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Squash - 16. November 2017.

David sends Au out of Hong Kong open on Day three

Malaysia’s eight-time World Champion Nicol David and Egypt’s World No.4 Ali Farag overcame Hong Kong siblings Annie and Leo Au on day three of the 2017 Cathay Pacific Sun Hung Kai Financial Hong Kong Open, PSA World Series event.

Annie ended a 17-match losing streak against David last month at the U.S. Open and she came within a whisker of making it back-to-back wins over the Hong Kong Open champion.


David required a late fightback after falling 2-1 behind, with the eight-time World Champion claiming an 11-9, 9-11, 7-11, 11-9, 11-7 victory to set up a quarter-final meeting with French World No.3 Camille Serme, who also came out on top against Hong Kong opposition as she beat World No.19 Joey Chan.

“She always plays well here, so I knew I had to really be on it today,” said David.

“I stayed focus, but she played really well today. I had a little lapse but I knew I needed to go up another level and I performed really well, stuck to my game plan and I’m really pleased to win that 3-2.

“I knew she would bring her game forward [from the U.S. Open], so I needed to stay solid. I didn’t quite execute my game plan the way I wanted to in the last match, which gave her more opportunities to lob the ball. I tried to give her less time to work with and that helped in this match.”

Elsewhere, two-time runner-up Raneem El Welily overcame fellow Egyptian Nour El Tayeb in a repeat of their U.S. Open final clash last month, avenging her defeat against the World No.8 in Philadelphia with an 11-8, 11-13, 11-7, 9-11, 11-9 victory.

“I’m very happy to win today, it wasn’t easy at all,” said El Welily.

“The last time we played, the fifth game was really bad from my side. She went 9-1 up, so I knew it couldn’t be as bad. I took it point-by point and I’m really glad to win.”

El Welily will take on New Zealand’s World No.9 Joelle King after she upset England’s Sarah-Jane Perry, while World Champion Nour El Sherbini will face defending champion Nouran Gohar.

The Egyptian duo claimed respective wins over Donna Urquhart and Joshna Chinappa, with World No.4 Laura Massaro and Tesni Evans completing the quarter-final line-up. Massaro got the better of United States No.1 Olivia Blatchford, while Evans will become the first female Welsh player to appear in the quarter-finals of a World Series event after she defeated World No.10 Alison Waters.

 

Results – Second Round: 2017 Women’s Cathay Pacific Sun Hung Kai Financial Hong Kong Open
[1] Nour El Sherbini (EGY) bt Donna Urquhart (AUS) 3-1: 11-6, 10-12, 11-3, 11-5 (36m)
[7] Nouran Gohar (EGY) bt [11] Joshna Chinappa (IND) 3-2: 11-8, 7-11, 11-8, 9-11, 11-1 (50m)
[14] Tesni Evans (WAL) bt [8] Alison Waters (ENG) 3-0: 12-10, 12-10, 11-9 (44m)
[4] Laura Massaro (ENG) bt [16] Olivia Blatchford (USA) 3-1: 11-8, 8-11, 12-10, 11-5 (42m)
[3] Camille Serme (FRA) bt Joey Chan (HKG) 3-1: 11-6, 7-11, 11-6, 11-8 (46m)
[5] Nicol David (MAS) bt [9] Annie Au (HKG) 3-2: 11-9, 9-11, 7-11, 11-9, 11-7 (55m)
[10] Joelle King (NZL) bt [6] Sarah-Jane Perry (ENG) 3-1: 11-9, 8-11, 12-10, 11-7 (52m)
[2] Raneem El Welily (EGY) bt [13] Nour El Tayeb (EGY) 3-2: 11-8, 11-13, 11-7, 9-11, 11-9 (62m)

Draw – Women’s Quarter-Finals: To Be Played November 17th
[1] Nour El Sherbini (EGY) v [7] Nouran Gohar (EGY)
[14] Tesni Evans (WAL) v [4] Laura Massaro (EGY)
[3] Camille Serme (FRA) v [5] Nicol David (MAS)
[10] Joelle King (NZL) v [2] Raneem El Welily (EGY)

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