Schoor Shines In Kriens
3 Jun 2013
German favourite Jens Schoor fulfilled his seeding in the Pilatus Cup in Switzerland when he clinched the PSA World Tour Challenger 5 squash title at Sportpark Pilatus Kriens in Kriens.
The world No78 from Worms reached the final - the eighth of his career - after seeing off fourth-seeded Frenchman Joan Lezaud in straight games in the semis.
Third seed Zahed Mohamed, a 20-year-old from Egypt, made his breakthrough in the other semi - upsetting Austria's No2 seed Aqeel Rehman in four games to reach the fifth Tour final of his career.
Sure-footed Schoor took the first two games in the final before world No90 Mohamed struck back to reduce the deficit.
But the German retained his focus to close out the match 11-7, 11-8, 7-11, 11-9 and notch up his sixth PSA World Tour title.
1st round:
[1] Jens Schoor (GER) bt [Q] Ondrej Ertl (CZE) 11-6, 11-4, 11-4
[Q] Sebastiaan Weenink (NED) bt Lukas Burkhart (SUI) 8-11, 11-6, 11-5, 11-7
Yann Perrin (FRA) bt [Q] Shinnosuke Tsukue (JPN) 12-10, 11-5, 5-11, 11-3
[4] Joan Lezaud (FRA) bt Reiko Peter (SUI) 11-8, 11-3, 2-11, 11-8
[3] Zahed Mohamed (EGY) bt Andre Haschker (GER) 11-6, 11-9, 6-11, 11-4
Joel Hinds (ENG) bt Patrick Miescher (SUI) 11-7, 11-6, 6-11, 11-6
[Q] Thomas Ford (ENG) bt Abdulla Mohd Al Tamimi (QAT) 7-11, 11-4, 11-8, 11-3
[2] Aqeel Rehman (AUT) bt [WC] Remo Handl (SUI) 11-9, 13-11, 11-6
Quarter-finals:
[1] Jens Schoor (GER) bt [Q] Sebastiaan Weenink (NED) 11-6, 8-11, 12-10, 13-11
[4] Joan Lezaud (FRA) bt Yann Perrin (FRA) 11-7, 11-4, 11-8
[3] Zahed Mohamed (EGY) bt Joel Hinds (ENG) 11-7, 8-11, 11-6, 11-7
[2] Aqeel Rehman (AUT) bt [Q] Thomas Ford (ENG) 12-10, 11-5, 12-10
Semi-finals:
[1] Jens Schoor (GER) bt [4] Joan Lezaud (FRA) 11-6, 11-3, 11-4
[3] Zahed Mohamed (EGY) bt [2] Aqeel Rehman (AUT) 12-10, 2-11, 11-7, 11-7
Final:
[1] Jens Schoor (GER) bt [3] Zahed Mohamed (EGY) 11-7, 11-8, 7-11, 11-9
