El Sherbini Through To $70K Kuala Lumpur Semis, El Weleily To Face David
by Matt Wagg

March 29, 2012 - Sixteen-year-old Egyptian, Nour El Sherbini continued her startling CIMB Nicol David KL Open run in another day of upsets in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

The teenager dispatched second seed Jenny Duncalf in yesterday’s first round, her biggest ever WSA World Tour win and today continued her good form by beating the experienced No6 seed, Australian Rachael Grinham in four games.

Sherbini will now face the other surprise semi finalist in the draw, unseeded Annie Au.  Au played No3 seed Laura Massaro in a cat-and-mouse five-game thriller, which the Hong Kong international finally won after 76-minutes.  Au’s win means that there will definitely be an unseeded finalist, as she faces El Sherbini in the semi-final draw.
The third upset of the day came in favour of Raneem El Weleily.  The Egyptian fifth seed faced Madeline Perry who is seeded just one place above the 23-year-old.  After a close first game which ended in a tie-break in El Weleily’s favour, she established a firm foothold in the match closing out the contest in three games.

Tournament namesake and top seed Nicol David was in no mood to succumb to the pattern of upsets however, as she continued her title bid in front of her home crowd, beating India’s Dipika Pallikal in three straight games.

    Semi Final fixtures:

    [1] Nicol David (MAS) vs [5] Raneem El Weleily (EGY)

    Annie Au (HKG) vs [Q] Nour El Sherbini (EGY)


Quarter Finals Results

[1] Nicol David (MAS) vs [Q] Dipika Pallikal (IND) 11-5, 11-2, 11-6 (25m)

[5] Raneem El Weleily (EGY) bt [4] Madeline Perry (IRL) 13-11, 11-6, 11-2 (31m)

Annie Au (HKG) bt [3] Laura Massaro (ENG) 11-8, 7-11, 11-5, 5-11, 11-9 (76m)

[Q] Nour El Sherbini (EGY) bt [6] Rachael Grinham (AUS) 11-8, 6-11, 11-9, 11-8 (41m)

 
First Round Results

[1] Nicol David (MAS) bt [Q] Donna Urquhart (AUS) 11-5, 11-5, 11-6 (35m)

[Q] Dipika Pallikal (IND) bt [8] Kasey Brown (AUS) 11-6, 11-7, 11-9 (40m)

[4] Madeline Perry (IRL) bt Camille Serme (FRA) 11-9, 11-1, 1-11, 12-10 (53m)

[5] Raneem El Weleily (EGY) bt Low Wee Wern (MAS) 11-9, 11-6, 11-5 (30m)

Annie Au (HKG) bt [7] Natalie Grinham (NED) 11-9, 12-14, 11-6, 11-6 (55m)

[3] Laura Massaro (ENG) bt Samantha Teran (MEX) 11-7, 11-5, 11-6 (31m)

[6] Rachael Grinham (AUS) bt [Q] Heba El Torky (EGY) 8-11, 5-11, 11-9, 11-5, 12-10 (88m)

[Q] Nour El Sherbini (EGY) bt [2] Jenny Duncalf (ENG) 12-10, 9-11, 11-5, 9-11, 11-9 (48m)

 

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