Mosaad In PSA Macau Masterclass
by Nathan Clarke

October 26, 2014 - Defending Champion Omar Mosaad made no mistakes as he booked his place in the semi-finals of the 2014 Macau Open, PSA International 50 tournament, at the expense of Malaysian Mohd Nafiizwan Adnan during a day that saw his main competitors taken to the brink.

Mosaad, the towering Egyptian from Cairo, snuck through a tough opening game 17-15 against Adnan before imposing his class to run away with a comfortable 3-0 win, taking the next two games for the loss of only six points, while number one seed Tarek Momen was forced to produce some of his best squash to come from behind and see off Hong Kong's Max Lee.

Momen took the opening game 11-1 and looked to be on course for a routine win but Lee, the World No.20, came back fighting to take a 2-1 advantage and force the World No.12 into battle. Momen recovered to take the match 11-1, 10-12, 7-11, 13-11, 11-7 but there was no such luck for number three seed Saurav Ghosal or number four seed Marwan Elshorbagy, as both players bowed out to lower ranked opposition.

Ghosal, the Indian No.1, had match-ball in hand against Egyptian World No.39 Mazen Hesham but failed to capitalise and fell to a tough 3-2 defeat while Elshorbagy also lost 3-2 to experience Malaysian Ong Beng Hee, the World No.32.

Mosaad will now face the 34-year-old Malaysian whom he beat in the quarter-finals stage in 2013 for a place in the final and the right to defend his title.

Results: 2014 Macau Open, Macau, China:
[1] Tarek Momen (EGY) BT [5] Max Lee (HKG) 3-2: 11-1, 10-12, 7-11, 13-11, 11-7
[6] Mazen Hesham (EGY) bt [3] Saurav Ghosal (IND) 3-2: 5-11, 11-7, 7-11, 11-7, 13-11
[7] Ong Beng Hee (MAS) bt [4] Marwan Elshorbagy (EGY) 3-2: 11-9, 12-10, 8-11, 10-12, 11-5
[2] Omar Mosaad (EGY) bt [8] Mohd Nafiizwan Adnan (MAS) 3-0: 17-15, 11-2, 11-4

Semi-final Draw:
[1] Tarek Momen (EGY) v [6] Mazen Hesham (EGY)
[7] Ong Beng Hee (MAS) v [2] Omar Mosaad (EGY)




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