RESULTS: KNPC Kuwait Squash Championship, Kuwait City, Kuwait
Quarter-finals:
[1] Hisham Mohd Ashour (EGY) bt [8] Sherif Moustafa Kamel (EGY) 11-10 (2-0), 11-10 (2-0), 11-8 (41m)
[Q] Mohd Ali Anwar Reda (EGY) bt [7] Bader Al Hussaini (KUW) 3-11, 11-4, 9-11, 11-6, 11-9 (100m)
[6] Abdullah Almezayen (KUW) bt [2] Saurav Ghosal (IND) 11-2, 10-11 (0-2), 11-10 (2-0), 11-7
Almezayen Battles Into Kuwait Semis
Abdullah Almezayen will provide unexpected domestic interest in the semi-finals of the KNPC Kuwait Squash Championship after upsetting India's second seed Saurav Ghosal in the quarter-finals of the PSA Tour event in Kuwait.
The 18-year-old sixth seed beat the recently-crowned British Universities champion 11-2, 10-11 (0-2), 11-10 (2-0), 11-7 – but will now have to wait 24 hours to find out who his semi-final opponent is.
The match between England's fourth seed Alex Stait and unseeded Frenchman Julien Balbo was suspended at 9-9 in the third game, when the Englishman sustained a 'contributed injury' which led to severe muscle cramp.
The other semi-final will be an all-Egyptian affair between top seed Hisham Mohd Ashour and qualifier Mohd Ali Anwar Reda. Ashour beat compatriot Sherif Moustafa Kamel 11-10 (2-0), 11-10 (2-0), 11-8, while Reda upset Kuwait's seventh seed Bader Al Hussaini 3-11, 11-4, 9-11, 11-6, 11-9 in a 100-minute marathon.