Low Marks Tour High In KL

Teenager Low Wee Wern survived the longest match of her career to reach the biggest WISPA World Tour squash final of her life when she upset top-seeded fellow Malaysian Delia Arnold in the women's semi-finals of the NSC Series No6 championship at the Bukit Jalil National Squash Centre in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur.

Third seed Low, the reigning Asian Junior Champion, stemmed a fight back by Arnold in the $16,000 event to beat her higher-ranked compatriot 11-9, 14-12, 8-11, 7-11, 11-5 in 80 minutes.

The 18-year-old from Penang - now in the seventh Tour final of her career - will face India's Joshna Chinappa, the fourth seed who also recorded a notable five-game upset by beating second-seeded Malaysian Sharon Wee 11-6, 8-11, 14-16, 11-8, 11-8.

Chinappa, the 22-year-old world No41 from Chennai, is celebrating her eighth WISPA final - and her third in Malaysia against Low Wee Wern.

By contrast, there were no surprises in the men's $10,000 PSA World Tour squash event which will climax in a final between the two top seeds.

Second seed Yasir Butt despatched fellow Pakistani Waqar Mehboob, the No6 seed, 11-6, 11-3, 11-7 while Czech favourite Jan Koukal put paid to an all-Pakistan final when he battled to a 46-minute 11-8, 7-11, 11-9, 11-3 victory over eighth seed Arshad Iqbal Burki.

Men's semi-finals:
[1] Jan Koukal (CZE) bt [8] Arshad Iqbal Burki (PAK) 11-8, 7-11, 11-9, 11-3 (46m)
[2] Yasir Butt (PAK) bt [6] Waqar Mehboob (PAK) 11-6, 11-3, 11-7 (30m)

Women's semi-finals:
[3] Low Wee Wern (MAS) bt [1] Delia Arnold (MAS) 11-9, 14-12, 8-11, 7-11, 11-5 (80m)
[4] Joshna Chinappa (IND) bt [2] Sharon Wee (MAS) 11-6, 8-11, 14-16, 11-8, 11-8 (47m)