Egypt F1
Cairo, Egypt
March 17-23, 2008
Surface: Clay
Main Draw      : 32
Qualifying Draw: 64
$15,000

Singles
Seeds: (cut: Jan Masik)
1. Juan Martin Aranguren
2. Francesco Piccari
3. Victor Crivoi
4. Conor Niland
5. Dieter Kindlmann
6. Alexandre Sidorenko
7. Alejandro Fabbri
8. Vladimir Voltchkov

First Round
(1)Juan Martin Aranguren (ARG) d. (q)Florian Reynet (FRA) 6-1 6-1
(q)Valentin Dimov (BUL) d. (WC)Omar Hedayet (EGY) 7-6(2) 7-5
Alessandro Da Col (ITA) d. (LL)Dejan Katic (SRB) 6-1 7-6(5)   [Katic replaces Jan Masik]
(7)Alejandro Fabbri (ARG) d. Motaz Abou El Khair (EGY) 6-2 6-2
Marek Semjan (SVK) d. (4)Conor Niland (IRL) 0-6 6-4 6-0
Karim Maamoun (EGY) d. (q)Simeon Ivanov (BUL) 6-3 6-7(7) 6-4
Ivaylo Traykov (BUL) d. Karan Rastogi (IND) 6-0 6-3
(5)Dieter Kindlmann (GER) d. Alexander Somogyi (SVK) 3-6 6-3 6-3
Sherif Sabry (EGY) d. (8)Vladimir Voltchkov (BLR) 7-6(5) 7-6(2)
(q)Andrei Karatchenia (BLR) d. Leandro Migani (ARG) 6-3 3-6 6-4
Alexey Kedriouk (KAZ) d. (WC)Mohamed Moussa (EGY) 6-3 6-2
(3)Victor Crivoi (ROU) d. (WC)Mahmoud Ezz (EGY) 6-2 6-4
(6)Alexandre Sidorenko (FRA) d. Bertram Steinberger (AUT) 6-1 6-1
(q)Pietro Fanucci (ITA) d. (WC)Tarek El Esawy (EGY) 6-3 6-4
(q)Pavel Katliarov (BLR) d. Todor Enev (BUL) 7-6(4) 6-2
(2)Francesco Piccari (ITA) d. (WC)Mohamed El Sohafy (EGY) 6-4 3-6 6-3

Second Round
(1)Juan Martin Aranguren (ARG) d. (q)Valentin Dimov (BUL) 6-2 6-3
(7)Alejandro Fabbri (ARG) d. Alessandro Da Col (ITA) 6-4 6-4
Marek Semjan (SVK) d. Karim Maamoun (EGY) 6-4 6-4
Ivaylo Traykov (BUL) d. (5)Dieter Kindlmann (GER) 6-1 3-6 7-6(5)
Sherif Sabry (EGY) d. (q)Andrei Karatchenia (BLR) 7-6(4) 6-4
(3)Victor Crivoi (ROU) d. Alexey Kedriouk (KAZ) 6-2 6-1
(6)Alexandre Sidorenko (FRA) d. (q)Pietro Fanucci (ITA) 7-6(4) 6-4
(2)Francesco Piccari (ITA) d. (q)Pavel Katliarov (BLR) 7-5 6-4

Quarterfinals
(1)Juan Martin Aranguren (ARG) d. (7)Alejandro Fabbri (ARG) 6-2 6-7(3) 6-2
Marek Semjan (SVK) d. Ivaylo Traykov (BUL) 7-6(0) 6-1
(3)(q)Victor Crivoi (ROU) d. Sherif Sabry (EGY) 6-4 6-3
(6)Alexandre Sidorenko (FRA) d. (2)Francesco Piccari (ITA) 6-1 4-5 ret.

Semifinals
Marek Semjan (SVK) d. (1)Juan Martin Aranguren (ARG) 7-6(4) 6-3
(3)(q)Victor Crivoi (ROU) d. (6)Alexandre Sidorenko (FRA) 3-6 6-3 6-2

Finals
(3)(q)Victor Crivoi (ROU) d. Marek Semjan (SVK) 6-3 6-2


Doubles
Seeds: (cut: Ivanov/Traykov)
1. Alessandro Da Col/Francesco Piccari
2. Alexei Kedriouk/Marek Semjan
3. Juan Martin Aranguren/Alejandro Fabbri
4. Dieter Kindlmann/Bertram Steinberger

First Round
(1)Alessandro Da Col/Francesco Piccari (ITA) d. Motaz Abou El Khair/Mahmoud Ezz (EGY) 6-7(3) 6-2 (10-8)
Alexander Bury/Vladimir Voltchkov (BLR) d. (WC)Amr Ghoneim/Omar Hedayet (EGY) 7-6(3) 6-4
(3)Juan Martin Aranguren/Alejandro Fabbri (ARG) d. Leandro Migani/Maxime Teixeira (ARG/FRA) 6-7(3) 6-2 (13-11)
Simeon Ivanov/Ivaylo Traykov (BUL) d. (WC)Mahmoud Ezzat/Mohamed Moussa (EGY) 6-2 7-6(3)
Andrei Karatchenia/Pavel Katliarov (BLR) d. Martin Hromec/Alexander Somogyi (SVK) 6-3 6-3
(4)Dieter Kindlmann/Bertram Steinberger (GER/AUT) d. (WC)Tarek El Esawy/Sherif Hamdy (EGY) 6-1 6-1
Karim Maamoun/Sherif Sabry (EGY) d. Valentin Dimov/Todor Enev (BUL) 6-2 6-4
(2)Alexei Kedriouk/Marek Semjan (KAZ/SVK) d. Pietro Fanucci/Alexei Filenkov (ITA/RUS) 6-1 6-2

Quarterfinals
(1)Alessandro Da Col/Francesco Piccari (ITA) d. Alexander Bury/Vladimir Voltchkov (BLR) 6-7(5) 6-3 (10-5)
(3)Juan Martin Aranguren/Alejandro Fabbri (ARG) d. Simeon Ivanov/Ivaylo Traykov (BUL) 6-2 6-4
Andrei Karatchenia/Pavel Katliarov (BLR) d. (4)Dieter Kindlmann/Bertram Steinberger (GER/AUT) 6-2 6-3
Karim Maamoun/Sherif Sabry (EGY) d. (2)Alexei Kedriouk/Marek Semjan (KAZ/SVK) 3-6 6-2 (11-9)

Semifinals
(3)Juan Martin Aranguren/Alejandro Fabbri (ARG) d. (1)Alessandro Da Col/Francesco Piccari (ITA) w/o
Karim Maamoun/Sherif Sabry (EGY) d. Andrei Karatchenia/Pavel Katliarov (BLR) 7-6(5) 2-6 (11-9)

Finals
(3)Juan Martin Aranguren/Alejandro Fabbri (ARG) d. Karim Maamoun/Sherif Sabry (EGY) 7-5 6-4