Reneem (left) beat Nicol 7-11, 11-6, 11-8, 13-11 to reach the final.
KUALA LUMPUR: It will be an all-Egyptian final after world No. 1 Nicol David’s hopes of making every CIMB Malaysian Open final since 2003 went up in smoke at the Nu Sentral mall on Friday.
Eight-time winner Nicol had no reply to an extremely sharp Raneem El Weleily as she blew a one-set advantage to lose 11-7, 6-11, 8-11, 11-13.
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