Saudi International 2009

The Saudi International 2009 took place from December 11th to 18th, 2009 in al-Chubar , Saudi Arabia . The men's squash tournament was part of the PSA World Tour 2009/10 and belonged to the Super Series category . It was endowed with $ 250,000.

Defending champion was Karim Darwish , who did not run again. Ramy Ashour won the final against Nick Matthew 11: 7, 7:11, 11: 9, 9:11 and 11: 8.

The field of participants in the men's competition consisted of 32 players, eight of which were reserved for qualifiers. The 16 best players were seeded. Per Wildcard received Naif Aburegah a spot in the main draw.

Men's

Seeding list

No. player Round reached 01.  Ramy Ashour victory 02.  Amr Shabana 1 round 03.  Nick Matthew final 04th  David Palmer Semifinals 05.  Peter Barker Round of 16 06th  Thierry Lincou Quarter finals 07th  Wael El Hindi Quarter finals 08th.  Adrian Grant Semifinals

No. player Round reached 09.  James Willstrop Round of 16 10.  Ong Beng Hee Round of 16 11.  Laurens Jan Anjema 1 round 12.  Alister Walker Round of 16 13.  Mohamed Elshorbagy Quarter finals 14th  Farhan Mehboob Round of 16 15th  Aamir Atlas Khan Quarter finals 16.  Stewart Boswell Round of 16

Explanation of symbols

Q = qualifier WC = wildcard LL = Lucky Loser ITF = qualified via ITF ranking

ALT = replacement (alternate) PR = Protected Ranking SE = Special Exempt

r = retired d = disqualification where = walkover

Results

First round									Round of 16									Quarter finals									Semifinals									final
1	R. Ashour	11	11	11
	H. Ashour	8th	5	5					1	R. Ashour	12	11	11
	D. Selby	4th	3	7th					12	A. Walker	10	8th	5
12	A. Walker	11	11	11														1	R. Ashour	11	12	11
13	M. Elshorbagy	11	11	11														13	M. Elshorbagy	3	10	3
Q	S. Coppinger	4th	2	3					13	M. Elshorbagy	10	11	11	11
WC	N. Aburegah	6th	7th	9					5	P. Barker	12	9	8th	8th
5	P. Barker	11	11	11																							1	R. Ashour	11	14th	11
6th	T. Lincou	9	11	11	5																						4th	D. Palmer	8th	12	3
Q	MAA Reda	11	3	6th	2	r			6th	T. Lincou	11	11	11
Q	A. Frankcomb	4th	7th	6th					10	O. Beng Hee	9	2	9
10	O. Beng Hee	11	11	11														6th	T. Lincou	5	8th	11	5
16	S. Boswell	11	11	11														4th	D. Palmer	11	11	5	11
Q	T. Richards	4th	9	5					16	S. Boswell	11	8th	6th
	C. Pilley	5	12	11	1	3			4th	D. Palmer	13	11	11
4th	D. Palmer	11	10	3	11	11																														1	R. Ashour	11	7th	11	9	11
3	N. Matthew	11	11	8th	11																															3	N. Matthew	7th	11	9	11	8th
	O. Mosaad	6th	2	11	2				3	N. Matthew	11	11	4th	11
	O. Tuominen	7th	5	3					9	J. Willstrop	8th	8th	11	9
9	J. Willstrop	11	11	11														3	N. Matthew	11	11	11
11	LJ Anjema	6th	11	7th	3													7th	W. El Hindi	8th	3	7th
Q	J. Kemp	11	5	11	11				Q	J. Kemp	7th	9	2
	D. Bianchetti	4th	12	10	d				7th	W. El Hindi	11	11	11
7th	W. El Hindi	11	10	10																							3	N. Matthew	11	3	11	11
8th	A. Grant	11	11	11																							8th	A. Grant	3	11	6th	7th
Q	A. Swelim	8th	5	2					8th	A. Grant	8th	11	11	11
Q	S. Galifi	5	0	5					14th	F. Mehboob	11	9	7th	7th
14th	F. Mehboob	11	11	11														8th	A. Grant	9	11	11	13
15th	AA Khan	11	11	11														15th	AA Khan	11	5	6th	11
Q	S. Ghosal	5	9	4th					15th	AA Khan	11	11	11
	J. Barrington	11	4th							J. Barrington	2	4th	8th
2	A. Shabana	8th	2	r

Web links

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