BORJA GOLAN WINS OHL SPANISH OPEN
The top seed reached the 25th Tour final of his career after despatching Australian Scott Arnold in straight games in 35 minutes - while El Shorbagy, the 17-year-old fourth seed, had to battle for more than twice that time in the other semi-final to upset second-seeded compatriot Omar Mosaad and reach his maiden PSA final.
But the reigning world junior champion fully stretched the experienced Golan, ranked 14 in the world - and twice levelled the match after the Spaniard took game leads.
Golan ultimately prevailed 11-4 8-11 11-6 7-11 11-8 in 78 minutes to win the 18th PSA Tour title of his career.
The 25-year-old from Santiago follows in a distinguished line of former PSA Spanish Open champions, including Amr Shabana - the most recent winner in Seville in 2003 - and Jahangir Khan and Jansher Khan.
Semi-finals:
[1] Borja Golan (ESP) bt [8] Scott Arnold (AUS) 11-2, 11-2, 11-5
[4] Mohamed El Shorbagy (EGY) bt [2] Omar Mosaad (EGY) 11-9, 7-11, 5-11, 11-8, 12-10
Quarter-finals:
[1] Borja Golan (ESP) bt [6] Mohd Ali Anwar Reda (EGY) 11-3, 11-6, 11-6
[8] Scott Arnold (AUS) bt [3] Renan Lavigne (FRA) 11-6, 3-11, 15-13, 3-11, 11-8
[4] Mohamed El Shorbagy (EGY) bt [7] Bradley Hindle (AUS) 11-6, 11-8, 11-7
[2] Omar Mosaad (EGY) bt [5] Amr Swelim (EGY) 11-5, 11-6, 12-10
1st round:
[1] Borja Golan (ESP) bt [Q] Shaun le Roux (ENG) 11-5, 11-8, 8-11, 11-6
[6] Mohd Ali Anwar Reda (EGY) bt [Q] Johan Bouquet (FRA) 11-5, 11-7, 12-10
[3] Renan Lavigne (FRA) bt Jonathan Harford (ENG) 11-6, 11-5, 11-5
[8] Scott Arnold (AUS) bt Robbie Temple (ENG) 8-11, 7-11, 11-5, 11-3, 11-6
[7] Bradley Hindle (AUS) bt [Q] Joe Lee (ENG) 11-7, 11-4, 11-6
[4] Mohamed El Shorbagy (EGY) bt Eduardo Gonzales De Chaves (ESP) 11-2, 11-5, 13-11 (28m)
[5] Amr Swelim (EGY) bt Mathieu Castagnet (FRA) 11-13, 11-8, 13-11, 8-11, 11-5
[2] Omar Mosaad (EGY) bt [Q] Clinton Leeuw (RSA) 11-5, 11-8, 10-12, 11-9
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