Max Lee Moves Into Hong Kong Semis by Nathan Clarke May 29, 2015 -
Local favourite and number one seed Max Lee moved a steep closer to
retaining the PSA HKFC International 25 tournament in his home city of
Hong Kong courtesy of a hard-fought 3-2 win over England's Tom Richards
in the quarter-finals.
The 27-year-old found himself a game down to a spirited Richards early
on in the match but transformed the encounter with a thunderous showing
in the second game, taking it without the loss of a single point, to
knock the wind from Richards and lay the foundations for an impressive
win that sees him into the last four to face Egyptian Omar Abdel
Megiud.
“I have been feeling good throughout the tournament so far," said Lee.
"I've been hitting well and playing solid and I'm looking forward to
the semi-finals now."
Meguid made sure of his semi-finals berth with a dominant 3-0 win over
Australian Rex Hedrick while the bottom half of the draw will see
India's highest ranked player Saurav Ghosal take on Dutchman Lauren Jan
Anjema.
Ghosal came through comfortably against Nafiizwan Adnan of Malaysian,
winning 3-0, while Anjema was forced to produce some of his best to end
the hopes of Hong Kong's number two Leo Au, eventually seeing out the
match 3-1.
Results - Quarter-finals:
[1] Max Lee (HKG) bt [6] Tom Richards (ENG) 3-2: 6-11, 11-0, 15-13, 16-18, 11-5 (71m)
[3] Omar Abdel Meguid (EGY) bt Rex Hedrick (AUS) 3-0: 11-8, 11-7, 11-6 (45m)
[4] Laurens Jan Anjema (NED) bt [5] Leo Au (HKG) 3-1: 11-8, 15-13, 7-11, 11-9 (68m)
[2] Saurav Ghosal (IND) bt [7] Nafiizwan Adnan (MAS) 3-0: 11-4, 11-4, 11-7 (41m)
Draw - Semi-finals:
[1] Max Lee (HKG) v [3] Omar Abdel Meguid (EGY)
[4] Laurens Jan Anjema (NED) v [2] Saurav Ghosal (IND)
