Coll criuses into British Open semifinals
- Dave Worsley
- Jun 7
- 1 min read
Two-time British Open champion Paul Coll recorded his fourth win in a row against English No.1 Marwan ElShorbagy to set up a semifinal clash with World No.2 Diego Elias.
Coll and ElShorbagy had already met four times this season ahead of their quarterfinal, with Marwan winning their first battle at the Egyptian Open only for Coll to win the three since, including in the final of the New Zealand Open in March.
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ElShorbagy started the contest brightly, racing into a 7-3 lead in game one as the Englishman picked his shots perfectly, hitting his targets consistently to move within four points of the lead.
West Coaster Coll refused to give up any easy points though, upping the physicality as he took control of proceedings.
The switch in tactics worked well as ElShorbagy began to make an uncharacteristic number of errors, and Coll took full advantage to rattle off eight points in a row to take an unlikely lead in the contest.
From here, it was only one way traffic, with Coll dominating game two 11-4 and then easing past a seemingly disinterested ElShorbagy 11-2 in game three for an eventual score of 11-7, 11-4, 11-2 in 42 minutes.
Coll will now face second seed Elias from Peru for a place in the final.
