CHENNAI: Two talented stars Amr Khaled Khalifa of Egypt and Hongkong’s Joey Chan wrapped up the PSA Indian Challenger no.
6 and WISPA Indian Challenger no. 4 titles respectively in the Government of India sponsored Indian Challenger $8,750 PSA and $8,000 WISPA Series here today at the Indian Squash Courts Academy courts. In the closely fought out men’s final between unseeded Khalifa and fourth seeded Abdullah Al Mezayen of Kuwait the winner was decided in the last two points in the fifth game. With the scoreline levels at 11-all, Mezayen, squandered a match ball making 2 crucial errors to give away the win to Khalifa at 11-9, 10-12, 11-7, 7-11, 13-11 in a 65 minutes duel for supremacy.
In the women’s final, Second seeded Chan exhibited total focus in her game through out the match winning against third seeded Laura Siddall of England 11-2, 11-6, 11-6 in 25 minutes.
Srivatsan Subramaniam, secretary general - SRFI, gave away the prizes to the winners. Amr Khaled Khalifa and Joey Chan were richer by $1662.5 & $1600 respectively.