Massaro And Lee Triumph In Macau by Nathan Clarke September 20. 2015
- England’s Laura Massaro and Hong Kong’s Max Lee stormed to success in
their respective finals at the 2015 Macau Open, PSA W50 and PSA M50
tournaments, today.
Massaro, the top seeded World No.5, lived up to her billing as the
pre-tournament favourite as she halted the run of in-form Egyptian
Nouran Gohar, who was appearing in a second consecutive final, courtesy
of a hard earned 11-8, 11-3, 11-9 victory.
The win sees Massaro collect her first PSA World Tour title since winning the 2013 Women’s World Championship.
“I’m so happy to have won tonight and to be the Macau Open Champion,” said Massaro after her victory.
“To beat Nouran 3-0 and win my first title in what feels like a very long time is great.”
In the men’s event it was World No.18 Lee who lifted the title after he
survived an early onslaught from surprise finalist Fares Dessouki, the
20-year-old Egyptian who was appearing in just his third PSA final, to
continued his impressive recent form and complete a straight-games win.
Lee conquered World No.1 Mohamed Elshorbagy at the China Open earlier
this month and carried that form into the Macau Open, recording
back-to-back wins over 2014 champion Tarek Momen and World No.12 Marwan
Elshorbagy to reach the final, where he proved too much for Dessouki,
taking the title 11-9, 11-6, 11-0.
Result – Macau Open PSA M50 Final:
[5] Max Lee (HKG) bt [6] Fares Dessouki (EGY) 3-0: 11-9, 11-6, 11-0
Result – Macau Open PSA W50 Final:
[1] Laura Massaro (ENG) bt [7] Nouran Gohar (EGY) 3-0: 11-8, 11-3, 11-9 (40m)
