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Reda Rallies Into Super Satellite Semis

26 May 2007

Egypt's Mohd Ali Anwar Reda is one match away from his third successive PSA Tour final in Kuala Lumpur this month after coming through today's quarter-finals of the NSC Super Satellite No1 at the National Squash Centre in Bukit Jalil in the Malaysian capital.

Second seed Reda beat Malaysia's Elvinn Keo 11-4, 11-3, 2-11, 11-2 and will now face another local player Mohd Nafiizwan Adnan in a repeat of the NSC Satellite No2 final.

Fifth seed Adnan defeated Malaysian qualifier Muhd Asyraf Azan 11-9, 10-11 (0-2), 8-11, 11-8, 11-5 in a 72-minute marathon.

The other men's semi-final will be an all-Dutch affair between top seed Dylan Bennett and third seed Tom Hoevenaars.

The women's quarter-finals went according to the seedings - with fourth seed Delia Arnold setting up an all-Malaysian semi-final against favourite Sharon Wee after despatching Japan's Mami Nishio 9-7, 9-0, 9-2 in just 22 minutes.

Men's quarter-finals:
[1] Dylan Bennett (NED) bt David Vidal (ESP) 11-6, 11-6, 5-11, 11-8 (31m)
[3] Tom Hoevenaars (NED) bt [8] Neil Hitchens (ENG) 11-3, 11-3, 11-5 (30m)
[5] Mohd Nafiizwan Adnan (MAS) bt [Q] Muhd Asyraf Azan (MAS) 11-9, 10-11 (0-2), 8-11, 11-8, 11-5 (72m)
[2] Mohd Ali Anwar Reda (EGY) bt Elvinn Keo (MAS) 11-4, 11-3, 2-11, 11-2 (30m)

Women's quarter-finals:
[1] Sharon Wee (MAS) bt [7] Siti Munirah Jusoh (MAS) 9-4, 9-3, 9-7 (30m)
[4] Delia Arnold (MAS) bt [5] Mami Nishio (JPN) 9-7, 9-0, 9-2 (22m)
[3] Margriet Huisman (NED) bt [8] Milja Dorenbos (NED) 9-4, 9-5, 9-2 (26m)
[2] Line Hansen (DEN) bt [6] Lim Yoke Wah (MAS) 9-1, 9-3, 7-9, 9-0 (33m)