Nicol David Masters El Welily In Macau by Howard Harding October 26, 2014
- A masterful performance by Nicol David in the climax of the Women's
Macau Open saw the world number one from Malaysia win her third WSA
World Tour title in two months after crushing Egypt's world No3 Raneem
El Welily in straight games in today's final of the WSA Gold 50 squash
event at Complex Desportivo International do Cotai in Taipa, Macau.
In her 14th straight
match win in a row - during which she dropped only two games as she
picked up the Hong Kong Open trophy in August and the US Open crown in
Philadelphia last week - the 31-year-old from Penang despatched El
Welily 11-9, 11-2, 11-7.
El Welily twice
recovered from leads by the top seed in the first game to draw level at
six-all and eight-all, but David took the opener before racing away
with the second.
From 3-6 down in the
third, the 25-year-old from Cairo battled back to seven-all before
David stemmed the advance to clinch the title.
"It's great to win my
first Macau squash open here in this amazing venue," David (pictured
above in action with El Welily) told the crowd as she received her
latest trophy. "I felt I played well today and Raneem hit more tins
today than she has done before."
The triumph marks the
77th Tour title of her illustrious career - and comes only five weeks
after winning a remarkable fourth Asian Games gold medal.
"So happy to win my
first #MacauOpen title after beating Raneem 3-0," David later told her
FaceBook fans. "Thanks to Macau Squash and everyone involved in making
this tournament a successful major event for women's squash."
RESULTS: Women's Macau Open, Taipa, Macau
Final: [1] Nicol David (MAS) bt [2] Raneem El Welily (EGY) 11-9, 11-2, 11-7
