In the women’s draw, Egypt’s Farida Mohamed closed out semi-final day with an impressive win over New Zealand’s Joelle King to reach the biggest final of her career. The World No.18 had beaten King previously and showed her confidence in the opening game, hitting hard to the back corners to set up attacking opportunities. 
King showed her class after losing the first game and started to dominate proceedings on the glass court in San Francisco. The New Zealand No.1 stepped up the court and looked to volley at any opportunity to take the game and force a decider. King continued her form and ran out to a 5-1 lead, looking sure to book her place in the final. Mohamed had other ideas however and started to fire off winners to take the next eight points to lead 9-5. She closed out the final game 11-9 to reach the biggest final of her career.
“I knew it would be very tough. It felt like a best of five match,” said Mohamed.
“I’m very happy to be through, it meant a lot to me to win this one. The first game was comfortable but Joelle [King] is very smart and she completely outplayed me in the second game and she came back at me in the third and I started to panic but I'm very glad I could close it out”
“Amanda [Sobhy] has been playing amazing, it’s fun to play against her. I have only played her twice and I’m looking forward to the match. It’s one last push tomorrow and I can’t wait to leave everything on the court.”
Mohamed’s opponent in the Oracle NetSuite Open final will be defending champion and No.1 seed Amanda Sobhy, who defeated fellow North American Hollie Naughton in straight games to keep her title defence alive.
Sobhy didn’t have it all her own way in the match and was tested by Naughton’s changes of pace and deception on several occasions. The USA No.1 used her superior accuracy and shot-making skills to close out both games 11-9, however, to win in just 22 minutes.
Action from the Oracle NetSuite Open finals will be played on the all-glass court at Pier 70, San Francisco starting at 18:30 (GMT-7) and will be shown live on SQUASHTV and selected broadcast partners.
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Oracle Netsuite Open 2022 results: Men's Semi-Finals
[4] Marwan ElShorbagy (EGY) bt [1] Diego Elias (PER) 2-1: 13-11, 7-11, 11-7 (40m)
[2] Mohamed ElShorbagy (ENG) bt [3] Mazen Hesham (EGY) 2-1: 11-8, 8-11, 11-5 (40m)
Oracle Netsuite Open 2022 results: Women's Semi-Finals
[1] Amanda Sobhy (USA) bt [4] Hollie Naughton (CAN) 2-0: 11-9, 11-9 (22m)
[3] Farida Mohamed (EGY) bt [2] Joelle King (NZL) 2-1: 11-6, 10-12, 11-9 (35m)
Oracle Netsuite Open 2022: Men’s Final draw
[4] Marwan ElShorbagy (EGY) v [2] Mohamed ElShorbagy (ENG)
Oracle Netsuite Open 2022: Women’s Final draw
[1] Amanda Sobhy (USA) v [3] Farida Mohamed (EGY)
