Top Seeds Waters And Selby Battle Through
To Washington DC WISPA Final
from DailySquashReport.com
September 4, 2011 - Both top-seeded Siyoli Waters of South Africa and second seed Lauren Selby of England had to go the distance to grind out semi-final victories last night in the $6000 Dread Sports WISPA Open at Sports Club/LA in DC.
Waters beat Japan’s Misaki Kobayashi 11-9 in the fifth in 45 minutes, while Selby squeezed past Merhan Amr Mahmoud of Egypt in 55 minutes, also by 11-9 in the fifth game.
The Waters match included a hard collision that appeared to discombobulate Kobayashi for a stretch, though she was able to recover and extend to an 8-5 fifth game lead before being overtaken.
In the Selby match, Mahmoud was up 9-8 in the fifth but yielded two consecutive stroke calls at that point which enabled Selby to close it out.
RESULTS: $6K Dread Sports Series Open, Washington DC
Semi-finals:
Siyoli Waters RSA defeats Misaki Kobayashi JPN 1/11, 8-11, 11-8, 12-10, 11-9. 45 Minutes.
Lauren Selby ENG defeats Merhan Amr Mahmoud EGY 8/11, 11-9, 12-14, 11/2, 11/9. 55 Minutes.
Selby-Mahmoud
Waters (left) - Kobayashi
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