RESULTS: NSC Series No2 Squash Championships, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Men's 1st round:
[1] Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY) bt [Q] Muhammad Zul A Azhar (MAS) 11-4, 11-7, 11-5 (30m)
[Q] Bumpei Kawano (JPN) bt [8] Mohammad Reza Sadeghpour (IRI) 11-6, 11-8, 16-14 (40m)
[3] Abdullah Almezayen (KUW) bt Choong Kam Hing (MAS) 13-11, 11-4, 3-11, 7-11, 11-5 (50m)
[7] Ahmed Hawas (EGY) bt Aqib Hanif (PAK) 11-2, 11-6, 11-4 (27m)
[6] Danish Atlas Khan (PAK) bt [Q] Ahmad Al-Saraj (JOR) 12-10, 8-11, 11-1, 11-6 (38m)
[4] Kamran Khan (MAS) bt Jo Wen Ng (MAS) 11-6, 11-7, 11-6 (35m)
Yuta Fukui (JPN) bt [5] Joan Lezaud (FRA) 11-6, 11-8, 3-11, 10-12, 11-7 (60m)
[2] Waqar Mehboob (PAK) bt [Q] Ahmad Alzabidi (JOR) 11-7, 20-18, 11-7 (48m)
Quarter-finals:
[1] Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY) bt [Q] Bumpei Kawano (JPN) 11-4, 11-3, 11-3 (30m)
[3] Abdullah Almezayen (KUW) bt [7] Ahmed Hawas (EGY) 11-5, 11-7, 11-3 (32m)
[4] Kamran Khan (MAS) bt [6] Danish Atlas Khan (PAK) 11-9, 11-9, 10-12, 11-6
[2] Waqar Mehboob (PAK) bt Yuta Fukui (JPN) 11-8, 11-7, 11-8 (30m)
Semi-finals:
[1] Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY) bt [3] Abdullah Almezayen (KUW) 11-4, 7-11, 11-6, 11-3 (39m)
[2] Waqar Mehboob (PAK) bt [4] Kamran Khan (MAS) 9-11, 11-6, 8-11, 11-9, 11-5 (74m)
Final:
[1] Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY) bt [2] Waqar Mehboob (PAK) 11-9, 11-1, 10-12, 5-11, 11-5 (67m)
Women's 1st round:
[1] Sharon Wee (MAS) bt Aparajitha Balamurukan (IND) 11-2, 11-5, 11-1 (22m)
[7] Siyoli Waters (RSA) bt [Q] Rachel Arnold (MAS) 11-7, 11-8, 11-8 (31m)
[4] Lucie Fialova (CZE) bt [Q] Nessrine Ariffin (MAS) 11-6, 11-5, 11-9 (31m)
[6] Misaki Kobayashi (JPN) bt [Q] Low Wee Nee (MAS) 9-11, 11-3, 11-6, 11-9 (30m)
[Q] Maria Toor Pakay (PAK) bt [5] Anaka Alankamony (IND) 11-13, 12-10, 11-4, 11-4 (37m)
[3] Siti Munirah Jusoh (MAS) bt Surbhi Misra (IND) 14-12, 11-6, 11-2 (26m)
[8] Pushppa Devi (MAS) bt Anwesha Reddy (IND) 11-8, 11-1, 11-1 (21m)
[2] Song Sun-Mi (KOR) bt Zulhijjah Binti Azan (MAS) 11-4, 11-7, 11-8 (28m)
Quarter-finals:
[1] Sharon Wee (MAS) bt [7] Siyoli Waters (RSA) 11-7, 9-11, 6-11, 11-1, 11-4 (55m)
[6] Misaki Kobayashi (JPN) bt [4] Lucie Fialova (CZE) 11-6, 11-7, 7-11, 13-11 (42m)
[Q] Maria Toor Pakay (PAK) bt [3] Siti Munirah Jusoh (MAS) 11-9, 8-11, 8-11, 11-3, 11-9 (56m)
[2] Song Sun-Mi (KOR) bt [8] Pushppa Devi (MAS) 12-10, 11-4, 3-11, 5-11, 13-11 (37m)
Semi-finals:
[1] Sharon Wee (MAS) bt [6] Misaki Kobayashi (JPN) 11-6, 11-4, 15-13 (34m)
[Q] Maria Toor Pakay (PAK) bt [2] Song Sun-Mi (KOR) 11-5, 5-11, 11-9, 10-12, 11-9 (50m)
Final:
[1] Sharon Wee (MAS) bt [Q] Maria Toor Pakay (PAK) 13-11, 11-8, 11-1 (33m)
Event favourites Sharon Wee and Karim Abdel Gawad, from Malaysia and Egypt, respectively, triumphed in contrasting styles in the NSC Series No2 Squash Championships at the Bukit Jalil National Squash Centre in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur.
Sharon Wee recorded her first WISPA World Tour title success since November 2007 with an impressive display in the $4,000 event on home soil.
But her opponent in the final enjoyed one of her best ever performances on the international squash circuit. Maria Toor Pakay, a qualifier from Pakistan ranked 126 in the world, defeated a series of seeds en-route to her second appearance in a Tour final.
The 19-year-old left-hander from Islamabad's biggest scalp was second seed Song Sun-Mi, the world No46 from South Korea.
But 32-year-old Wee, ranked 34 in the world, was too strong for Pakay, winning 13-11, 11-8, 11-1 in 33 minutes to claim the eighth Tour title of her career.
There was also Pakistan disappointment in the final of the men's $6,000 PSA World Tour event. But second seed Waqar Mehboob, the 18-year-old world No110 from Peshawar, stretched favourite Karim Abdel Gawad to five games before the Egyptian, also 18, prevailed 11-9, 11-1, 10-12, 5-11, 11-5 in 67 minutes.
The win marks Cairo-based Gawad's fifth PSA Tour title success in seven final appearances.