German favourite Jens Schoor fulfilled his seeding in the Pilatus Cup in Switzerland when he clinched the PSA World Tour Challenger 5 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.
Picture: Tournament promoter Mario Tschopp flanked by Schoor right, and Mohamed
Final:
[1] Jens Schoor (GER) bt [3] Zahed Mohamed (EGY) 11-7, 11-8, 7-11, 11-9
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
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
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
Qualifying finals:
Ondrej Ertl (CZE) bt Roman Svec (CZE) 11-8, 9-11, 11-3, 9-11, 12-10
Sebastiaan Weenink (NED) bt Damien Volland (FRA) 11-9, 15-13, 11-2
Shinnosuke Tsukue (JPN) bt Courtney West (AUS) 13-11, 11-7, 12-10
Thomas Ford (ENG) bt Jonas Daehler (SUI) 11-9, 11-9, 14-12
2nd qualifying round:
Ondrej Ertl (CZE) bt Manuel Wanner (SUI) 14-12, 7-11, 11-6, 11-9
Roman Svec (CZE) bt Yannick Lindemann (SUI) 11-5, 11-4, 13-11
Sebastiaan Weenink (NED) bt Wojtek Nowisz (POL) 11-4, 11-5, 11-1
Damien Volland (FRA) bt Jerome Dadot (FRA) 11-9, 10-12, 11-9, 12-10
Shinnosuke Tsukue (JPN) bt Jakob Dirnberger (AUT) 9-11, 11-4, 9-11, 11-3, 11-3
Courtney West (AUS) bt Joel Siewerdt (SUI) w/o
Thomas Ford (ENG) bt Ollie Holland (ENG) 11-8, 11-7, 11-4
Jonas Daehler (SUI) bt Phillip John Bull (ENG) 12-10, 11-5, 11-5
1st qualifying round:
Ondrej Ertl (CZE) bt Jan Kurzmeyer (SUI) 11-4, 11-9, 11-9
Manuel Wanner (SUI) bt Jamie Henderson (SCO) 11-6, 11-9, 7-11, 11-6
Yannick Lindemann (SUI) bt Pascal Bruhin (SUI) 11-2, 11-9, 11-7
Roman Svec (CZE) bt Robin Gadola (SUI) 14-16, 11-7, 11-9, 11-8
Sebastiaan Weenink (NED) bt Amadeo Costa (SUI) 11-0, 11-4, 11-9
Wojtek Nowisz (POL) bt Ian Scholl (SUI) 11-2, 11-3, 11-3
Damien Volland (FRA) bt Dennis Gruter (SUI) 11-6, 11-4, 11-9
Shinnosuke Tsukue (JPN) bt Thomas Ludin (SUI) w/o
Jerome Dadot (FRA) bt Yanick Buric (SUI) 11-9, 11-6, 11-4
Jakob Dirnberger (AUT) bt Dimitri Steinmann (SUI) 11-8, 11-8, 11-6
Joel Siewerdt (SUI) bt Alexander Imhof (SUI) 11-8, 13-11, 9-11, 11-9
Courtney West (AUS) bt Jan Weiss (SUI) 11-3, 11-9, 11-9
Thomas Ford (ENG) bt Joel Lindemann (SUI) 11-2, 11-0, 11-5
Ollie Holland (ENG) bt Mario Tschopp (SUI) 11-4, 11-9, 6-11, 11-4
Phillip John Bull (ENG) bt Nils Roesch (SUI) 11-3, 11-4, 11-1
Jonas Daehler (SUI) bt Christoph Zust (SUI) 11-8, 11-2, 11-2
