The eight-time world champion went down 8-11, 11-8, 6-11, 6-11 to Egyptian Raneem El Welily in Manchester on Friday. Nicol is always going to put up a fight, especially in the World Championships,” said Raneem. Frenchwoman Serme beat New Zealand’s Joelle King 11-4, 11-6, 11-4. The other semi-final is an all-Egyptian affair with Nour El Sherbini facing Nour El Tayeb. Women: Nour El Sherbini ( Egy) bt Nouran Gohar ( Egy) 11-7, 11-3, 11-4; Nour El Tayeb ( Egy) bt Tesni Evans (Wal) 11-9, 11-7, 11-9; Camille Serme (Fra) bt Joelle King (Nzl) 11-4, 11-6, 11-4; Raneem El Welily ( Egy) bt Nicol David ( Mas) 11-8, 8-11, 11-6, 11-6.

Source: The Star December 17, 2017 00:11 UTC