Kheirallah and Weleily in Top Half     [WISPA Draw]

When the dust cleared after the quarterfinals of the Women's Alexandria Sporting Club Squash Open in Alexandria, Egypt, the top seeds all advanced into the semi finals. It will be an all-Egyptian semi between Engy Kheirallah and Raneem El Weleily and on the bottom half, Isabelle Stoehr meets Hong Kong's Christina Mak.

Organisers of the WISPA World Tour squash event in Egypt's second largest city can rejoice in the fact that a local player is certain to reach the final after top seed Engy Kheirallah and third seed Raneem El Weleily successfully overcame their quarter-final opponents in the Women's Alexandria Sporting Club Open to set up an all-Alexandria semi-final.

Kheirallah, the city's top world-ranked player, ended Irish qualifier Laura Mylotte's unexpected run by beating the 31-year-old 9-2, 9-2, 9-0 to reach her third successive semi-final in a WISPA event in her home country.

The 24-year-old defending champion will now take on 17-year-old El Weleily, who needed four games to dismiss England's sixth seed Georgina Stoker 9-5, 9-2, 6-9, 9-2.

The other semi-final will feature Hong Kong's fourth seed Christina Mak and the No2 seed from France Isabelle Stoehr.  Mak defeated unseeded Czech Lucie Fialova 9-1, 9-1, 9-1, while Stoehr was made to work hard for her 9-7, 7-9, 9-4, 9-1 victory over Egyptian qualifier Amnah El Trabolsy, also a citizen of Alexandria.

RESULTS:         Women's Alexandria Sporting Club Squash Open, Alexandria, Egypt

 Quarterfinals:
[1] Engy Kheirallah (EGY) bt [Q] Laura Mylotte (IRL) 9-2 9-2 9-0
[3] Raneem El Weleily (EGY) bt [6] Georgina Stoker (ENG) 9-5 9-2 6-9 9-2
[4] Christina Mak (HKG) bt Lucie Fialova (CZE) 9-1 9-1 9-1
[2] Isabelle Stoehr (FRA) bt [Q] Amnah El Trabolsy (EGY) 9-7 7-9 9-4 9-1