RESULTS: Cathay Pacific Gale Well Hong Kong Open, Hong Kong
Women's Final:
[1] Nicol David (MAS) bt [6] Omneya Abdel Kawy (EGY) 11-4, 11-7, 11-7 (25m)
World number one Nicol David successfully defended her title in the Cathay Pacific Gale Well Hong Kong Open - celebrating her fourth successive Hong Kong Open triumph.
Top seed Nicol David recorded her most decisive win of the set when she overwhelmed Omneya Abdel Kawy, the sixth seed from Egypt, 11-4, 11-7, 11-7 in the final of the women's $74,000 women's WISPA Gold event just 25 minutes.
Abdel Kawy, the 24-year-old world No8 from Cairo, celebrated her maiden appearance in a WISPA Gold final after upsetting Australia's third seed Rachael Grinham in the semi-finals.
But it was one-way traffic for David in the final as the Penang 26-year-old - who arrived in Hong Kong fresh from winning her fourth World Open title in Amsterdam - brushed aside the younger Egyptian's challenge to claim the 41st WISPA World Tour title of her career, and her seventh of the year.
"I always feel comfortable here, I think it’s because it’s the closest I get to home," David told www.squashsite.co.uk afterwards. "And I guess Hong Kong is my lucky charm. I’ve been pretty lucky here since 2005, and so far so good!
"Although I haven’t dropped a game this week, this was in no way an easy tournament. All the girls seem to raise their games when they play against me, and believe me, I had to work hard every round. But I just arrived from the Worlds, and I guess I carried the momentum with me.
"I thought I played very well today - I wish it could be like that all the time," concluded the five-time HK champion.
