Top Seeds Meguid & Au In Yokohama Final

Top seeds Omar Abdel Meguid and Leo Au will contest the final of the Pro Squash in Japan Yokohama after prevailing in straight games in the semi-finals of the PSA World Tour Challenger 10 event at Yokohama Squash Stadium SQ-CUBE in Yokohama City, Japan.

Egyptian Meguid and unseeded Indian Harinder Pal Sandhu both reached the semis without dropping a game.

"Sandhu struggled with Meguid's heavy shots at the beginning of the match," reported event spokesman Hiromi Komae. "The rallies were mostly controlled by Meguid - thus the match went to Meguid in three games."

The 11-4, 11-4, 11-9 win brings up the 25-year-old from Giza's 11th PSA Tour final appearance - and his second in Japan after winning the Pro Squash Kansai in Japan three years ago.

By contrast, the other semi-finalists, Ivan Yuen from Malaysia and second seed Au from Hong Kong, both had lengthy full-game matches the previous day.

Au, 23, was able to capitalise on too many unforced errors from his unseeded opponent to win 11-9, 11-8, 11-5 - and reach his second successive Pro Squash in Japan final.