Mohamed Abouelghar prevailed in the Assore Central Gauteng Open in South Africa when he beat Fares Mohamed Dessouki in the all-Egyptian final of the PSA World Tour Challenger 5 squash event in its second year at the Parkview Squash Club in Johannesburg.<\/p>\n
Team-mates in Egypt’s title-winning 2012 World Junior Championship squad in Qatar, the pair reached the final after similar score-lines – but whilst Abouelghar was expected in the final, his compatriot was not.\n<\/p>\n
Surprisingly perhaps, unseeded Dessouki reached the last four without coming up against a seeded opponent – but then faced local hero Clinton Leeuw, the No2 seed from Cape Town, in the semi-finals.<\/p>\n
The 18-year-old from Cairo recovered from a crushing first game defeat to beat Leeuw 2-11, 13-11, 11-3, 11-5 to reach the first Tour final of his career.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile favourite Abouelghar claimed his place in the third PSA Tour final of his career when he beat England’s unseeded Thomas Ford 11-7, 9-11, 11-4, 11-8.<\/p>\n
And it was the higher-ranked top seed who triumphed in the final, beating Dessouki 11-6, 11-4, 12-10 to claim the third PSA World Tour title of his career.<\/p>\n
RESULTS: PSA Challenger 5 Assore Central Gauteng Open, Johannesburg, South Africa<\/strong><\/p>\n 1st round:<\/strong><\/p>\n [1] Mohamed Abouelghar (EGY) bt Kyle Maree (RSA) 11-6, 11-5, 11-2<\/p>\n Rudi Willemse (RSA) bt [Q] Fernando Molina (ARG) 11-8, 8-11, 11-2, 11-6<\/p>\n [Q] Rodney Durbach (RSA) bt Cameron Stafford (CAY) 11-4, 12-10, 11-3<\/p>\n Jean-Pierre Brits (RSA) bt [5] Geoffrey Demont (FRA) 11-7, 11-6, 11-8<\/p>\n Jerome Dadot (FRA) bt [8] Shinnosuke Tsukue (JPN) 11-5, 11-6, 11-3<\/p>\n Thomas Ford (ENG) bt Gareth Naidoo (RSA) 11-8, 11-6, 11-5<\/p>\n [Q] Zuko Kubukeli (RSA) bt Jonathan Maloney (ENG) 11-6, 11-4, 11-6<\/p>\n [3] Aqeel Rehman (AUT) bt Suleman Khan (PAK) w\/o<\/p>\n Fares Mohamed Dessouki (EGY) bt [4] Ammar Altamimi (KUW) 11-4, 11-8, 9-11, 11-5<\/p>\n [Q] Michael Wood (RSA) bt Christo Potgieter (RSA) 14-12, 9-11, 8-11, 11-3, 11-5<\/p>\n [Q] Kelvin Ndhlovu (ZAM) bt Sajid Khan (PAK) 11-2, 11-3, 11-0<\/p>\n Ahmad Alzabidi (JOR) bt [6] Steven London (ENG) 11-6, 11-7, 11-4<\/p>\n [7] Alex Ingham (ENG) bt Zahir Shah (PAK) 11-8, 11-3, 11-4<\/p>\n [Q] Andrew Martin (RSA) bt [LL] Grant Viljoen (RSA) 11-7, 11-2, 11-2<\/p>\n [Q] Kwon Hyeon-Jun (KOR) bt Haseeb Gul (PAK) 11-8, 11-9, 11-5<\/p>\n [2] Clinton Leeuw (RSA) bt [Q] Craig van der Wath (RSA) 11-4, 11-5, 5-11, 11-3<\/p>\n 2nd round: [1] Mohamed Abouelghar (EGY) bt Rudi Willemse (RSA) 11-3, 11-5, 11-6<\/p>\n [Q] Rodney Durbach (RSA) bt Jean-Pierre Brits (RSA) 11-7, 11-4, 11-6<\/p>\n Thomas Ford (ENG) bt Jerome Dadot (FRA) 11-3, 3-11, 14-12, 11-7<\/p>\n [3] Aqeel Rehman (AUT) bt [Q] Zuko Kubukeli (RSA) 11-5, 11-4, 11-5<\/p>\n Fares Mohamed Dessouki (EGY) bt [Q] Michael Wood (RSA) 8-11, 11-6, 11-6, 11-8<\/p>\n [Q] Kelvin Ndhlovu (ZAM) bt Ahmad Alzabidi (JOR) 11-5, 11-3, 3-11, 9-11, 11-9<\/p>\n [7] Alex Ingham (ENG) bt [Q] Andrew Martin (RSA) 12-10, 11-8, 7-11, 11-8<\/p>\n [2] Clinton Leeuw (RSA) bt [Q] Kwon Hyeon-Jun (KOR) 11-8, 11-8, 11-3<\/p>\n Quarter-finals: [1] Mohamed Abouelghar (EGY) bt [Q] Rodney Durbach (RSA) 11-9, 10-12, 11-7, 11-7<\/p>\n Thomas Ford (ENG) bt [3] Aqeel Rehman (AUT) 11-9, 11-8, 11-7<\/p>\n Fares Mohamed Dessouki (EGY) bt [Q] Kelvin Ndhlovu (ZAM) 12-10, 11-6, 11-6<\/p>\n [2] Clinton Leeuw (RSA) bt [7] Alex Ingham (ENG) 11-5, 11-8, 11-4<\/p>\n Semi-finals: [1] Mohamed Abouelghar (EGY) bt Thomas Ford (ENG) 11-7, 9-11, 11-4, 11-8<\/p>\n Fares Mohamed Dessouki (EGY) bt [2] Clinton Leeuw (RSA) 2-11, 13-11, 11-3, 11-5<\/p>\n [1] Mohamed Abouelghar (EGY) bt Fares Mohamed Dessouki (EGY) 11-6, 11-4, 12-10<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Mohamed Abouelghar prevailed in the Assore Central Gauteng Open in South Africa when he beat Fares Mohamed Dessouki in the all-Egyptian final of the PSA World Tour Challenger 5 squash event in its second year at the Parkview Squash Club in Johannesburg.<\/p>\n Team-mates in Egypt’s title-winning 2012 World Junior Championship squad in Qatar, the pair reached the final after similar score-lines – but whilst Abouelghar was expected in the final, his compatriot was not.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14774","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-world-golf-news"],"yoast_head":"\n
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