Karim Darwish, the world no. 1 from Egypt, is through to the last four of the 2009 Davenport North American Open, trouncing former world no. 1 David Palmer 11-4, 11-5, 11-7 in 45 minutes in tonight's first quarterfinal. Palmer looked to be getting back into the match early in the second game, leading 5-3, but the Egyptian ran off 8 consecutive points to race out to a 2-0 lead and then methodically wore down the Aussie in the third game to close out the match.
Next on court: a match-up of two World Open champions—21-year-old #3 seed Ramy Ashour of Egypt and 32-year-old #6 seed Thierry Lincou of France. It will be interesting to see the dichotomy between the Egyptian's youthful legs and the Frenchman's vast experience in this one, and we'll update you a little later...
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