Egypt’s Karim Darwish celebrated his 20th Tour title today after winning the CIMB KL Open in Berjaya Times Square in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur.
The final of the men’s PSA World Tour International 50 event featured the event’s top two seeds – Darwish and fellow Egyptian Mohamed El Shorbagy, the second seed.
El Shorbagy, the 20-year-old world No9, was marking only his fifth appearance in a PSA Tour final, while his more experienced fellow countryman Darwish, the 29-year-old former world number one, was celebrating his 33rd.
But El Shorbagy made the top seed fight for 52 minutes before world No3 Darwish, last year’s runner-up, eventually prevailed 11-9, 11-9, 11-3 to celebrate the 20th Tour title of his career.
Final:
[1] Karim Darwish (EGY) bt [2] Mohamed El Shorbagy (EGY) 11-9, 11-9, 11-3 (52m)
Semi-finals:
[1] Karim Darwish (EGY) bt [Q] Gregoire Marche (FRA) 11-6, 11-5, 11-3 (29m)
[2] Mohamed El Shorbagy (EGY) bt [4] Mohd Azlan Iskandar (MAS) 8-11, 14-12, 11-7, 11-5 (64m)
Quarter-finals:
[1] Karim Darwish (EGY) bt Saurav Ghosal (IND) 11-8, 11-8, 11-5 (35m)
[Q] Gregoire Marche (FRA) bt Stephen Coppinger (RSA) 11-7, 11-5, 11-8 (39m)
[4] Mohd Azlan Iskandar (MAS) bt Aamir Atlas Khan (PAK) 14-12, 11-6, 11-2 (43m)
[2] Mohamed El Shorbagy (EGY) bt Mohd Nafiizwan Adnan (MAS) 11-9, 12-10, 11-7 (49m)
1st round:
[1] Karim Darwish (EGY) bt Simon Rosner (GER) 12-14, 11-5, 11-8, 11-6 (45m)
Saurav Ghosal (IND) bt Ong Beng Hee (MAS) 11-8, 4-11, 11-6, 11-6 (54m)
Stephen Coppinger (RSA) bt Mohammed Abbas (EGY) 10-12, 11-3, 13-15, 11-5, 11-8 (72m)
[Q] Gregoire Marche (FRA) bt [3] Cameron Pilley (AUS) 14-12, 11-8, 11-1 (50m)
[4] Mohd Azlan Iskandar (MAS) bt Farhan Mehboob (PAK) 9-9 ret.
Aamir Atlas Khan (PAK) bt [Q] Mathieu Castagnet (FRA) 13-11, 11-2, 11-5 (37m)
Mohd Nafiizwan Adnan (MAS) bt [Q] Ali Farag (EGY) 11-8, 9-11, 11-8, 11-9 (62m)
[2] Mohamed El Shorbagy (EGY) bt [Q] Aaron Frankcomb (AUS) 11-5, 11-8, 11-7 (50m)
Qualifying finals:
Aaron Frankcomb (AUS) bt Elvinn Keo (MAS) 11-6, 12-10, 16-14 (50m)
Gregoire Marche (FRA) bt Cesar Salazar (MEX) 11-6, 11-5, 11-8 (45m)
Ali Farag (EGY) bt Siddharth Suchde (IND) 3-11, 11-9, 11-6, 11-4 (42m)
Mathieu Castagnet (FRA) bt Mark Krajcsak (HUN) 6-11, 11-9, 11-3, 11-7 (60m)
1st qualifying round:
Aaron Frankcomb (AUS) bt Muhd Asyraf Azan (MAS) 11-6, 11-3, 11-7 (65m)
Elvinn Keo (MAS) bt Valentino Bong (MAS) 11-5, 11-9, 8-11, 11-9 (67m)
Cesar Salazar (MEX) bt Jorge Isaac Baltazar Ferreira (MEX) 11-7, 11-9, 11-6 (34m)
Gregoire Marche (FRA) bt Choong Kam Hing (MAS) 8-11, 11-3, 11-4, 11-7 (26m)
Ali Farag (EGY) bt Kamran Khan (MAS) 14-12, 6-11, 9-11, 12-10, 11-5 (82m)
Siddharth Suchde (IND) bt Yann Perrin (FRA) 11-9, 11-7, 11-6 (44m)
Mathieu Castagnet (FRA) bt Ivan Yuen (MAS) 11-7, 1-11, 13-11, 11-8 (70m)
Mark Krajcsak (HUN) bt Dick Lau (HKG) 11-4, 11-5, 11-7 (37m)
