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15/6/2010
Results: Sheikha Al Sabah
International Squash Open
Tournament
Semi-finals:
[1] Annie Au (HKG) bt [3] Kanzy
Emad El-Defrawy (EGY) 11-1,
11-2, 11-2 (18m)
[2] Dipika Pallikal (IND) bt [4]
Misaki Kobayashi (JPN) 11-6,
13-11, 4-11, 11-5 (38m)
Top Seeds To Contest Kuwait
Climax
Top seeds Annie Au and Dipika
Pallikal will contest the final
of the Women's Sheikha Sheikha
Saad Al Sabah International, the
inaugural $11,600 WISPA World
Tour squash event at the Qadsia
Sporting Club in Hawally,
Kuwait.
Hong Kong favourite Au raced to
her second successive match win
in under 20 minutes by
despatching Egypt's third seed
Kanzy Emad El-Defrawy 11-1,
11-2, 11-2 in just 18 minutes.
Second seed Dipika Pallikal
needed four games to book her
anticipated place in the climax.
The 18-year-old world No40 from
Chennai battled for 38 minutes
to get the better of Japan's
fourth seed Misaki Kobayashi
11-6, 13-11, 4-11, 11-5.
Pallikal is celebrating her
third appearance in a WISPA Tour
final, while 21-year-old Au,
ranked 17 in the world, is
marking her ninth final.
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