Tamimi crashes out of Qatar Circuit 2

12/20/2015 4:06:05 PM

(MENAFN- The Peninsula) Action from the Qatar Circuit 2 Squash tournament at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex in Doha yesterday. The quarter-finals will take place today. The final will be held on December 23.

Doha: Home hero Abdulla Mohd Al Tamimi and Syed Azlan Amjad both crashed out of the Qatar Circuit 2 ending Qatar hopes in the three-day championship.

Yesterday at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex Iker Pajares Bernabeu of Spain defeated Tamimi in 3-2 games.

The Spaniard who made it to the main draw through the qualifying route took 52 minutes to overcome the sixth seeded Qatari 10-12 6-11 11-9 11-3 11-8.

Tamimi started on a brilliant taking the first two games but flattered at the next three as Bernabeu made a splendid recovery to win the encounter and book a place in the quarter-finals.

Bernabeu will clash with Danish Atlas Khan of Pakistan who took nearly one hour to get past a fighting Ammar Altamimi of Kuwait in 3-2 games (11-5 4-11 7-11 12-10 11-5).

The other Qatari player in action today Amjad lost in straight games to Egyptian opponent Omar Abdel Meguid.

The top seed won 11-5 11-7 11-7 and faces Youssef Soliman of Egypt in the last eight clash.

The Peninsula

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