Egyptians On Course For Athens Final
1st round:
[1] Omar Mosaad (EGY) bt [Q] Johan Bouquet (FRA) 11-2, 11-6, 11-2
[5] Tom Hoevenaars (NED) bt [Q] Ben Ford (ENG) 11-6, 11-10 (2-0), 3-11, 11-8
[4] Luca Mastrostefano (ITA) bt Niels Hoevenaars (NED) 11-7, 11-9, 11-8
[Q] Chris Tasker-Grindley (ENG) bt [8] Petros Tzamaloukas (GRE) 11-8, 11-7, 11-9
Darren Lewis (ENG) bt [7] Patrick Gaessler (GER) 11-8, 7-11, 11-8, 11-7
[3] Bradley Hindle (AUS) bt Nikolaos Moustroufis (GRE) 11-8, 11-9, 11-6
Morten W Sorensen (DEN) bt [6] Fabian Kalaitzis (GRE) 11-9, 11-9, 11-3
[2] Omar Elborolossy (EGY) bt [Q] Robbie Temple (ENG) 11-4, 11-1, 11-5
Quarter-finals:
[1] Omar Mosaad (EGY) bt [5] Tom Hoevenaars (NED) 11-6, 11-7, 11-4
[4] Luca Mastrostefano (ITA) bt [Q] Chris Tasker-Grindley (ENG) 11-3, 11-8, 4-11, 11-3
[3] Bradley Hindle (AUS) bt Darren Lewis (ENG) 11-7, 11-2, 11-5
[2] Omar Elborolossy (EGY) bt Morten W Sorensen (DEN) 11-8, 11-2, 11-1
Top-seeded Egyptians Omar Mosaad and Omar Elborolossy are on course for their predicted meeting in the final of the Life Greek Open Squash Championship after straightforward wins in the quarter-finals of the PSA Tour event at Athens Lawn Tennis Club in the Greek capital.
Favourite Mosaad beat Dutchman Tom Hoevenaars, the No5 seed, 11-6, 11-7, 11-4 - and will now face Italy's fourth seed Luca Mastrostefano, who needed four games to overcome English qualifier Chris Tasker-Grindley 11-3, 11-8, 4-11, 11-3.
Second seed Elborolossy, a former world No14, despatched Denmark's unseeded Morten W Sorensen 11-8, 11-2, 11-1 to set up a semi-final against No3 seed Bradley Hindle after the Australian beat Englishman Darren Lewis 11-7, 11-2, 11-5.
Semi-final line-up:
[1] Omar Mosaad (EGY) v [4] Luca Mastrostefano (ITA)
[2] Omar Elborolossy (EGY) v [3] Bradley Hindle (AUS)