Abdulla Al Tamimi
World No.43 and top seed Abdulla Al Tamimi of Qatar will take on Egyptian Karim El Hammamy in the final of the Qatar Circuit No.4, a PSA M15 event at Doha’s Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex on Tuesday.
In the semi-final on Monday, the 22-year-old Aspire Academy product overcame Youssef Soliman of Egypt in three games to two to keep himself in the hunt for a title in the home event.
Tamimi, who is treating the Qatar tournament as a preparation for next month’s World Championship in Manchester, won 11-3, 11-7, 4-11, 9-11, 11-7 to finish on top in the one-hour battle for supremacy.
In the other semi-final, World No.77 Karim overpowered Sanjay Singh of Malaysia 3-1 to make it to the title clash. The Cairo based player won the 51-minute clash 11-7, 11-6, 6-11, 11-5.
