Sky Open 2010

The Sky Open 2010 took place from May 15-22, 2010 in Cairo , Egypt . The men's squash tournament was part of the PSA World Tour 2009/10 and belonged to the Super Series Platinum category . It was endowed with $ 150,000.

The final was won by Nick Matthew , who defeated Karim Darwish 6:11, 11: 7, 12:10 and 13:11. Matthew, who won the 14th title of his career, secured himself the first takeover of the world rankings on June 1, 2010 through his entry into the final and the simultaneous defeat of Ramy Ashour to Karim Darwish in the second semi-final .

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 Karim Samy a spot in the main draw.

Men's

Seeding list

No. player Round reached 01.  Ramy Ashour Semifinals 02.  Nick Matthew victory 03.  Amr Shabana Round of 16 04th  Karim Darwish final 05.  James Willstrop Quarter finals 06th  Grégory Gaultier Quarter finals 07th  Thierry Lincou Semifinals 08th.  Peter Barker Quarter finals

No. player Round reached 09.  Daryl Selby 1 round 10.  David Palmer Round of 16 11.  Laurens Jan Anjema Round of 16 12.  Wael El Hindi Quarter finals 13.  Adrian Grant Round of 16 14th  Alister Walker Round of 16 15th  Cameron Pilley Round of 16 16.  Mohd Azlan Iskandar 1 round

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
	J. Barrington	5	6th	7th					1	R. Ashour	11	11	11
	S. Ghosal	11	4th	11	11					S. Ghosal	5	8th	7th
16	MA Iskandar	9	11	8th	2													1	R. Ashour	11	11	13
9	D. Selby	11	7th	2	11	4th												5	J. Willstrop	6th	9	11
	MAA Reda	5	11	11	9	11				MAA Reda	8th	5	5
	H. Ashour	10	10	3					5	J. Willstrop	11	11	11
5	J. Willstrop	12	12	11																							1	R. Ashour	8th	5	7th
6th	G. Gaultier	11	11	12																							4th	K. Darwish	11	11	11
	O. Beng Hee	3	9	10					6th	G. Gaultier	11	2	11	11
	AA Khan	11	2	1	6th				15th	C. Pilley	8th	11	5	4th
15th	C. Pilley	9	11	11	11													6th	G. Gaultier	5	9	4th
10	D. Palmer	11	11	11														4th	K. Darwish	11	11	11
Q	T. Richards	7th	5	2					10	D. Palmer	8th	10	11
Q	D. Bennett	9	8th	7th					4th	K. Darwish	11	12	13
4th	K. Darwish	11	11	11																																4th	K. Darwish	11	7th	10	11
3	A. Shabana	11	11	7th	11																															2	N. Matthew	6th	11	12	13
Q	K. Samy	9	7th	11	7th				3	A. Shabana
Q	R. Cuskelly	8th	9	9					12	W. El Hindi	w.	O.
12	W. El Hindi	11	11	11														12	W. El Hindi	11	7th	4th	4th
14th	A. Walker	11	11	11														7th	T. Lincou	7th	11	11	11
Q	KA Gawad	9	7th	8th					14th	A. Walker	11	5	7th	4th
	O. Mosaad	3	7th	11	4th				7th	T. Lincou	8th	11	11	11
7th	T. Lincou	11	11	9	11																						7th	T. Lincou	8th	11	9	5
8th	P. Barker	11	11	11																							2	N. Matthew	11	7th	11	11
Q	S. Coppinger	6th	6th	7th					8th	P. Barker	14th	11	11
Q	A. Farag	11	8th	4th	4th				13	A. Grant	12	9	5
13	A. Grant	6th	11	11	11													8th	P. Barker	10	4th	6th
11	LJ Anjema	11	6th	11	11													2	N. Matthew	12	11	11
Q	M. Castagnet	8th	11	5	3				11	LJ Anjema	4th	2	5
Q	OA Aziz	5	6th	9					2	N. Matthew	11	11	11
2	N. Matthew	11	11	11

Web links

• Results on squashinfo.com (English)