WISPA SQUASH - Indian Challenger Final

Two talented stars Amr Khaled Khalifa of Egypt and Hongkong’s Joey Chan wrapped up the PSA Indian Challenger #6 and WISPA Indian Challenger #4 titles respectively in the Government of India sponsored Indian Challenger USD 8,750 PSA and USD 8,000 WISPA Series here today at the Indian Squash Courts Academy courts.

India Squash WISPA Challenger

In the closely fought out men’s final between unseeded Khalifa and fourth seeded Abdullah Al Mezayen of Kuwait the winner was decided in the last two points in the fifth game. With the scoreline levels at 11-all, Mezayen, squandered a match ball making 2 crucial errors to give away the win to Khalifa at 11-9, 10-12, 11-7, 7-11, 13-11 in a 65 minutes duel for supremacy.

Mezayen, exhibited his skills in winning the crunch points but lacked that punch in yielding the last two points, which he repented seconds after the match was over. Whenever, the Kuwaiti wriggled his way to front court play, Mezayen was unstoppable and rarely missed to score from his winners. On the other hand, Khalifa was more composed and minded in keeping the ball in play and waited for his chances to score. It was a brilliant final with both players showing immense respect for each other and fighting until the end.

In the women’s final, Second seeded Chan exhibited total focus in her game through out the match winning against third seeded Laura Siddall of England 11-2, 11-6, 11-6 in 25 min.

Siddall made a series of unforced errors from the beginning of the match and never came up with appreciable drop, even the easy ones. Siddall yesterday defeated top seed and India’s top star, Joshna Chinappa

Srivats Subramaniam, Secretary General – SRFI, gave away the prizes to the winners. Amr Khaled Khalifa and Joey Chan were richer by US$1662.5 & US$1600 resp.

wo talented stars Amr Khaled Khalifa of Egypt and Hongkong’s Joey Chan wrapped up the PSA Indian Challenger #6 and WISPA Indian Challenger #4 titles respectively in the Government of India sponsored Indian Challenger USD 8,750 PSA and USD 8,000 WISPA Series here today at the Indian Squash Courts Academy courts. In the closely fought out men’s final between unseeded Khalifa and fourth seeded Abdullah Al Mezayen of Kuwait the winner was decided in the last two points in the fifth game. With the scoreline levels at 11-all, Mezayen, squandered a match ball making 2 crucial errors to give away the win to Khalifa at 11-9, 10-12, 11-7, 7-11, 13-11 in a 65 minutes duel for supremacy. Mezayen, exhibited his skills in winning the crunch points but lacked that punch in yielding the last two points, which he repented seconds after the match was over. Whenever, the Kuwaiti wriggled his way to front court play, Mezayen was unstoppable and rarely missed to score from his winners. On the other hand, Khalifa was more composed and minded in keeping the ball in play and waited for his chances to score. It was a brilliant final with both players showing immense respect for each other and fighting until the end. In the women’s final, Second seeded Chan exhibited total focus in her game through out the match winning against third seeded Laura Siddall of England 11-2, 11-6, 11-6 in 25 min. Siddall made a series of unforced errors from the beginning of the match and never came up with appreciable drop, even the easy ones. Siddall yesterday defeated top seed and India’s top star, Joshna Chinappa Srivats Subramaniam, Secretary General – SRFI, gave away the prizes to the winners. Amr Khaled Khalifa and Joey Chan were richer by US$1662.5 & US$1600 resp.

Cyrus Poncha

Coach India