Semifinals

The semi-finals began with the female draw match between seed no.5 Hannah Craig of Ireland, last years runner up, and no.1 seed Marie Stephan from France. Throughout the 29-minute match, both players predominantly opted for hard-hit drives deep into the court, many of which got the Irish player her points. At the same time, Craig lost many points to Stephan sending the ball to the tin and stroke calls. With each game lasting less than 10 minutes, the world ranked #47 Stephan won 3-0 against #78 Craig.

The first match in men's semi-finals was a battle of seeds: No.2 seed Tom Walsh from England faced the Ronald Palomino from Colombia. The #96 Palomino had a strong start leading 2-0 into the match but faced a strong comeback from #69 Walsh in a quick 7-minute 3rd game (11-2) featuring many of Tom's superbly executed front and mid-court drop shots straight into the nick. Despite the Englishman's strong performance throughout the 55 minute match, Palomino demonstrated great speed and flexibility as he was reaching for every ball, with a few clever shots up his sleeve to the crowd's delight.

The match between last year's champion Habiba Hani of Egypt, No. 6 seed of female draw, who recently won 3 titles in a row, opened up with the longest rally of tournament so far: Hani scored 17-15 surprising Marina Stefanoni USA, No.2 seed. Although she narrowed the initial big gap between the points towards the middle of the first fame, the American couldn't return the incredibly powerful drives of the Egyptian after the long neck and neck battle. However, Hani's accuracy and ability to clear access to the ball decreased significantly in the following two games and she also couldn't handle the superb variety of winning shots from skillful Stefanoni, featuring spectacular kill boasts and deep tight straight drives. Despite Hani's incredible power and immaculate low hard kills that secured many of the points in the last game, the 52 match concluded with a 3-1 victory for Stefanoni.

The last semi-final match saw very tight first two games between the English underdog #161 Samuel Osborne-Wylde and the #97 Veer Chotrani from India, with long intense rallies between the two. Wylde trailed behind significantly in the 3rd game losing a lot of points to the tin and unexpected strong shots to opposite direction from the Indian who took the game 11-1. Despite another intense neck and neck battle in the 4th game, Chotrani's ability to read the opponent and the dexterity to return hard balls secured him the place in the finals.