In the first quarter finals things were very close until 7 all when Ewa Nelip (POL) scored 5 hits in a row on Soon Hwa Lee (KOR) to lead 12-7. The Korean only got two more points before Nelip ran out a 15-9 victor.
Nelip will now face contrywoman Dominika Mosler whose fight against Evgenia Seregina (RUS) followed a similar path. Seregina led 6-4 before Mosler scored 5 hits in a row to lead 9-6. The Russian got one hit in before Mosler went on another 5 hit rampage to lead 14-7. Seregina pulled one hit back but Mosler took the next to win 15-8.
In the other half of the draw Yujie Sun (CHN) beat Julia Zuikova (EST). The Chinese scored three hits in a row after leading 12-11 to come out a 15-11 victor. Facing Sun will be Anfisa Pochkalova (UKR) who was always ahead against Il Jeong Choi (KOR) and eventually won 15-10.
Semi finals start at 6.30pm this evening.
Photo courtesy of Denise Wilson