Gohar stormed to glory at last month’s Hong Kong Open, defeating Massaro, Nicol David and Amanda Sobhy en route to the title, and has continued her impressive run – which now stands at 8 matches unbeaten – on Shanghai’s Bund.
The 18-year-old produced a a dominant performance against El Welily while Massaro came through a tough four-game encounter with New Zealand’s Joelle King.
The men’s finale will see defending champion Gregory Gaultier, the World No.2, face off against World No.1 Mohamed ElShorbay after both came through their respective last four encounters with Karim Abdel Gawad and Borja Golan in straight games – with Gaultier’s progress aided when Gawad retired with injury during the third game of their battle.
2016 China Squash Open – Women’s Semi-final Results:
[3] Nouran Gohar (EGY) bt [2] Raneem El Welily (EGY) 3-1: 11-8, 11-8, 5-11, 11-9 (47m)
2016 China Squash Open – Women’s Final Draw:
[1] Laura Massaro (ENG) v [3] Nouran Gohar (EGY)
2016 China Squash Open – Men’s Semi-final Results:
[1] Mohamed ElShorbagy (EGY) bt [8] Borja Golan (ESP) 3-0: 11-7, 13-11, 11-9 (42m)
[2] Gregory Gaultier (FRA) bt [6] Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY) 11-6, 11-6, 5-2 (retired injured)
2016 China Squash Open – Men’s Final Draw:
[1] Mohamed ElShorbagy (EGY) v [2] Gregory Gaultier (FRA)