The 23-year-old Dutchman began his giant-killing run in the $40,000 PSA
Tour event when he despatched Canada's sixth seed Shahier Razik in the
first round. The next upset came when Anjema ousted favourite Karim
Darwish – the world No9 from Cairo who was the event's runner-up twelve
months ago.
The semi-final encounter lasted more than an hour, but Anjema triumphed
11-8, 11-9, 4-11, 11-7 to reach the 11th PSA Tour final of his career,
but the first since April 2005 when he finished as runner-up in the
Irish Open in Dublin.
Despite the loss of the three Egyptians seeded in the last four, Wael
El Hindi has ensured that there will be local interest in the final:
The fifth seed came back from a game down to beat England's No7 seed
Peter Barker 10-11 (1-3), 11-8, 11-10 (2-0), 11-7 in 63 minutes to
reach his ninth PSA final.
RESULTS: Rotary Heliopolis Squash Open, Cairo, Egypt
Semi-finals:
Laurens Jan Anjema (NED) bt [3] Mohammed Abbas (EGY) 11-8, 11-9, 4-11, 11-7 (61m)
[5] Wael El Hindi (EGY) bt [7] Peter Barker (ENG) 10-11 (1-3), 11-8, 11-10 (2-0), 11-7 (63m)