7] Thierry Lincou (Fra)

11/4 11/7 11/4 (3-0) 33min

[2] Ramy Ashour (Egy)

[Q] Omar Abdel Aziz (Egy)

6/11 5/11 5/11 (0-3) 39min

[12] Laurens Jan Anjema (Ned)

7/11 11/8 11/9 11/0 (3-1) 52min

[2] Ramy Ashour (Egy)

Omar Mosaad (Egy)

7/11 5/11 7/11 (0-3) 33min

[2] Ramy Ashour (Egy)