DUBAI: World champion Nour El Sherbini rescued herself from a first day setback with a calm and authoritative victory over Camille Serme,advancing to the last four of the PSA World Series finals on Thursday.

Sherbini’s 11-4, 11-6 success against the Frenchwoman, last year’s British Open champion, enabled her to qualify from her group in second place after her opening loss against Egyptian compatriot Raneem El Welily, and to approach the knockout stages in a sounder frame of mind.

Results (x denotes seeding):

Men’s:

Group B: Cameron Pilley (AUS x8) bt Simon Rosner (GER x6) 11-2, 11-7; Gregory Gaultier (FRA x2) bt Omar Mosaad (EGY x4) 7-11, 11-8, 11-1.

Women’s:

Group B: Raneem El Welily (EGY x4) bt Omneya Abdel Kawy (EGY x6) 15-13, 11-9; Nour El Sherbini (EGY x2) bt Camille Serme (FRA x7) 11-4, 11-6.

Wednesday’s remaining results:

Men’s:

Group A: Mohamed Elshorbagy (EGYx1) bt Miguel Angel Rodriguez (COLx5) 11-8, 11-9; Mathieu Castagnet (FRAx7) bt Nick Matthew (England x3) 12-10, 11-6 .

Women’s:

Group A: Laura Massaro (ENGx1) bt Nicol David (MASx3) 11-7, 8-11, 11-7; Amanda Sobhy (EGYx8) bt Nouran Gohar (EGYx5) 8-11, 11-5, 11-7.

Published in Dawn, May 27th, 2016