Egyptians Excel In Qatar Qualifiers

There will be five Cairo-based players seeking qualifying places in the first round of the Qatar Classic after resounding Egyptian successes in today's first qualifying rounds of the PSA Super Series Platinum event in Doha, Qatar.

But only one of the eight slots available is certain to end up in Egyptian hands when 19-year-old Omar Mosaad takes on 22-year-old Amr Swelim in Thursday's qualifying finals.

However, stiff competition will come from four Englishmen, a pair of Frenchmen and Pakistanis, and an Indian, a Dutchman and a Mexican.

1st qualifying round:
Dylan Bennett (NED) bt Muhammad Faheem Khan (PAK) 11-2, 11-3, 11-2
Shahid Zaman (PAK) bt Yasin Amjad (PAK) 11-5, 11-7, 11-6
Jean-Michel Arcucci (FRA) bt Tariq Manzoor (UAE) 11-4, 11-8, 11-7
Mansoor Zaman (PAK) bt Omar Elborolossy (EGY) 11-9, 9-11, 11-7, 11-9
Tarek Momen (EGY) bt Mohd Ali Anwar Reda (EGY) 11-8, 8-11, 11-7, 11-6
Eric Galvez (MEX) bt Bilal Zaman (PAK) 11-7, 11-9, 11-6
Yasser El Halaby (EGY) bt Miguel Angel Rodriguez (COL) 11-7, 11-9, 5-11, 11-5
Saurav Ghosal (IND) bt Khawaja Adil Maqbool (PAK) 11-4, 11-9, 11-7
Daryl Selby (ENG) bt Jan Koukal (CZE) 11-10 (3-1), 11-0, 11-8
Omar Abdel Aziz (EGY) bt Alex Ingham (ENG) 11-7, 11-6, 11-8
Amr Swelim (EGY) bt Kashif Shuja (NZL) 11-10 (3-1), 11-8, 11-8
Omar Mosaad (EGY) bt Christopher Gordon (USA) 11-7, 11-7, 11-9
Stacey Ross (ENG) bt Philip Nightingale (ENG) 11-2, 11-5, 11-8