Paul Coll reaches British Open squash final
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New Zealand’s Paul Coll is into to the British Open final following a dominant 3-0 victory against unseeded Egyptian Yahya Elnawasany.
Coll, who won the British Open in 2021 and 2022 controlled the contest at Birmingham's Rep Theatre.
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The World Nom 2, from Greymouth is yet to drop a game at this year’s event won the opener 11-7 within 17 minutes. In the second game, he was even more dominant as his momentum carried forward, winning 11-4.
It was more of the same in the third, as he hit a series of winners to outclass Elnawasany 11-3 and take the match in 41 minutes.
After the match, Coll felt he was in form.
“He [Yahya Elnawasany] has been fantastic, and his match against Gawad was impressive, his maturity and toughness to get through that is amazing. But I just wanted to make it feel impossible to get a point tonight.
“It’s a tournament you always target, and for myself, and my coach, he always says it’s his favourite tournament, so I want to do it for him and put on a good show. We get to the final tomorrow, and we have our game plan sorted, and we are ready.”
Coll will meet World No.1 Mostafa Asal in the final (overnight NZT) after the Egyptian got the better of Diego Elias 3-2 in a 115 minute battle in his semi-final.
Asal has a 16-7 winning record over Coll having won the past three consecutive matches.
