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Squash - 22. August 2014.

El Tayeb Triumphs Again In KL

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RESULTS: Women's CIMB Malaysian Open, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Quarter-finals:

[1] Nicol David (MAS) bt [7] Annie Au (HKG) 11-9, 11-5, 11-5 (38m)
[3] Raneem El Welily (EGY) bt [13] Sarah-Jane Perry (ENG) 11-4, 6-11, 12-10, 13-15, 11-6 (50m)
[10] Amanda Sobhy (USA) bt [Q] Habiba Mohamed Ahmed (EGY) 11-5, 11-6, 11-7 (25m)
[16] Nour El Tayeb (EGY) bt [8] Madeline Perry (IRL) 11-9, 17-15, 4-11, 9-2 ret. (53m)

El Tayeb Triumphs Again In KL

Egypt's Nour El Tayeb celebrated a "dream" win - and her second successive upset in the Women's CIMB Malaysian Open - when she beat Ireland's No8 seed Madeline Perry in today's quarter-finals of the WSA World Series Gold squash championship in Kuala Lumpur.

Quarter-final day was marking the event's first presentation on an all-glass showcourt in the Malaysian capital's Nu Sentral shopping mall.

El Tayeb, the 16th seed from Cairo who made her breakthrough in the previous round when she toppled world champion Laura Massaro, secured her first appearance in the event's semi-finals when 14-time Irish champion Perry retired injured, with the score standing at 11-9, 17-15, 4-11, 9-2 in the Egyptian's favour.
 
"It's really a dream come through to win," El Tayeb (pictured above with Perry) told Zheng Guan from The Star. "I feel really privileged to beat Madeline because she's been a top 10 player even before I started playing. Plus she's probably one of the fittest players around and I'm happy to win."

El Tayeb, the 21-year-old world No25, will now face US number one Amanda Sobhy. The No10 seed from New York is marking her Malaysian Open debut - and celebrated it in fine style by beating Egyptian qualifier Habiba Mohamed Ahmed 11-5, 11-6, 11-7 to earn her first appearance in a World Series event semi-final.

Ahmed bowed out after a sensational run in only her second appearance in a WSA major. Aged just 15, she arrived in Malaysia just days after winning the World Junior (U19) title in Namibia - becoming the second youngest player in history to achieve this feat.
 
"We are both strong girls and I train with my brother a lot," said 21-year-old Harvard University student Sobhy (pictured above with Ahmed) afterwards. "He's bigger than Habiba so a little bump and shove is no problem for me.
"But Habiba eventually had to tire as she barely had any rest since the World Juniors! I'm just happy to put the pressure on her to win. Really pleased to get into my first World Series semis."
The other semi will be the match predicted by the draw: the battle between Malaysia's top seed Nicol David and Egypt's third seed Raneem El Welily - a replay of the 2012 final won by the Egyptian.

Defending champion David, the nine-time champion fast approaching her 50th match win in the event since 2003, defeated Asian rival Annie Au, the No7 seed from Hong Kong, 11-9, 11-5, 11-5.
El Welily, the world No3 from Cairo bidding to make the final for the third year in a row, was taken the full distance by Sarah-Jane Perry before beating the 13th seed from England 11-4, 6-11, 12-10, 13-15, 11-6 in 50 minutes.

"I'm actually more disappointed with myself as I stopped playing in the middle," admitted the 25-year-old later. "The second game I made seven straight tins and that is bad for me. Hopefully I'll get some rest and recover in time for the semis."


Semi-final line-up:
[1] Nicol David (MAS) v [3] Raneem El Welily (EGY)
[16] Nour El Tayeb (EGY) v [10] Amanda Sobhy (USA)
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