Welsh Star Evans Storms Into Wadi Degla Open Semis by Nathan Clarke
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November 2, 2016 -
Welsh World No.28 Tesni Evans will compete in arguably the biggest
match of her career tomorrow (November 3) when she takes on World
Junior Champion and World No.3 Nouran Gohar in the semi-finals of the
Women's PSA W50 Wadi Degla Open .
Evans had to come through two qualification encounters just to reach
the main draw of the tournament, which features the likes of former
World No.1s Nicol David and Raneem El Welily, before downing number six
seeded Delia Arnold to reach the last eight where she came through in
four games to defeat Egyptian Salma Hany Ibrahim.
The 24-year-old will face a stiff challenge against Gohar who will be
playing in front of a partizan crowd in what is her home club.
"It feels amazing to reach the semis," said Evans.
"Coming into this I was just hoping to qualify, let alone make the semis, so I’m really happy with how I’ve been playing.
"It would mean everything to make the final. It’s going to be a very tough match, but it would make my day if I came through."
Gohar meanwhile secured a routine straight-games victory over Marian
Metwally, coming through unblemished after just 31 minutes of play.
"Playing at your home club in front of your home crowd is unbelievable,
so I’m trying to give everything and do my best to reach the finals
here," she said.
"It will me my first time playing against Tesni, but she is very tough
and she beat Salma today, which is an unbelievable achievement. It will
be a great match tomorrow and I’m sure it will be tough."
