Coll continues quest for third British Open title
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Kiwi squash pro Paul Coll has continued in his quest for a third British Open title with a straight game victory over Egyptian Aly Abou Eleinen in the quarterfinals at Birmingham.
The opening game took 24 minutes with second ranked Coll down 2-8 before grinding his way back to a 14-12 set score.
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Coll then restarted his own performance and began to dominant the points with an 11-6 second game 11-6 in 19 minutes over his No 14th ranked opponent.
The momentum continued in the third game with a 8-0 lead before Eleinen managed two and then Coll wrapped up the contents 11-2 for a match total time of 56 minutes.
“I’m very happy with that,” said 34-year-old Coll.
I had a very specific game plan, but I had a brain fart in the first when I got distracted and I went 8-2 down and I went into grind mode then! I stayed away from the tin and let him get as many winners as he wanted, after that he sort of knew my groove a bit but I was a bit annoyed at the start there,” he said.
Coll will play unseeded Egyptian Yahya Elnawasany in the last four which will be his seventh appearance in a semifinal.
Coll won the tournament in 2021 and 2022.
