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BBC News
4 days ago
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Makin overcomes Crouin to reach British Open semis
Joel Makin reached the British Open semi-final for the second time in his career with a 3-1 comeback win over Victor Crouin at the Birmingham Repertory world number 13 Crouin took the opening game of their quarter-final 11-7 before the British number one hit back to take the next three games 11-5, 11-5, very much the local favourite having lived in Birmingham for the last 12 years, admitted he was needled by Crouin's approach in the 70-minute match."I can't lose to a man who fist pumps at 0-0 in the first game," said the world number four. "Not my kind of thing that, it got my adrenaline up."Welshman Makin, 30, will take on defending champion and world number one Mostafa Asal in the semi-final, with their match scheduled for Saturday, 7 June at 15:00 24-year-old Egyptian won his quarter-final in straight games, beating compatriot Youssef Ibrahim 11-7, 11-8, 11-7 in 54 minutes."For the semi against Asal, if I hit my lines I know I can cause him some issues, but he's been hitting his lines and just won the World Champs so his aggressive hitting has been top quality," said Makin."I'm going to get stuck in, these are the benchmarks in my career, you either get to a British Open final or you come up short again. These are the big moments that you're looking forward to and put in all the work for."Fellow British players Marwan ElShorbagy and brother Mohamed ElShorbagy are in action on Friday bidding to join Makin in the last four, taking on respectively Paul Coll of New Zealand and Peru's Diego Elias.
BBC News
6 days ago
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Makin beats Steinmann to reach British Open quarters
Joel Makin reached his second consecutive British Open quarter-final after outplaying Swiss world number 18 Dimitri Steinmann 11-5 11-4 11-4 at the Birmingham Repertory the first meeting between the pair, Making - the British number one and world number four - took the initiative early on, spending the majority of the opening game in front of Steinmann and forcing the Swiss number one into long, lung-busting rallies and desperate scrambling taking the 23-minute first game 11-5, Makin doubled his lead after dominating the second 11-4, with the Welshman looking fully at home in his adopted city where he studied and has lived for the last 12 started game three more brightly, upping the tempo and volleying more to get the ball past Makin more though, was soon able to adapt and wore Steinmann down with some typically brutal rallies, complemented by some smart finishes at the front of the court as he brought the contest to a close with another 11-4 win."It was great, I love playing here. I've been here for 12 years now and it feels like home. People have been coming out and supporting, it's great and I've loved the atmosphere here," Makin will play France's Victor Crouin in the quarter-finals, with their match scheduled for Thursday, 5 June at 20:15 British players Marwan ElShorbagy and brother Mohamed ElShorbagy are in action on Wednesday bidding to join Makin in the last eight, taking on respectively Youssef Soliman and his Egyptian compatriot Mohamad the women's draw, England's Sarah-Jane Perry aims to keep British hopes alive against Nour ElSherbini of Egypt.
