Paul Coll ready to defend London PSA title
- Dave Worsley
- Sep 7
- 2 min read
Reigning champion Paul Coll advanced to the final of the London Squash Classic after a comprehensive win over Malaysia’s Eain Yow Ng at Alexandra Palace.
Coll, who beat World No 1 Mostafa Asal to lift the trophy at the tournament last year will join wife Nele Gilis-Coll in the finals after she beat Japan’s Satomi Watanabe in her semifinal.
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World No 3 Coll won 11-3, 11-5, 11-7 in 39 minutes over 12th ranked Ng to reach back-to-back London Classic finals and is aiming for his first PSA title since March’s New Zealand Open on home soil.
“I carried on the form from yesterday and tried not to let him into the game,” said the 33-year-old from Greymouth.
“I wanted him to feel a lot of pressure from the start, it’s probably one of the biggest semi-finals he’s been in.
“I’m stoked for her [Gilis] to be in another big final. She’s been training hard in the off season and got her squash into good form, so it would be amazing if she could get the win. Last time in New Zealand, that was a great party afterwards, so it’d be awesome to get a double, but we’ve got a lot of work ahead of us and two tough opponents.”
Looking ahead to his final Coll is weary of his opponent, Welshman, Joel Makin.
“He’s [Makin] obviously playing incredible squash at the moment and he’s very solid, he’s not making any mistakes. I’m going to have to have to be up for the challenge and match him in that intensity. He’s playing very well and it’s just going to be a good battle tomorrow.
Fourth ranked Makin beat tournament top seed Diego Elias from Peru in four games in his semifinal
