China Open 2008

Today 17/10/08
Squashsite has updated the results of the tournament. Click here.
Today we had the 1st round in the morning and quarterfinals in the evening. I don't have all the scores but I have the semifinals line up. They are:

Men
Stephane Galifi (Fra) vs Romain Tenant (Fra)
Max Lee (HK) vs David Vidal (Esp)

Women
Christina Mak (HK) vs Heba El Torky
Deon Saffery (Wales) vs Nouran El Torky

I tried to get the updated scores from the organizers but I could not. Then I tried Squashsite but they too have not been updated. Even the PSA and Wispa sites are not updated. So bear with me on this.

Below are pictures from today. Enjoy and cheers.

Womens Draw

Men's Draw

Official T-Shirt Design

Official T-Shirt Design

Group Photo

Heba El Torky (left) and Nouran El Torky of Egypt

Deon Saffery of Wales

David Vidal of Spain

Matteo Amadei a.k.a Meng Xiaomin of China

Yesterday (16/10/08)



Today is the actual start of the event. I did not manage to get the qualifying results but hopefully tomorrow. In the mean time, enjoy the pictures.








This is Franco Amadei who is the Tournament Referee. He speaks fluent Mandarin, English and his very own Italian Language. He is also Matteo's dad.







On the left is Kam Hing and on the right is Elvinn. Both are from Malaysia. Kam Hing is from Perak and Elvinn from Penang








This funny fellow is Stephane Galifi. He's French but is in the process of trying to play for Italy. His family is from Sicily, Italy. One cool dude and one heck of a squash player.







This is Alex Ingham from England. He spent the last month in Egypt for some training. He's shorter than me... Wohooo!!!








These referees and markers were having a busy day. They come from Shangai, Hangzhou (2 hours by train) and Beijing to assist and contribute to the success of the event.







These boys are from Egypt and are super nice. They promised to take me around Cairo and so on when I go there for the World Women's Team Championship in December







Come back tomorrow for more pictures and hopefully the results of the 1st round. Cheers..



(15/10/08)

This was part of the crowd that was there today.

This is the organizing group that is responsible for the tournament. Most of the pro players arrived today and qualifying starts tomorrow. Will update this post daily with reports and pictures. Come back soon. Cheers.