Malcolm’s Semi-Final Preview
One of the major pluses in Rotterdam has been the quality of the Women’s Championship, highlighted by the outstanding match between Nicol David and Kasey Brown.
Holland will be represented in today’s Semis by Natalie Grinham, who faces David, Grinham has been outstanding, looking as good as ever, but David will be a severe test for her.
Jenny Duncalf has recovered form at an appropriate time and her opponent Samantha Teran, thrilled, no doubt, to have made the semi finals will not fail for lack of trying, that is for sure.
A final between the top two seeds looks the likely outcome.
The men’s is hard to predict. Gregory Gaultier and James Willstrop have been the men in form recently, and they meet each other.
Holder Nick Matthew does not look quite as secure as he has in the past. Karim Darwish, who looks injury free, will present a major challenge with his silky racket skills. Not my style, perhaps, but on the fence for the men’s semi finals.
