David & El Welily To Meet In Macau Final by Howard Harding October 25, 2014
- Malaysia's Nicol David and Egyptian Raneem El Welily, the No1 and No3
players in the world, respectively, will meet in Sunday's final of the
Women's Macau Open after coming through today's semi-finals of the WSA
Gold 50 squash event at Complex Desportivo International do Cotai in
Taipa, Macau, in straight games.
David increased her
number of WSA World Tour final appearances to 96 - it will be her sixth
this year - after despatching career-long rival Jenny Duncalf, the
former world No2 from England, 11-8, 11-6, 11-6.
The 31-year-old from
Penang, who arrived in Taipa direct from Philadelphia where she won an
historic third successive US Open title, is appearing in the Macau Open
for the first time since November 2001 when she reached the semi-finals
as an 18-year-old having just broken into the world top 20.
"I'm very happy to win
in three games," said the top seed (pictured above in Macau Open action
with Duncalf) after her Duncalf victory. "It's nice to be back in Macau
after 12 years to see how much it has changed."
Second seed El Welily,
who hails from Alexandria, denied Rachael Grinham a second successive
appearance in the final when she beat the 37-year-old sixth seed from
Australia 11-3, 11-4, 11-3.
"I'm happy to make the
final and be here in Macau," said the Cairo-based 25-year-old (pictured
above with Grinham). "I'm loving the venue as well as the glass court."
It will be the finalists' third Tour meeting this year - with the 2014 honours so far shared one-all.
