Men’s Group A
[7] Mostafa Asal 2-0 [1] Ali Farag 11-4, 11-6 (34m)
Men’s Group B
[2] Tarek Momen 2-0 [6] Joel Makin (Wal) 14-12, 11-2 (55m)
Women’s Group A
[3] Nouran Gohar 2-1 [1] Nour El Sherbini 10-12, 11-7, 11-8 (52m)
Women’s Group B
[2] Hania El Hammamy 2-0 [7] Joelle King (Nzl) 12-10, 11-5 (25m)
We won’t have neither Nour El Sherbini nor CIB Ali Farag in the semis of the CIB Finals this year…
World No.2 CIB Nouran Gohar ended a three-match losing streak to World No.1 Nour El Sherbini to send the top seed crashing out of the event.
Nouran had already qualified from Group A of the women’s event and came into the match having only won one of her last four matches against the four-time World Champion, with that win coming in the group stage of the 2018-19 World Tour Finals.
El Sherbini edged the opener on the tie-break, but Gohar came roaring back to win 10-12, 11-7, 11-8 in 52 minutes, which sees her qualify top of Group A along with Camille Serme, who needed Gohar to win to qualify for the semi-finals.
Gohar will take on New Zealand’s Joelle King in the semi-finals, while Serme will play defending Hania El Hammamy in the latest chapter of their enthralling rivalry after she beat King 2-0 to top Group B.
THE MEN
World Junior Champion Mostafa Asal ended a six-match losing streak to World No.1 CIB Ali Farag to finish top of Group A ahead of World No.2 Mohamed ElShorbagy.
Asal outclassed Farag in a coming-of-age performance and the 20-year-old won 11-4, 11-6 to set up a semi-final fixture against World Champion Tarek Momen in his first World Tour Finals.
World Champion CIB Tarek Momen is the other men’s player through to the last four courtesy of a 2-0 win over Joel Makin that was punctured by a lengthy break in the first game due to humidity making the court floor slippery. Momen will play Asal for a place in the title decider.
Semis:
[3] Nouran Gohar v [7] Joelle King (Nzl)
[2] Hania El Hammamy v [6] Camille Serme (Fra)[2] Tarek Momen v [7] Mostafa Asal
[5] Mohamed ElShorbagy v [3] Paul Coll (Nzl)
