Nicol David (pic ri) and Azlan Iskandar (pic le) kept hopes alive in the Malaysian Open, when both took straight games quarter-final victories. World no.1 Nicol David, looking for her sixth successive title, eased in 29 minutes to an 11-4, 11-4, 11-8 win over French Camille Serme. Iskandar just needed 12 minutes more to overcome Pakistani Aamir Atlas Khan 11-7, 11-8, 11-2. Beside this qualifier Raneem El Weleily extended her giant-killing run with a 5-games win over England's 8th seed Laura Massaro. 7th seed Tarek Momen fought back from two games down to beat Australian 3rd seed Stewart Boswell 7-11, 10-12, 11-8, 11-3, 11-5. Women's semi-final line-up: [1] Nicol David (MAS) v [4] Alison Waters (ENG) and [2] Jenny Duncalf (ENG) v [Q] Raneem El Weleily (EGY). Men's semi-final line-up: [1] Mohamed El Shorbagy (EGY) v [7] Tarek Momen (EGY) and [4] Mohd Azlan Iskandar (MAS) v [Q] Farhan Mehboob (PAK).
After Annie Au took the women’s crown in Kuwait, the men are still fighting for the title of the Jena Real Estate Open Champion. The quarter-finals produced two upsets and kept home hopes alive while Kuwait’s Abdullah Al Mezayen (pic) had four games …
David and Shorbagy heading Malaysian Open!
The Cimb Malaysian Open is the next event to come on world tour. With Nicol David, Ong Beng Hee and Azlan Iskandar Malaysian home hopes are shared between the women’s and the men’s draw. While David is seeded to win her 6th consecutive Malaysian Open t…
Clyne and Hardford meat in Kent Open’s final!
Kent Open: Top seed Alan Clyne came back from two games down to beat Dutch Piedro Schweertman in the semi-finals. The Scottish no.1 won 6-11, 11-13, 11-1, 11-8, 12-10 in 69 minutes. Semi-final no.2 was withdrawn, because Irishman John Rooney (pic) was …
El Weleily wipes out Ex-World Champion Grinham!
The opening round of the Malaysian Open produced a series of upsets in Kuala Lumpur. The Egyptian qualifier Raneem El Weleily (pic) defeats the third seed Rachael Grinham in the women’s draw (12-10, 14-16, 11-9, 12-10). Laura Massaro, the No8 seed ha…
Semi-finals at the NSC Series No3!
Two tournaments of the lower level (women’s WISPA Tour 4 and men’s PSA Super Satellite), called the NSC Series No3 are on their way in Malaysian’s capitol city Kuala Lumpur. It’s semi-finals time and there are 3 Malaysian, 3 Egyptian, 1 Japanes…
