F: Asal in 5 in a controversial match against Diego

[1] Mostafa Asal (EGY) 3-2 [3] Diego Elias (PER)  11-8, 5-11, 11-5, 10-12, 11-5 (93m)

Asal : “There was lots of things happening, I hope everyone was entertained today.

“To be honest, I’m very happy Diego is back. You can see how strong and physical and entertaining he is. He is one of the assets of the tour; it’s a nightmare to play against him but I’m glad he’s back.

We can have some problems sometimes but we will speak after this match so we can just focus on the squash. I know it can be frustrating with these issues but we need to be more flowing squash, otherwise we’ll go backwards.

“I’m really pleased with today’s match and the crowd were entertained and that I could win the Optasia title once again. I’m really happy to defend the title in front of Bassim and thank you all so much.”