Alexandria Finalist Assured At Sporting Club

Organisers of the WISPA World Tour squash event in Egypt's second largest city can rejoice in the fact that a local player is certain to reach the final after top seed Engy Kheirallah and third seed Raneem El Weleily successfully overcame their quarter-final opponents in the Women's Alexandria Sporting Club Open to set up an all-Alexandria semi-final.

Kheirallah, the city's top world-ranked player, ended Irish qualifier Laura Mylotte's unexpected run by beating the 31-year-old 9-2, 9-2, 9-0 to reach her third successive semi-final in a WISPA event in her home country.

The 24-year-old defending champion will now take on 17-year-old El Weleily, who needed four games to dismiss England's sixth seed Georgina Stoker 9-5, 9-2, 6-9, 9-2.

The other semi-final will feature Hong Kong's fourth seed Christina Mak and the No2 seed from France Isabelle Stoehr. Mak defeated unseeded Czech Lucie Fialova 9-1, 9-1, 9-1, while Stoehr was made to work hard for her 9-7, 7-9, 9-4, 9-1 victory over Egyptian qualifier Amnah El Trabolsy, also a citizen of Alexandria.

Quarter-finals:
[1] Engy Kheirallah (EGY) bt [Q] Laura Mylotte (IRL) 9-2, 9-2, 9-0
[3] Raneem El Weleily (EGY) bt [6] Georgina Stoker (ENG) 9-5, 9-2, 6-9, 9-2
[4] Christina Mak (HKG) bt Lucie Fialova (CZE) 9-1, 9-1, 9-1
[2] Isabelle Stoehr (FRA) bt [Q] Amnah El Trabolsy (EGY) 9-7, 7-9, 9-4, 9-1