RESULTS: Saint Petersburg Squash Open, Saint Petersburg, Russia
1st round:
[2] Omar Abdel Meguid (EGY) bt [Q] Ben Coleman (ENG) 11-6, 11-4, 11-7 (41m)
[8] Andrew Birks (ENG) bt Ondrej Ertl (CZE) 10-12, 9-11, 12-10, 12-10, 11-3 (65m)
[3] Alexei Severinov (RUS) bt Masoud Gharehzyaldini (IRI) 11-5, 11-3, 11-4 (38m)
[Q] Lucas Vauzelle (FRA) bt [7] Alireza Sanaei (IRI) 12-10, 8-11, 11-5, 11-1 (42m)
[5] Mohammad Reza Sadeghpour (IRI) bt [Q] Roman Fetisov (RUS) 13-11, 11-6, 11-9 (26m)
Petr Martin (CZE) bt [4] Peter Kviecinsky (SVK) 11-5, 11-4, 11-6 (45m)
Richard Birks (ENG) bt [6] Seyed Mohammad Hossein Sanaee (IRI) 11-4, 11-5, 10-12, 11-2 (33m)
[1] Andrew McDougall (CAN) bt [Q] Mohamed Abouelghar (EGY) 11-7, 8-11, 13-11, 11-9 (48m)
Quarter-finals:
[2] Omar Abdel Meguid (EGY) bt [8] Andrew Birks (ENG) 11-9, 11-7, 11-6 (30m)
[Q] Lucas Vauzelle (FRA) bt [3] Alexei Severinov (RUS) 11-7, 11-5, 11-7 (35m)
Petr Martin (CZE) bt [5] Mohammad Reza Sadeghpour (IRI) 11-4, 12-10, 11-2 (32m)
[1] Andrew McDougall (CAN) bt Richard Birks (ENG) 11-6, 11-3, 13-11 (24m)
Semi-finals:
[2] Omar Abdel Meguid (EGY) bt [Q] Lucas Vauzelle (FRA) 11-7, 11-8, 11-4 (38m)
[1] Andrew McDougall (CAN) bt Petr Martin (CZE) 11-3, 11-9, 11-7 (39m)
Final:
[2] Omar Abdel Meguid (EGY) bt [1] Andrew McDougall (CAN) 12-10, 11-6, 11-4 (42m)
Egypt's Omar Abdel Meguid became the surprise winner of the inaugural Saint Petersburg Open after upsetting top seed Andrew McDougall in the final of the $3,000 PSA World Tour squash event at Tauras Fitness Sports Club in Saint Petersburg in Russia.
The 21-year-old second seed from Giza reached the final without dropping a game – and maintained his 'clean sheet' in the event with a 12-10, 11-6, 11-4 victory over the Canadian favourite in 42 minutes.
The win extends his portfolio of PSA Tour titles to two – and extends his unbeaten record in Tour finals.