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RESULTS: Country View Kuala Lumpur Open Squash Championships, Bukit Jalil, Malaysia

Men's quarter-finals:
[1] Shamsul Islam Khan (PAK) bt [7] Timothy Arnold (MAS) 11-6, 11-9, 11-3 (19m)
[5] Saurav Ghosal (IND) bt [3] Farhan Mehboob (PAK) 11-6, 8-11, 11-9, 11-8 (46m)
[8] Amr Mansi (EGY) bt [4] Morten W Sorensen (DEN) 9-11, 11-4, 7-11, 11-6, 11-10 (2-0) (78m)
[2] Yasir Butt (PAK) bt [6] Safeer Ullah Khan (PAK) 11-7, 11-4 ret.
    Semi-finals:
[1] Shamsul Islam Khan (PAK) bt [5] Saurav Ghosal (IND) 11-2, 11-10 (3-1), 6-11, 11-10 (3-1) (42m)
[8] Amr Mansi (EGY) bt [2] Yasir Butt (PAK) 11-9, 11-7, 2-11, 11-7 (43m)
    Women's quarter-finals:
[1] Nicol David (MAS) bt Aisling Blake (IRL) 9-4, 9-0, 9-1 (19m)
[3] Carla Khan (PAK) bt [6] Engy Kheirallah (EGY) 9-6, 9-5, 9-10, 0-9, 9-7 (74m)
[5] Sharon Wee (MAS) bt [4] Tegwen Malik (WAL) 5-9, 9-4, 9-3, 3-9, 9-6 (47m)
[2] Annelize Naude (NED) bt [7] Tamsyn Leevey (NZL) 9-3, 9-4, 9-1 (29m)
    Semi-finals:
[1] Nicol David (MAS) bt [3] Carla Khan (PAK) 9-2, 9-3, 9-3 (24m)
[2] Annelize Naude (NED) bt [5] Sharon Wee (MAS) 6-9, 9-0, 1-9, 9-1, 9-1 (45m)

Top Seeds On Course In Kuala Lumpur

The favourites took their places in the finals of the Country View Kuala Lumpur Open Squash Championships after contrasting victories in today's (Saturday) semi-finals at the National Squash Centre in Bukit Jalil, Malaysia.

In the women's event, Nicol David, twice a former champion and the runner-up twelve months ago, coasted to a 9-2 9-3 9-3 win over third seed Carla Khan - though the Pakistani had earlier survived a tough quarter-final against Egyptian Engy Kheirallah, needing 74 minutes to earn her five-game win.

The top seed's opponent in the final will be second seed Annelize Naude - but David's compatriot Sharon Wee twice led against the Dutch No2 before Naude captured her 6-9 9-0 1-9 9-1 9-1 win in 45 minutes.

Pakistan's Shamsul Islam Khan, top seed in the men's event from Karachi, was fully stretched by fifth seed Saurav Ghosal before triumphing 11-2 11-10 6-11 11-10 over the Indian in 42 minutes. 

The predicted all-Pakistani final was thwarted by originally unseeded Egyptian Amr Mansi.  Promoted to eighth seed on the withdrawal of Australia's Mike Corren, Mansi upset 16-year-old second seed Yasir Butt, from Lahore, 11-9 11-7 2-11 11-7 in 43 minutes.