Abdel Kawy ApproachesTitle
By Yasser El Halaby © 2003; all rights of reproduction reserved.
August 20, 2003 

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Abdel Kawy and El Trabolsy Prevail in Intramural Battles

Two all Egyptian matches were played today in the semi-final round of the world juniors. Abdel Kawy’s match was one sided. The other semi-final saw Egypt’s number two player, El Trabolsy, battle her way through against Egypt’s number five player, Yehia. Ironically, Yehia who has earned her place in the semi finals will not be part of the four man Egyptian team competing in the team event next week, which shows how strong the Egyptian team is.

BADR OUTMANNED
Although Abdel Kawy is clearly in a class of her own, Badr did her best to take as many points off the Egyptian phenom. However, Abdel Kawy took no prisoners and only dropped four points in her semi-final match.

Badr tried to put Abdel Kawy under some pressure hitting the ball the hard and low but Abdel Kawy got to every shot smoothly and would convert from the defensive to the offensive forcing the errors from Badr and took the first game 9-0.

The second was the more interesting game of the match. Badr came in with more of a game plan than the first and tried to move her opponent and go for winners at her first opportunity. She succeeded to take the first few points of the game but her success was limited as Abdel Kawy kept the pressure on Badr with her volleys and disguised drop shots to win the game 9-4.

By the third game Badr was too tired to play and hit three tins off Abdel Kawy’s serve. Abdel Kawy was more focused than before. With winners from Abdel Kawy and tins from Badr it took the number one seed only four minutes to win the third game 9-0 and advance to the final.

CLOSE ENCOUNTER
In a much closer encounter, El Trabolsy repeated the same scenario she had done the previous day to beat her fellow team mate in five. El Trabolsy likes to play the fast game and Yehia did the opposite. Slowing down the rhythm, Yehia played drop shot winners and high deep drives in an attempt to stop El Trabolsy from playing her game. The strategy worked for Yehia and she won the first 9-5. From the start El Trabolsy looked nervous and would argue with the referee’s decisions repeatedly, something that definitely did not her help her game.

El Trabolsy started the second game with her usual aggressive squash and took control of the rallies from the start to win the game 9-1. The third game was a repeat of the first and ended with the same score 9-5 for Yehia. The girls battled it out in the fourth and at 7-7 Yehia looked like she was on her way to cause the upset. El Trabolsy kept her calm and managed to squeeze the win out of Yehia’s hands to tie the match at 2-2. With her confidence regained El Trabolsy attacked from the start and develop a huge lead that took her to match point at 8-1.

Could Yehia make the same comeback that she had made against England’s Siddall the previous day?

It almost happened.

Yehia was the calmer one of the two and got herself back into the game, mostly due to some unforced errors from El Trabolsy, to reach 7-8. El Trabolsy got back the serve for another match point. After a long rally El Trabolsy rushed to the front forehand side of the court to retrieve Yehia’s drop shot only to find Yehia’s body in the way.

“Please,” yelled El Trabolsy in what looked to be a desperate effort for a stroke. The referee agreed with her and gave her a stroke and her ticket to the final round of the women’s world juniors.

“I don’t think I played well,” said El Trabolsy, “but I’m very glad to have won in the end. Omneya is a great player and a friend of mine and I’m thrilled to be playing the final with her.”

With a very predictable outcome, Abdel Kawy will play her team mate in her quest for the world title. Good luck to both girls.

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