15 Apr 2023

Coll into British Open squash semi-finals after tense battle

4:31 pm on 15 April 2023
Paul Coll (NZL) celebrates during the British Open semi final against Mohamed ElShorbagy (EGY) at the Allam Sport Centre, Hull, England on 21st August 2021.

Photo: PSA World Tour 2021

Paul Coll has kept his British Open squash title defence alive in Birmingham after surviving a five-game quarter-final against Egyptian rival Marwan El Shorbagy.

After four tense games, New Zealander Coll took control in the final stanza, winning it 11-1 to clinch victory

8-11 11-8 11-6 7-11 11-1 in just under 70 minutes.

Coll has set up a semi-final against top seed and world number two Diego Elias of Peru on Sunday morning.

New Zealand's Joelle King also faces a semi-final against the top seed in the women's draw.

King, seeded fourth, will face Nouran Gohar of Egypt on Sunday morning.

- RNZ