Laura Massaro (le) came out on top after a close 1st game to extend a strong lead and secured her 3 games victory over Raneem El Weleily (ri). Laura Massaro (le) claimed her milestone 10th WSA World Tour title as the Englishwoman completed her Carol Weymuller Open 2012 campaign with a 11-8, 11-4, 11-5 win over Raneem El Weleily (ri) from Egypt.
Massaro almost failed to make it past the 1st round after going 2 games down against Low Wee Wern of Malaysia. She managed to turn the match around to win in 5 and lost the 1st game against Annie Au (HKG) in the quarters before winning 3:1.
In the semi’s, Massaro beat Alison Waters 11-7, 11-7, 11-4, who shocked the squash world with her 11-9, 5-11, 11-3, 11-7 victory over world No.1 Nicol David (MAS).
Massaro’s win put her one place up to No2 of the October WSA World Rankings.
Final:
[4] Laura Massaro (ENG) bt [2] Raneem El Weleily (EGY) 11-8, 11-4, 11-5 (34m)
Semi-finals:
[4] Laura Massaro (ENG) bt [Q] Alison Waters (ENG) 11-7, 11-7, 11-4
[2] Raneem El Weleily (EGY) bt [7] Nour El Sherbini (EGY) 11-6, 11-9, 9-11, 11-9
Quarter-finals:
[Q] Alison Waters (ENG) bt [1] Nicol David (MAS) 11-9, 5-11, 11-3, 11-7
[4] Laura Massaro (ENG) bt [6] Annie Au (HKG) 9-11, 11-4, 11-3, 11-6
[7] Nour El Sherbini (EGY) bt [3] Jenny Duncalf (ENG) 11-6, 11-9, 11-6
[2] Raneem El Weleily (EGY) bt Joelle King (NZL) 3-11, 10-12, 11-3, 11-9, 13-11
1st round:
[1] Nicol David (MAS) bt Kasey Brown (AUS) 11-9, 11-5, 11-6
[Q] Alison Waters (ENG) bt [5] Madeline Perry (IRL) 11-7, 8-11, 11-7, 11-2
[4] Laura Massaro (ENG) bt Low Wee Wern (MAS) 7-11, 4-11, 11-2, 11-3, 11-8
[6] Annie Au (HKG) bt [Q] Donna Urquhart (AUS) 3-11, 11-4, 9-11, 11-3, 11-3
[7] Nour El Sherbini (EGY) bt Camille Serme (FRA) 4-11, 11-8, 7-11, 11-4, 14-12
[3] Jenny Duncalf (ENG) bt [Q] Dipika Pallikal (IND) 11-9, 11-6, 11-6
Joelle King (NZL) bt [8] Rachael Grinham (AUS) 11-6, 11-5, 11-7
[2] Raneem El Weleily (EGY) bt [Q] Jaclyn Hawkes (NZL) 11-9, 11-9, 11-3
