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2011 PSA WORLD SERIES PUNJ LLOYD PSA MASTERS PSA World Tour Head-to-Heads: 1st Round Karim Darwish (1-0) Ryan Cuskelly DATE WINNER EVENT CTRY RND SCORE (KD-RC) PSA Feb 08 Karim Darwish Oregon Open USA r1 11 -2, 11 -4, 11 -5 (33m) Y Hisham Mohamed Ashour (1-1) Tom Richards DATE WINNER EVENT CTRY RND SCORE (HMA-TR) PSA Feb 11 Tom Richards North American Open USA r1 11 -9, 13 -15, 8 -11, 7 -11 (56m) Y Apr 10 Hisham Mohamed Ashour Heliopolis Open EGY qf 7-11, 11 -8, 11 -7, 11 -7 Y Adrian Grant (3-2) Borja Golan DATE WINNER EVENT CTRY RND SCORE (AG-BG) PSA Oct 11 Borja Golan Santiago Open ESP F 12 -14, 0 -11, 11 -8, 6 -11 (76m) Y Feb 09 Borja Golan Motor City Open USA F 12 -10, 9 -11, 5 -11, 12 -14 Y Dec 06 Adrian Grant Saudi International KSA r1 1-11, 6 -11, 13 -11, 11 -5, 12 -10 (94m) Y Nov 03 Adrian Grant Canary Islands Open ESP qf 15 -9, 15 -11, 15 -6 Y Oct 02 Adrian Grant European Open ESP sf 15 -12, 11 -15, 11 -15, 15 -8, 15 -6 Y Mohamed El Shorbagy (1-0) Stephen Coppinger DATE WINNER EVENT CTRY RND SCORE (MES-SC) PSA Dec 09 Moham ed El Shorbagy Saudi International KSA r1 11 -4, 11 -2, 11 -3 (20m) Y Laurens Jan Anjema (1-0) Mohd Ali Anwar Reda DATE WINNER EVENT CTRY RND SCORE (LJA-MAAR) PSA Nov 10 Laurens Jan Anjema Qatar Classic QAT r1 13 -11, 11 -7, 11 -6 (49m) Y Omar Mosaad (0-0) Chris Ryder Mohd Azlan Iskandar (3-4) Ong Beng Hee DATE WINNER EVENT CTRY RND SCORE (MAI-OBH) PSA Nov 11 Mohd Azlan Iskandar World Open NED r1 11 -3, 11 -7, 3 -11, 11 -5 (76m) Y Jul 08 Ong Beng Hee Malaysian Open MAS F 6-11, 11 -8, 11 -4, 10 -12, 8 -11 (96m) Y Mar 08 Ong Beng Hee KL Open MAS F 8-11, 13 -15, 10 -12 (66m) Y Feb 06 Mohd Azlan Iskandar KL Open MAS F 6-11, 11 -8, 12 -10, 6 -11, 11 -4 (92m) Y Nov 05 Ong Beng Hee Malaysian Open MAS sf 7-11, 8 -11, 11 -7, 11 -7, 4 -11 (102m) Y Oct 04 Mohd Azlan Iskandar CAS Inter national PAK F 11 -9, 5 -11, 9 -11, 11 -9, 11 -5 (61m) Y Dec 00 Ong Beng Hee Malaysian Open MAS r1 12 -15, 13 -15, 13 -15 Y Gregory Gaultier (1-0) Siddharth Suchde DATE WINNER EVENT CTRY RND SCORE (GG-SS) PSA Oct 11 Gregory Gaultier Qatar Classic QAT r2 11 -3, 11 -3, 11 -8 (44m) Y James Willstrop (1-0) Nicolas Mueller DATE WINNER EVENT CTRY RND SCORE (JW-NM) PSA Dec 10 James Willstrop World Open KSA r1 9-11, 11 -4, 11 -7, 11 -2 (42m) Y Alister Walker (0-0) Alan Clyne Simon Rosner (1-0) Omar Abdel Aziz DATE WINNER EVENT CTRY RND SCORE (SR-OAA) PSA May 11 Simon Rosner Hurghada International EGY Q 11 -8, 11 -2, 11 -9 (43m) Y Daryl Selby (1-0) Mohammed Abbas DATE WINNER EVENT CTRY RND SCORE (DS-MA) PSA Jan 09 Daryl Selby Comfort Inn Open CAN sf 3-0 ret. Y Peter Barker (5-1) Olli Tuominen DATE WINNER EVENT CTRY RND SCORE (PB-OT) PSA Oct 11 Peter Barker US Open USA r1 11 -3, 11 -2, 11 -9 (40m) Y Nov 09 Peter Barker Qatar Classic QAT r2 11 -4, 11 -3, 1 -11, 11 -3 (41m) Y Nov 09 Peter Barker World Open KUW r2 11 -5, 11 -4, 11 -2 (31m) Y Feb 08 Peter Barker Swedish Open SWE sf 11 -7, 11 -6, 11 -2 (38m) Y Sep 04 Peter Barker US Open USA Q 11 -7, 11 -6, 11 -7 Y Aug 03 Olli Tuominen English Open ENG Q 15 -14, 8 -15, 15 -12, 9 -15, 6 -15 Y Julian Illingworth (0-1) Saurav Ghosal DATE WINNER EVENT CTRY RND SCORE (JI-SG) PSA Feb 07 Saurav Ghosal Virginia Pro Championship USA Q 5-11, 6 -11, 11 -7, 7 -11 (52m) Y Cameron Pilley (3-1) Jonathan Kemp DATE WINNER EVENT CTRY RND SCORE (CP-JK) PSA Apr 10 Cameron Pilley Indian Challenger No7 IND qf 12 -10, 11 -9, 11 -6 (50m) Y Mar 10 Cameron Pilley KL Open MAS r1 11 -7, 11 -5, 11 -7 (31m) Y Jan 04 Cameron Pilley Bankers Hall Club Pro Am CAN sf 11 -15, 17 -15, 15 -11, 15 -6 Y Jul 03 Jonathan Kemp Salt Lake City Open USA r1 17 -15, 13 -15, 9 -15, 12 -15 Y Ramy Ashour (1-0) Mohd Nafiizwan Adnan DATE WINNER EVENT CTRY RND SCORE (RA-MNA) PSA Mar 10 Ramy Ashour KL Open MAS r1 11 -7, 11 -9, 11 -7 (35m) Y Produced by Howard Harding on behalf of PSA Source: www.squashinfo.com 11 December 2011 .

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