Egyptian Omar Abdel Meguid emerged victorious in the Japan Pro Kansai Open at the XIST Sports Club in Wakayama, Japan.
The final of the men’s $4,000 PSA World Tour event was a battle between two fellow countrymen.
But second seed Omar Abdel Meguid was the underdog – facing favourite Karim AGA Samy.
Despite ranked exactly 50 places below 21-year-old Samy, 22-year-old Meguid recovered from a game down to upset his Cairo compatriot 8-11, 11-6, 11-5, 11-1 to secure the third Tour title of his career.
Final:
[2] Omar Abdel Meguid (EGY) bt [1] Karim AGA Samy (EGY) 8-11, 11-6, 11-5, 11-1 (35m)
Semi-finals:
[1] Karim AGA Samy (EGY) bt [7] Cheng Yao Huang (TPE) 11-4, 10-12, 11-9, 11-5 (44m)
[2] Omar Abdel Meguid (EGY) bt [3] Choong Kam Hing (MAS) 11-5, 11-5, 11-8 (26m)
Quarter-finals:
[1] Karim AGA Samy (EGY) bt [4] Hon Fung Wong (HKG) 11-7, 11-4, 11-9 (22m)
[7] Cheng Yao Huang (TPE) bt [Q] Kobayashi Ryosei (JPN) 11-4, 11-5, 13-11 (24m)
[3] Choong Kam Hing (MAS) bt Caspar Grauball Nielsen (DEN) 11-5, 8-11, 12-10, 6-11, 11-8 (49m)
[2] Omar Abdel Meguid (EGY) bt [6] Tsukue Shinnosuke (JPN) 13-11, 11-6, 12-10 (32m)
1st round:
[1] Karim AGA Samy (EGY) bt [Q] Tomotaka Endo (JPN) 11-5, 11-2, 11-6 (21m)
[4] Hon Fung Wong (HKG) bt Ken Okada (JPN) 7-11, 15-13, 11-9, 11-3 (39m)
[7] Cheng Yao Huang (TPE) bt [Q] Syo Miyakawa (JPN) 11-1, 17-15, 11-1 (24m)
[Q] Kobayashi Ryosei (JPN) bt [5] Maekawa Kosuke (JPN) 6-11, 11-9, 11-9, 11-9 (37m)
Caspar Grauball Nielsen (DEN) bt [8] Shamsul Islam Khan (PAK) 11-13, 11-9, 11-2, 6-11, 11-4 (39m)
[3] Choong Kam Hing (MAS) bt Zahir Shah (PAK) 11-4, 11-7, 11-8 (29m)
[6] Tsukue Shinnosuke (JPN) bt [Q] Shimizu Takanori (JPN) 11-7, 11-5, 10-12, 11-6 (47m)
[2] Omar Abdel Meguid (EGY) bt Bumpei Kawano (JPN) 11-6, 11-9, 11-7 (31m)
Qualifying finals:
Kobayashi Ryosei (JPN) bt Sajjad Ali Khan (PAK) 11-7, 11-6, 11-6 (25m)
Shimizu Takanori (JPN) bt Taiki Kaido (JPN) 11-3, 11-6, 11-2 (22m)
Tomotaka Endo (JPN) bt Abdul Razzaq Khan (PAK) 11-3, 11-1, 11-1 (12m)
Syo Miyakawa (JPN) bt Muhammad Ayaz (PAK) 11-3, 12-10, 11-5 (20m)
