After surviving two rounds of qualifying, Egyptian teenager Ahmed Atef swept through the field of the City Of Kalgoorlie-Boulder PSA Int Golden Open in Western Australia before despatching top seed Arthur Gaskin in today’s final of the PSA Challenger 5 squash event at the YMCA in Kalgoorlie to win his maiden PSA World Tour title.<\/p>\n
The 19-year-old showed his promise in the semi-finals where he knocked out local hope Justin Beard, the No2 seed from Adelaide.<\/p>\n
Irishman Gaskin also seemed to be in commanding form – reaching his second successive Tour final in Australia – and the fifth of his career – without dropping a game.<\/p>\n
But the 28-year-old from Dublin met his match in the final as Atef – ranked outside the world top 200 – rallied to his career breakthrough 11-6, 4-11, 11-6, 11-6 victory in 64 minutes.<\/p>\n
Atef not only celebrates his first Tour title – but becomes the ninth Egyptian to win a PSA Tour trophy this year.<\/p>\n
RESULTS: PSA Challenger 5 City Of Kalgoorlie-Boulder PSA Int Golden Open, Kalgoorlie, WA, Australia<\/span><\/p>\n 1st round:<\/p>\n [1] Arthur Gaskin (IRL) bt Tim Cowell (AUS) 11-6, 11-7, 11-4<\/p>\n Tom de Mulder (BEL) bt [Q] Tristan Eysele (ENG) 11-8, 11-6, 10-12, 9-11, 11-8 (64m)<\/p>\n [Q] Adam Auckland (ENG) bt Matias Tuomi (FIN) 11-8, 11-3, 11-6 (24m)<\/p>\n Kim Are Killingberg (NOR) bt [3] Micah Franklin (BER) 11-9, 11-4, 11-3 (35m)<\/p>\n [Q] Nosherwan Khan (PAK) bt [4] Robert Downer (ENG) 4-11, 11-5, 11-8, 5-11, 11-7 (70m)<\/p>\n [Q] Ahmed Atef (EGY) bt Rhys Dowling (AUS) 12-10, 11-4, 11-8 (31m)<\/p>\n Sunil Seth (AUS) bt [WC] Brenton Scheer (AUS) 11-9, 11-8, 11-3 (21m)<\/p>\n [2] Justin Beard (AUS) bt Arthur Moineau (FRA) 7-11, 14-12, 11-4, 12-10 (51m)<\/p>\n Quarter-finals:<\/p>\n [1] Arthur Gaskin (IRL) bt Tom de Mulder (BEL) 13-11, 13-11, 11-4 (24m)<\/p>\n [Q] Adam Auckland (ENG) bt Kim Are Killingberg (NOR) 11-9, 11-6, 11-7 (34m)<\/p>\n [Q] Ahmed Atef (EGY) bt [Q] Nosherwan Khan (PAK) 6-11, 11-4, 11-4, 11-1 (35m)<\/p>\n [2] Justin Beard (AUS) bt Sunil Seth (AUS) 13-11, 4-11, 11-9, 12-10 (67m)<\/p>\n Semi-finals:<\/p>\n [1] Arthur Gaskin (IRL) bt [Q] Adam Auckland (ENG) 11-5, 11-8, 11-4 (37m)<\/p>\n [Q] Ahmed Atef (EGY) bt [2] Justin Beard (AUS) 11-7, 11-6, 11-7 (41m)<\/p>\n Final:<\/p>\n [Q] Ahmed Atef (EGY) bt [1] Arthur Gaskin (IRL) 11-6, 4-11, 11-6, 11-6 (64m) After surviving two rounds of qualifying, Egyptian teenager Ahmed Atef swept through the field of the City Of Kalgoorlie-Boulder PSA Int Golden Open in Western Australia before despatching top seed Arthur Gaskin in today’s final of the PSA Challenger 5 squash event at the YMCA in Kalgoorlie to win his maiden PSA World Tour title. […]<\/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":[37],"tags":[9082,7630,6293,9083],"class_list":["post-15075","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-others","tag-ahmed-atef","tag-arthur-gaskin","tag-indian-sports-news-network","tag-psa-challenger-5-squash-event"],"yoast_head":"\n
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