Semis: Coll stops Gawad

Game 1:
Gawad cruises effortlessly to kick things off. Coll tightens up after a gruelling rally hits a straight volley kill to short for Gawad to track. Coll takes the lead and has clearly awakened. Coll pushes a calculated length to go up 8-5. Gawad answers back keeping it tight. Coll answers  with a fortunate float cross lob nick. Game ball Coll… out of it 4 times finds a way to make dig dig after dig of Gawad’s ridiculous deception and closes the deal 11-7 Coll. 10 mins
Game 2:
Gawad straight kill tin let’s Coll in the door. Redeems himself with a deceptive cross cill 4-3 Gawad. Fluid movement, free-flowing play through it brand of squash. Karim’s shot quality execution is on full display, hitting multiple cross court nick’s and pulling away 7-3. Uncharacteristic errors get Coll back to 7-5. Gawad backhand trickle boast has the fans looking the wrong way.  Coll sprays a loose middle and Gawad hits a perfect nick length. 11-6 Gawad…clinical. 8 minutes
Game 3:
Long opening rally. Coll early lead. 3-1. The Kiwi showing he wants it, playing with a passion for the win. Gawad rifles an inside out Nick. The hands of the egyptian are like fine cotton of his native land. Coll floats the ball just out 8-7 Gawad. Stroke to Gawad for 9=8 with a scowl at the ref from  the energetic Kiwi. Karim’s pressure gets Coll to cough up loose ball that he is quick to capitlize on… 11-8 Gawad. 13 minutes.

Game 4:
Gawad shooting the lights out and Superman finds a way to scrape up returns with every last mm of his racquet and gets the glory of a raucous crowd banging on the glass with Gawad smirking to the crowd in disbelief that one slipped away. 3-1 Coll. Chess match going on and coll holds a low cross catching Karim off balance and the ball beats him to the back right corner. 5-2 Coll. Karim takes control, but doesn’t capitalize and hits a tin…then another 8-3 Coll. The Kiwi is taking full advantage and ends it 11-3 Coll …onto the 5th 9 minutes
Game 5:
Stroke Coll…1-1. Loose drop from Coll and Karim pounces. Nick from Coll puts him up two. Pace has picked up… Gawad punishes a down the line angle 2-3. Coll is building a spread 5-2… Gawad answers with a short BH kill that spins dead into the side wall after a 47 shot rally. 3-7. Gawad tracks down and hits a penetrating boast into the front right and Coll is on it and redirects it into the front left nick… tastefully done. They Kiwi might take down the world #2. 4-8. quick tin from the egyptian 9-4…11-4 after a coll fault is called a let. Coll wins 3-2. 12 minutes (51 minutes total)