BLACK BALL: KING GATECRASHES EGYPTIAN DOMINANCE IN QUARTER-FINALS

New Zealand’s World No.5 Joelle King was the only non-Egyptian player to reach the semi-finals of the CIB Black Ball Squash Open, PSA World Tour Gold event after she overcame India’s Joshna Chinappa in Cairo, Egypt earlier today.

King, 30, played out a tight five-game battle with the Indian No.1 to move within one win of reaching the final after she recovered from going 2-1 down to triumph in five-games at the Black Ball Sporting Club.

“You’ve got to hand it to Joshna,” said World No.5 King. “She has had an amazing tournament. She beat Nicol [David] 3-0, obviously beat SJ [Perry] yesterday and came out firing against me today.

“It’s just one of those wins when you are on the backend of someone playing really well and it took me a while to find my feet, but I think the pleasing thing is that I found a way to win.

“Those matches can be easy to tick off and think you’ve been outplayed, but I dug in and at least thought that if she is going to beat me then I’m going to make it really hard and it’s nice to come off winning.”

The World No.5 will now face reigning World Champion Nour El Sherbini in the last four after the Egyptian overcame France’s World No.4 Camille Serme in a thrilling encounter that went all the way to five-games.READ MORE