Tesni & Heba To Contest Sharm Showdown by Howard Harding May 23, 2015
- Welsh number one Tesni Evans denied the hosts of the Women's Sharm El
Sheikh International Squash Championship an all-Egyptian final when she
defeated Cairo-based Yathreb Adel in the semi-finals of the WSA
International 25 event at the Youth & Sports City Hall in Sharm El
Sheikh, Egypt.
Evans, the No.7 seed, twice stemmed comebacks by Adel to beat the world
No.35 11-6, 7-11, 11-9, 7-11, 11-8 in 69 minutes to set up a final
meeting with Egypt's No.5 seed Heba El Torky.
Tesni's triumph takes the world No.31 into her fourth - and biggest - WSA World Tour final.
"Sooo happy to have won today in another 5 setter!!!" the 22-year-old
from Rhyl told her Twitter followers. "Tomorrow final vs Heba El Torky!
One last match!! #comeon #loveafivesetter #sharmelsheik)"
It took El Torky less than half the time to earn her place in the
final, beating Denmark's sixth seed Line Hansen 11-8, 11-8, 11-4 in the
other semi.
Home heroine El Torky, the world No.26 from Alexandria (pictured above,
left, with Hansen), is now celebrating her 12th Tour final and looking
for her ninth title.
RESULTS: Women's Sharm El Sheikh International Squash Championship, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt
