David and Sobhy Outgunned by Egyptian Pair, Lee Advances to Meet Elshorbagy in Men’s Malaysia Final

Defeat for World No. 1 Nicol David of Malaysia by Raneem El Welily, and Amanda Sobhy of America by Nour El Tayeb sets up and all Egyptian Final in the CIMB Malaysia Open tomorrow, Saturday Aug 23, 2014.
David and Sobhy Outgunned by Egyptian Pair, Lee Advances to Meet Elshorbagy in Men’s Malaysia Final
Hong Kong’s Max Lee (on strike) playing Alex Au in the Hong Kong Closed Squash Championship on July 6, 2014. (Bill Cox/Epoch Times)
8/22/2014
Updated:
7/18/2015

Defeat for World No. 1 Nicol David of Malaysia by Raneem El Welily, and Amanda Sobhy of America by Nour El Tayeb sets up and all Egyptian Final in the CIMB Malaysia Open tomorrow, Saturday Aug 23, 2014.

David won the first game 11-7 and looked on-track for another win but a strong performance by the World No. 3 secured the next two games 11-6, 11-8 and then clinched the 4th game 11-13, to take El Welily into the Women’s Final. In the other Semi-final Sobhy found it difficult to raise her game against El Tayeb who has been in devastating form all week. This performance by the Egyptian pair adds extra intrigue and sparkle to the Hong Kong Open next week.

Men
In the Men’s event Max Lee, the Hong Kong No. 1 (World Ranked 25), secured a resounding 7-11, 11-7, 11-8, 11-7 victory over the No. 2 Seed and World Ranked No. 7 Borja Golan of Spain, to progress to the Malaysia Men’s Final. Golan a strong performer reached the Final of the Hong Kong Open last year.

Lee will meet the No. 1 Seed Mohamed Elshorbagy of Egypt in the Final tomorrow Saturday Aug 23, 2014. Elshorbagy beat his fellow countryman Tarek Momen 11-7, 11-7, 11-7 in the Semi-final.