Mosaad & Grant Make Macau Final

England's unseeded Adrian Grant will face top-seeded Egyptian Omar Mosaad in the final of the Macau Open after both players survived four-game semi-finals of the PSA World Tour International 50 squash event staged on an all-glass court at the Complex Desportivo International do Cotai in Taipa, Macau.

Londoner Grant, ranked 24 in the world, ended the brave run of qualifier Omar Abdel Meguid (both pictured above) - beating the 25-year-old Egyptian 11-4, 8-11, 11-2, 11-6 in 52 minutes to deny the event a second successive all-Egyptian final.

"Adrian ran riot and dominated the third," said event spokesman Lim Chee Ming, the Macau National Head Coach. "Adrian was in no mood to let it slip and maintained the pressure to quickly go 6-2 up in the fourth.

"Omar managed to halve the gap at 5-7 but was only allowed to collect another point before Adrian regained control and wrapped up the game 11-6 to progress to the final."

Mosaad, the world No10 from Cairo, also dropped the second game of his match against top-ranked Indian Saurav Ghosal before beating the No4 seed 11-8, 9-11, 11-8, 11-7 in 81 minutes.

"Omar began strongly to lead the opening game 3-1, when a contributed injury to Saurav stopped the game temporarily," explained Lim. "After a quick treatment, Saurav returned to the court to level the score at 6-6. He was clearly still struggling though, as Omar wrapped up the first set 11-8.

"Both players played with better variations in the second, exploring all four corners of the court. The score was once again tied at six-all, when Saurav injected more speed into his game to lead 10-8 and then won it at 11-9."

Mosaad regained the lead after winning the third from eight-all.

"From three-all in the fourth, Omar moved ahead to a 9-6 lead after a few amazing shots from the Egyptian and mistakes from his opponent. Omar won the next two points to finally wrap up the match, but not before he was made to run all over the court by Saurav," added Lim.

Both players are celebrating their second Tour finals of the year: 25-year-old Mosaad is marking the 21st of his career, while 33-year-old left-hander Grant is through to his 31st.