QSF 3: Elnawasany Claims Victory In All-Egyptian Final

Egypt’s Yahya Elnawasany claimed the victory at the QSF 3 this week, beating compatriot Mazen Gamal in the final to secure his third title on Tour in 2021.

The Challenger 10 level tournament was held at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex, the host of four men’s World Championships and the Qatar Classic.

The event began on Monday, with the opening two rounds on the first day. Elnawasany, as the tournament’s top seed, received a bye through the first round, before then getting the better of Iran’s Alireza Shameli in straight games.

From then on, it was all-Egyptian battles for the World No.68, starting with a contest against No.7 seed Ibrahim Elkabbani in the quarter finals, which he won in three, needing just 37 minutes to advance.

In the semis, the 19-year-old downed the unseeded Omar Elkattan, who had already gotten the better of two of the top eight seeds to reach this stage of the tournament, in four games.

The final saw Elnawasany take on Mazen Gamal, another fellow Egyptian, and he found himself behind after the opening game, but he fought back to win the match 3-1, and secure his third title of the year, following previous wins at the Egyptian Challenger Tour #2 and the CIB Egyptian Challenger Tour 3 earlier this year.

Results: QSF 3
Final
[1] Yahya Elnawasany (EGY) bt [2] Mazen Gamal (EGY) 3-1: 9-11, 11-7, 11-7, 11-6 (65m)

Semi-Finals
[1] Yahya Elnawasany (EGY) bt Omar ElKattan (EGY) 3-1: 11-8, 11-7, 9-11, 11-6 (53m)
[2] Mazen Gamal (EGY) bt [6] Khaled Labib (EGY) 3-1: 11-4, 11-7, 3-11, 11-7 (42m)

Quarter Finals
[1] Yahya Elnawasany (EGY) bt [7] Ibrahim Elkabbani (EGY) 3-0; 11-6, 11-4, 11-7 (37m)
Omar ElKattan (EGY) bt [4] Ammar Altamimi (KUW) 3-1: 11-4, 11-7, 10-12, 11-9 (42m)
[6] Khaled Labib (EGY) bt Joseph White (AUS) 3-2: 11-7, 11-7, 5-11, 12-14, 11-1 (70m)
[2] Mazen Gamal (EGY) bt [5] Vladislav Titov (RUS) 3-0: 11-8, 11-2, 11-4 (30m)

Round Two
[1] Yahya Elnawasany (EGY) bt Alireza Shameli (IRI) 3-0: 11-3, 11-5, 11-5 (37m)
[7] Ibrahim Elkabbani (EGY) bt Darren Rahul Pragasam (MAS) 3-0: 11-9, 11-6, 11-2 (35m)
Omar ElKattan (EGY) bt [8] Yassin Elshafei (EGY) 3-1: 5-11, 12-10, 11-5, 11-5 (53m)
[4] Ammar Altamimi (KUW) bt Sepehr Etemadpoor (IRI) 3-1: 9-11, 11-6, 11-8, 11-4 (42m)
Joseph White (AUS) bt [3] Syed Azlan Amjad (QAT) 3-0: 12-10, 11-5, 11-8 (39m)
[6] Khaled Labib (EGY) bt Ong Sai Hung (MAS) 3-1: 11-7, 8-11, 11-8, 11-2 (65m)
[5] Vladislav Titov (RUS) bt Abdulrahman Al-Malki (QAT) 3-0: 11-8, 11-3, 11-8 (29m)
[2] Mazen Gamal (EGY) bt Abdallah Elmasry (EGY) 3-0: 11-8, 11-4, 11-8 (35m)

Round One
Alireza Sameli (IRI) bt Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu (IND) 3-0: 11-5 rtd (10m)
Darren Rahul Pragasam (MAS) bt [WC] Salem Al Malki (QAT) 3-0: 11-7, 11-3, 11-4 (27m)
Omar ElKattan (EGY) bt Rahul Baitha (IND) 3-0: 11-7, 13-11, 11-4 (40m)
Sepehr Etemadpoor (IRI) bt Abhay Singh (IND) 3-2: 4-11, 11-9, 8-11, 11-5, 11-9 (58m)
Joseph White (AUS) bt [WC] Yousef Al Kubaisi (QAT) 3-0: 11-2, 11-4, 11-1 (20m)
Ong Sai Hung (MAS) bt Mohamed Nasser (EGY) 3-1: 13-11, 11-8, 7-11, 11-6 (62m)
[WC] Hamad Al Amri (QAT) bt Abdulrahman Al-Malki (QAT) 3-0: 11-2, 11-6, 12-10 (35m)
Abdallah Elmasry (EGY) bt Mohamed Ferman Hassan (IRQ): Walkover