Waters & Abdel Kawy To Contest Second WISPA Final This Year

Just ten days after battling for honours in the climax of the Harrow Greenwich Open, England's Alison Waters and Egyptian Omneya Abdel Kawy will meet again in the final of the Women's Burning River Classic, the $39,000 WISPA World Tour Silver event at Cleveland Racquet Club in Cleveland in the US state of Ohio.

Top seed Waters, who moved to a career-high No5 in this month's WISPA world rankings after winning the Greenwich title, brushed aside Samantha Teran, the No7 seed from Mexico, 11-5, 11-5, 11-7.

"I am feeling good at the moment and playing some of the best squash I have played," said the 25-year-old Londoner afterwards. "I hope there is still some room for improvement though."

Second seed Abdel Kawy needed four games to overcome compatriot Raneem El Weleily, the unseeded 21-year-old from Alexandria who upset fourth seed Laura Massaro and fifth seed Kasey Brown to reach the semi-finals.

El Weleily took the opening game before world No7 Abdel Kawy took control and closed out her 8-11, 11-6, 11-6, 11-4 victory.

Waters is celebrating her 11th appearance in a WISPA Tour final, while 24-year-old Abdel Kawy is marking up her 22nd.

Semi-finals:
[1] Alison Waters (ENG) bt [7] Samantha Teran (MEX) 11-5, 11-5, 11-7
[2] Omneya Abdel Kawy (EGY) bt Raneem El Weleily (EGY) 8-11, 11-6, 11-6, 11-4