Marwan Shorbagy, seeded number two from Egypt and aggressive from the outset in the men’s open final at the ISP Minute Maid Squash Carnival, carved out an impressive 11-3, 11-8, 12-10 win over Kamran Khan, the top-seed from Malaysia.
He earned the winner’s purse of Rs 1.5 lakhs on Saturday at ISP’s 100th tournament, jointly hosted by Khar Gymkhana and Juhu Vile Parle Gymkhana.
The Egyptian faced resistance in the third game when Kamran caught up at 10-all by saving two match points. The top-seed, richer by Rs 75,000 for runner-up place, found the tin with a backhand try, Marvan responded with a forehand winner to seal a fruitful week.
Women’s top-seed Delia overpowered fellow Malaysian Siti Munirah Jusoh, seeded number two to win 11-2, 11-6, 11. The women's topper and number two earned Rs 75,000 and Rs 40,000 respectively.
Marwan continued with risk-taking style in the men’s open final against a defensive-oriented Kamran. The opening game was in his pocket without having to break into a sweat, the Egyptian kept attacking in the second game. The Malaysian ended up finding the tin more when he tried to adopt a more offensive approach.
Delia, world number 20 in women, hit winners at will against a sluggish Siti Munirah in the other open final.
Mahesh Mangaonkar, the only Indian to make men’s open semifinals on Friday, picked up the boys U-19 title, as did top-seed Saumya Karki in girls U-19. Former national champion Manish Chotrani bagged the men’s over-35 title, son Veer won the boys U-11 crown.
Finals results: Men’s Open: 2-Marwan Shorbagy (Egypt) bt 1-Kamran Khan (Malaysia) 11-3, 11-8, 12-10.
Women’s Open: 1-Delia Arnold (Malaysia) bt 2-Siti Munirah Jusoh (Malaysia) 11-2, 11-6, 11-9.
Boys u-19: Mahesh Mangaonkar bt Vivek Dinodia 11-6, 11-5, 11-1.
Boys u-17: Divij Kadan bt Akhilesh Yadav 11-7, 11-4, 9-11, 11-7.
Boys u-15: Kunj Rawani bt Aishwarya Singh 9-11, 13-11, 11-7, 5-11, 11-6.
Boys u-13: Sandeep Paswan bt Yohan Surti 17-15, 11-7, 11-9.
Boys u-11: Veer Chotrani bt Yash Fadte 12-10, 10-12, 11-9, 11-4
Girls u-19: Saumya Karki bt Harshit Kaur Jawanda 11-9, 11-1, 11-4.
Girls u-15: Aishwarya Bhattacharya bt Aishwarya Nambiar 11-7, 6-11, 8-11, 11-9, 11-5.
Girls u-13: Jui Kalgutkar bt Aishwarya Bhattacharya 11-6, 5-11, 11-5, 12-10.
Girls u-11: Aakanksha Rao bt Aditi Raheja 11-1, 12-10, 11-8.
Boys & girls u-9: Neel Joshi bt Dhruv Vazirani 11-9, 11-3, 7-11, 11-7.
Men’s over-35: Manish Chotrani bt Gary Nitschike 11-9, 11-5, 11-7.
Men’s over-45: Ashun Bahl bt Deepak Moolani 6-11, 11-8, 11-9, 11-9.
Professionals: Amjad Khan bt Sachin Jadhav 11-7, 11-2, 11-8.
