Day Six – Semi-Finals
It will be top seeds Egypt and USA who contest tomorrow’s World Team Final after victories over Malaysia and England in tonight’s semi-finals at the Madinaty Club.
Defending Champions Egypt dropped their first game of the tournament but still beat Malaysia 2-0, while USA overcame third seeds England 2-0 despite a battling performance from Jazz Hutton, their quarter-final heroine.
Reports and reaction below the results …
[1] EGYPT 2-0 [5/6] MALAYSIA [2] USA 2-0 [3] ENGLAND Today’s Playoff Matches : (detailed results on report below and Results page) What a display today for the Sobhy sisters… England left everything on there but without their top 2 players, it was a challenge… […] First blood to Egypt with Hania 3/1, but Nouran suffers for a while against Aifa, still 3/1 win and 2/0 for Egypt…. […] Hong Kong beat Scotland in the first 5/8 semi-final, South Africa beat Japan in 9/12 Round Robin […]
Hania El Hammamy 3-0 Chan Yiwen 11-8, 11-2, 11-5 (23m)
Nouran Gohar 3-1 Aifa Azman 11-8, 13-11, 3-11, 11-4 (43m)
Nour El Sherbini v Rachel Arnold w/d
Sabrina Sobhy 3-0 Julianne Courtice 11-5, 11-5, 11-3 (25m)
Amanda Sobhy 3-1 Jasmine Hutton 10-12, 13-11, 11-7, 11-2 (39m)
Olivia Fiechter v Lucy Turmel w/d
5/8 Semi-Finals
HONG KONG, CHINA 2-0 SCOTLAND
FRANCE 2-0 CANADA
9/12 RR
SOUTH AFRICA 2-1 JAPAN
SWITZERLAND 1-2 AUSTRALIA Day SIX Reports and Features
‘Team Sobhy’ 2, England, 0
Egypt 2-0 Malaysia: Aifa surprises…
Day Six Playoffs : South Africa grab 9th, France and HK into 5/6 match
