PSA Gauteng Open men's first round results

Day 1 of the main draw for the Mens Balwin Assore Gauteng Open. The biggest upset of the evening was Ahmed Effat Ashoush beating the number 4 seed Matthew Serediak from Canada 3-2. Ashoush maintained a steady length and kept the ball tight forcing Serediak to go for early winners and making the errors.

The only other upset of the evening was first time campaigner Vincent Droesbeke (FRA) who totally out played and out ran Ben Coates (ENG). Droesbeke just seemed to glide around the court and totally out played Coates.

The last 16 sees 8 of these players coming from South Africa.

Tuesday 19 April sees the women kick off their event. Matches start at 16:00 at Parkview Squash Centre.

Monday 18 April

Men Main Draw

[1] Shehab Essam (EGY) beat Ruan Olivier (RSA) 3-1 (7/11, 11/8, 11/5, 11/3) – (44mins);Andrew Forrest (NAM) lost [Q1] Craig van der Wath (RSA) 0-3 (9/11, 5/11, 5/11) – (28mins); Gareth Naidoo (RSA) beat Kyle Maree (RSA) 3-2 (11/8, 11/8, 10/12, 2/11, 12/10) – (62mins); [Q2] Makoshonke Ntuli(RSA) lost [7] Jean-Pierre Brits (RSA) 0-3 (4/11, 7/11, 3/11) – (24mins); [8] Christo Potgieter (RSA) beat Ahmed Al Kiremli (IRQ) 3-0 (11/9, 11/4, 11/6) – (29mins); Wayne Sithole (RSA) lost Devon Hendrikse (RSA) 3-0 (5/11, 8/11, 1/11) – (22mins); Moses Durosinmi (NGR) lost [Q3] Zuko Kubukeli (RSA) 2-3 (8/11, 11/4, 11/9, 7/11, 8/11) – (51mins); Adewale Amao (NGR) lost [3] Leandro Romiglio (ARG) 0-3 (5/11, 6/11, 6/11) – (43mins); [4] Matthew Serediak (CAN) lost Ahmed Effat Ashoush (EGY) 2-3 (7/11, 11/9, 7/11, 11/3, 11/9) – (61mins); Andrew Martin (RSA) beat [Q4] Garren Kent (RSA) 3-1 (10/12, 11/2, 11/7, 11/8) – (26mins); Omar Bahgat (EGY) lost [Q5] Dylan Groenewald (RSA) 0-3 (walk over); Ahmad Al-Mudhaf (KUW) lost [5] Mark Broekman (ENG) 0-3 (1/11, 5/11, 4/11) – (30mins); [6] Ben Coates (ENG) lost Vincent Droesbeke (FRA) 3-0 (3/11, 5/11, 2/11) – (22mins); SeungYong Yoo (KOR) beat [Q6] Jarryd Carter (RSA) 3-1 (11/5, 13/11, 5/11, 11/8) – (38mins); Hesham Mohamed Aly (EGY) beat [Q7] Callan Hall (RSA) 3-0 (11/7, 11/0, 11/1) – (24mins); [Q8] Aqeel Rehman (AUT) beat [Q8] Zwelake Makgalemele (RSA) 3-0 (11/3, 11/6, 11/4) – (21mins)

Ladies Draw – Starts 16:00 Tuesday 19 April