Top two clash in Australian Open finals
Deciders to feature world’s best squash players.
CANBERRA:
The world’s top two squash players will clash in the final of the Australian Open in Canberra after Nick Matthew and Ramy Ashour both won their semi-finals yesterday.
Matthew ended David Palmer’s fairytale run with a 11-9, 11-4, 11-5 win, before Ashour downed Gregory Gaultier 7-11, 11-9, 11-9, 11-9 in a match of rare quality.
The 35-year-old Palmer has been carrying an ankle injury but has been playing great squash, culminating in a win over world number three Karim Darwish in the quarter-finals.
The women’s final also features the world numbers one and two, Malaysia’s Nicol David and Englishwoman Jenny Duncalf.
Published in The Express Tribune, August 14th, 2011.
The world’s top two squash players will clash in the final of the Australian Open in Canberra after Nick Matthew and Ramy Ashour both won their semi-finals yesterday.
Matthew ended David Palmer’s fairytale run with a 11-9, 11-4, 11-5 win, before Ashour downed Gregory Gaultier 7-11, 11-9, 11-9, 11-9 in a match of rare quality.
The 35-year-old Palmer has been carrying an ankle injury but has been playing great squash, culminating in a win over world number three Karim Darwish in the quarter-finals.
The women’s final also features the world numbers one and two, Malaysia’s Nicol David and Englishwoman Jenny Duncalf.
Published in The Express Tribune, August 14th, 2011.