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Sun 5th, Day FOUR,
Semi-Finals:
Egypt lose grip on
Drysdale Cup
but still have seven chances
While seven of the top seeds made it through
to the finals of the Tecnifibre Junior Open
in Sheffield, there were upsets aplenty in
today’s semi-finals held at the Abbeydale
and Hallamshire clubs.
The Boys U19 title - the Drysdale Cup - will
be won by someone other than an Egyptian for
the first time since 2005, with Peru and
Jordan claiming first-time finalists in two
dramatic semis at Abbeydale.
 Diego
Elias, who won the U17 title last year,
beat top seed and world junior champion
Karim El Hammamy in straight games to reach
the final without dropping a single game.
England’s George Parker came close to taking
Amhad Alsaraj to a decider, but the
Jordanian saved six game balls from 7-10
down in the fourth to clinch it 15-13 on his
first match ball.
 The
girls U19 final will return to Egyptian
hands with top seeds Mariam Metwally
and Yathreb Adel set to contest the
final after winning all-Egyptian
semi-finals. For Mariam it will be a second
BJO final - after losing to Yathreb in the
2010 U15 climax - and for Yathreb an amazing
sixth in a row.
Despite their troubles in the B19 event,
Egypt still have the chance to win seven of
the eight titles, while Malaysia will be
pleased with their haul of three finalists.
Top seeds Siv Subramanian - who won
16-14 in the fifth on her sixth match ball
after saving just one - and Ng Eain Yow
are joined by Aifa Azman who beat
the second seed in her G13 semi.
Abbeydale:
B13:
[1] Mohamed El Shamy (Egy) 3-2 Viktor Byrtus
(Cze)
7-11, 5-11, 11-4, 11-9, 11-9 (38m)
B13: [3/4] Moustafa Assal (Egy) 3-1 [2]
Asser Hisham (Egy)
11-9,
4-11, 11-8, 11-7 (42m)
G15: [1] Siv Subramanian (Mas) 3-2 [3/4]
Amina Yousry (Egy)
7-11, 11-9, 13-11, 2-11, 16-14 (48m)
G15: [3/4] Hania El Hammamy (Egy) 3-1 [2]
Rowan Reda (Egy)
9-11, 11-9, 11-0, 11-4 (98m total, two
delays)
on the blog: so much
for the schedule - see Hania's bump
G19: [1] Mariam Metwally (Egy) 3-0 [3/4]
Salma Hany (Egy)
11-9, 13-11, 11-7 (34m)
G19: [2] Yathreb Adel (Egy) v [3/4] Nouran
Gohar (Egy)
11-5, 11-5, 9-11, 11-9 (58m + 20m blood)
B19: [3/4] Diego Elias (Per) 3-0 [1] Karim
El Hammamy (Egy)
11-7, 11-1, 11-6 (42m)
B19: [5/8] Ahmad Alsaraj (Jor) 3-1 George
Parker (Eng)
11-6, 3-11, 11-8, 15-13 (73m)
Hallamshire:
G13: [1] Jana Shiha (Egy) 3-1 [5/8] Jamila
Tamer (Egy)
11-8, 8-11, 11-6, 11-7 (40m)
G13: [3/4] Aifa Azman (Mas) 3-0 [2] Nouran
Youssef (Egy)
11-6, 11-7, 11-2 (21m)
B15: [1] Youssef Ibrahim (Egy) 3-1 Adhitya
Raghavan (Ind)
13-11, 11-7, 9-11, 11-7 (37m)
B15: [3/4] Moustafa Montaser (Egy) 3-0 [2]
Ziad Sakr (Egy)
11-5, 11-8, 11-9 (32m)
G17: [1] Habiba Mohamed (Egy) 3-0 [3/4]
Nadid Shahin (Egy)
11-4, 11-4, 11-4 (26m)
G17: [3/4] Hana Basem (Egy) 3-1 [2] Mayar
Hany (Egy)
11-4, 6-11, 11-5, 11-4 (31m)
B17: [1] Youssef Soliman (Egy) 3-0 [5/8]
Mohammad Alsaraj (Jor)
11-7, 11-5, 11-8 (42m)
B17: [2] Ng Eain Yow (Mas) 3-0 [5/8] Patrick
Rooney (Eng)
12-10, 11-7, 11-8 (41m)
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