Shoukry Shines In Madison

Egypt's Andrew Wagih Shoukry cruised to success in the Madison Open in the USA when he won the PSA World Tour Challenger 5 squash event in its third year at Madison Squash Workshop in Madison, Wisconsin, without dropping a game.

It was after overcoming unseeded Welshman Peter Creed in the semi-finals that the top seed from Cairo faced England's No2 seed Jaymie Haycocks in the final.

While 21-year-old Shoukry was celebrating his tenth Tour climax, Haycocks was marking his maiden appearance in a PSA final.

After a poor start, the 27-year-old Englishman recovered from 1-5 down to 8-10 - but was unable to prevent Shoukry taking an early lead.

"It was a better start in the second game and it was even, five-all, and six-all," said tournament organiser Damon Bourne. "But a few solid points by Wagih, and some errors off Jaymie's racquet, cost the Englishman the second."

Birmingham-based Haycocks went up 5-1 in the third, but the Egyptian stepped up a gear and closed out the match in a single hand from 2-5 down to win 11-8, 11-7, 11-5.

The triumph marks the fourth PSA World Tour title of Shoukry's career.

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