Nicol survives, Grant surprises in KL Open semis

While there were no further upsets in the semi-finals of the CIMB Nicol David KL Open WSA World Series event, Malaysia’s seven-time title holder Nicol David was made to work hard before seeing off the challenge of Egypt’s Raneem El Weleily in four tough games.

In the final she’ll face Hong Kong’s unseeded Annie Au, who ended the run of Egyptian qualifier Nour El Sherbini, coming from a game down to win 3/1.

In the men’s PSA $50 event hopes of home interest in both finals were dashed as another Egyptian, third seed Omar Mosaad, beat Ong Beng Hee 3/1 to advance to the final where he’ll face fourth seeded Englishman Adrian Grant who scored a sensational upset, coming from a game down to beat top seed Karim Darwish 3/1 after 80 minutes.

A delighted Grant tweeted: “Won a battle against Darwish today, thanks to @hollyeddleston little chat. 1 more day, 1 more push, 1 more match … final tomo.”

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