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Shabana survives a scare

CAIRO : Top-seeded Amr Shabana of Egypt was close to losing his World Open title to his best friend and compatriot before reaching the quarterfinals in front of the Pyramids here on Saturday.

The local hero was 2-8 down in the third game and had to save three game balls before surviving 11-6, 5-11, 11-9, 11-10 against Mohammed Abbas.

The results (pre-quarterfinals):

Anthony Rickett (Aus) bt Adrian Grant (Eng) 11-6, 9-11, 11-6, 11-8; Ramy Ashour (Egy) bt Lee Beachill (Eng) 11-4, 10-12, 6-11, 11-8, 11-5; Peter Nicol (Eng) bt Stewart Boswell (Aus) 7-11, 12-10, 11-7, 11-2; Gregory Gaultier (Fra) bt John White (Sco) 11-3, 11-6, 11-8; Thierry Lincou (Fra) bt Olli Tuominen (Fin) 11-10, 9-11, 11-3, 11-8; Amr Shabana (Egy) bt Mohamed Abbas (Egy) 11-6, 5-11, 11-9, 11-10; Wael El Hindi (Egy) bt Nick Matthew (Eng) 11-8, 4-11, 11-4, 2-11, 12-10; David Palmer (Aus) bt Ong Beng Hee (Mas) 11-10, 11-8, 11-8. — Agencies

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