The Royal Jordanian Squash Open 2012 ENDED yesterday in Amman – Jordan with a fantastic FINAL match and champions on both sides with Ahmad Alsaraj (17; PSA 149) from Jordan as Runner Up against Zahed Mohammad (20; PSA 101) from Egypt. The winner received an approximate 600 Dollars check and +90 points.
Zahed Mohamed [2] [EGY] beat Ahmad Al-Saraj [JOR] (3/2) 13-11 11-7 5-11 9-11 11-4
It was a real fight, that started rather in a different direction with all lights towards the Egyptian as he led the first two games although the first game seemed to be the beginning of the End to Alsaraj loosing 13/11. In the beginning of the second game Alsaraj seemed plagued by fatigue as Zahed increased the gap to win the second 11/7 with Alsaraj showing some signs of surrender.
BUT everything changed from the third game as Zahed suddenly changed his strategy of the game by decreasing the pressure and playing the ball with lower paste slowing down the temper of the game. This immediately didn’t work for him as Alsaraj retained his breakthrough to win the forthcoming two games 11/5 and 11/9 awaking the crowd to their limit cheering their first ever Jordanian player to reach a 5.000 Dollars PSA Final.
In the fifth and final game everything seemed to be in favor of Alsaraj as he took the first two points relentlessly and without resistance as the crowd reached their peak point supporting their top professional Jordanian player and junior. But Zahed showed his PSA matureness and regained his concentration by changing his strategy again and increasing the pressure as Alsaraj started showing some more fatigue and some pain and distortion in his left thigh which lead Zahed to a lead and winning the final game and match clearly 11/4
Here are the final results of the Tournament draw:
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