Abouelghar And Mohamed Set Up All Egyptian Final In Guatemala

Egyptian duo Mohamed Abouelghar and Zahed Mohamed will meet in the final of the 2017 Sporta Guatemala X Torneo Internacional PSA Sporta in what will be the first ever all-Egyptian final in the tournaments history.

World No.22 Mohamed impressed as he recovered from losing a close opening game against 2016 tournament runner-up Cesar Salazar to come through a 3-1 winner and reach his first tournament final since the Pittsburgh Open in January.

Meanwhile Abouelghar, World No.16, twice came from behind to win a thrilling five-game, 70-minute encounter with two tim tournament winner and former World No.4 Miguel Angel Rodriguez.

The win sees the 23-year-old through to compete in his first PSA World Tour tournament final since November 2016.

Results – Semi-finals: 2017 Sporta Guatemala X Torneo Internacional PSA Sporta
[8] Zahed Mohamed (EGY) bt [4] Cesar Salazar (MEX) 3-1: 11-13, 11-5, 11-8, 11-6 (58m)
[3] Mohamed Abouelghar (EGY) bt [5] Miguel Angel Rodriguez (COL) 3-2: 4-11, 11-8, 5-11, 11-8, 13-11 (70m)

Draw – Final:
[8] Zahed Mohamed (EGY) v [3] Mohamed Abouelghar (EGY)