29-Nov, Final:
Grinham marks 30th title
at Sharm El Sheikh

Australia's Rachael Grinham celebrated the 30th WISPA title of her career by beating home hope Engy Kheirallah in the final at Laguna Vista Resort in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt.

The triumph marks the latest milestone in the formidable career of the 32-year-old Queenslander who collected her maiden Tour title at the Toulouse Open in March 1998 after winning the World Junior Championship, at the age of 16, in July 1993. Grinham went on to win the Texas Open, Kuwait Open and Singapore Open trophies, the World Open crown in 2007 - and, two months ago in Manchester, picked up her fourth British Open crown.

Based in Cairo since 2001, Grinham eased into her 54th Tour final after beating third seed Raneem El Weleily - while, in the other semi, fourth seed Kheirallah maintained her winning run over Omneya Abdel Kawy by defeating her higher-ranked compatriot in straight games.

But after a tight first game, it was the top-seeded Australian who prevailed to win 16-14, 11-6, 11-4 in 52 minutes to strengthen her position as the current player with the second biggest collection of Tour titles - behind Nicol David, the world number one from Malaysia who boasts 41.

12/10, 11/6, 10/12, 11/5 (51m)

[3] Raneem El Weleily

16/14, 11/6, 11/4 (52m)

[4] Engy Kheirallah

11/7, 11/5, 11/9 (43m)

[2] Omneya Abdel Kawy

Qualifying:

25-Nov, Finals:

Amanda Sobhy (Usa) bt Heba El Torky (Egy)   10/12, 11/8, 10/12, 11/8, 12/10 (55m)
Nour El Tayeb (Egy) bt Irina Assal (Rus)                                11/1, 11/8, 11/7 (21m)
Nour El Sherbini (Egy) bt Nouran El Torky (Egy)            11/3, 11/6, 6/11, 11/5 (33m)
Kanzy El Dafrawy (Egy) bt Yathreb Adel (Egy)                      13/11, 11/7, 11/7 (36m)

24-Nov, Round One:

Heba El Torky (Egy) bt Siyoli Lusaseni (Rsa)                13/11, 14/16, 11/4, 11/8 (41m)
Amanda Sobhy (Usa) bt Salma Nassar (Egy)                           11/9, 11/8, 11/8 (20m)
Nour El Tayeb (Egy) bt Salma Hany (Egy)                               11/8, 11/7, 11/0 (24m)
Irina Assal (Rus) bt Farah Abdel Meguid (Egy)         9/11, 11/7, 4/11, 11/8 11/7 (33m)
Nour El Sherbini (Egy) bt Nicolette Fernandes (Guy)         11/7, 4/11, 11/3, 11/8 (36m)
Nouran El Torky (Egy) bt Lucie Fialova (Cze)                 14/12, 11/7, 8/11, 11/9 (54m)
Kanzy El Dafrawy (Egy) bt Salma Hatem (Egy)                       11/6, 11/7, 11/8 (21m)
Yathreb Adel (Egy) bt Kylie Lindsay (Nzl)                                11/6, 11/8, 11/9 (23m)

    
The Laguna Vista Hotel

28-Nov, Semis:
Grinham & Kheirallah to meet in Sharm Showdown

Engy Kheirallah reached the final of the Sharm El Sheikh Open after upsetting her second-seeded Egyptian compatriot Omneya Abdel Kawy for the second time this month - and will now face Australian Rachael Grinham in the climax of the $29,500 WISPA World Tour squash event at Laguna Vista Resort in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt.

Kheirallah, the world No21 from Cairo, was facing her Egyptian team-mate on the WISPA Tour for the fifth time in four years - and, remarkably, recorded her fifth successive victory over the world No7 after winning 11-7, 11-5, 11-9 in 43 minutes.

The Alexandria-born fourth seed will now take on top seed Rachael Grinham, the Cairo-based Queenslander who finished as runner-up in the 2008 championship.

Grinham denied the crowd an all-Egyptian final by beating third seed Raneem El Weleily - but the 20-year-old from Alexandria battled for 51 minutes and extended experienced Grinham to two tie-break games before yielding 12-10, 11-6, 10-12, 11-5 in 51 minutes.

Grinham will be appearing in the 54th WISPA final of her career.

28-Nov, Semis:

[1] Rachael Grinham (Aus) bt [3] Raneem El Weleily (Egy)
       12/10, 11/6, 10/12, 11/5 (51m)
[4] Engy Kheirallah (Egy) bt [2] Omneya Abdel Kawy (Egy)
      11/7, 11/5, 11/9 (43m)

27-Nov, Quarters:
Seeds Prevail In Sharm

Order was restored in the Sharm El Sheikh Open when all four top seeds secured semi-final slots  Laguna Vista Resort in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt.

Local qualifier Kanzy El Dafrawy was unable to reproduce the form she showed when upsetting fifth Lauren Briggs in the opening round. The 15-year-old from Alexandria faced her country's top player Omneya Abdel Kawy.

But the No2 seed from Cairo was too strong for the promising teenager, beating El-Defrawy 11-2, 11-5, 11-5 in 26 minutes.

Alana Miller, the unseeded Canadian who claimed an unexpected place in the last eight after upsetting sixth-seeded Malaysian Delia Arnold, was also unable to progress further.

The 29-year-old from Winnipeg went down 11-7, 11-3, 11-5 to fourth seed Engy Kheirallah - who will face Abdel Kawy in an all-Egyptian semi-final.

There will be local interest in the other semi too where third seed Raneem El Weleily, from Alexandria, takes on top seed Rachael Grinham, the 2008 runner-up from Australia.