All-Malaysian final in Brisbane

19-Feb-2012 -

Top seed Nafiizwan Adnan will take on fellow Malaysian Ivan Yuen, the fourth seed, in the final of the Hibiscus Gardens Open after contrasting semi-final wins on Saturday.
Adnan beat New Zealand qualifier Evan Williams 7-11, 11-3, 11-2, 11-5 in 39 minutes, while Yuen took almost three times as long before finally seeing off unseeded Victorian and AIS Scholarship holder Rex Hedrick 9-11, 11-7, 11-3, 9-11, 11-4.
Adnan and Yuen have played seven times previously with the more experienced Adnan holding a 6-1 advantage over his younger countryman.

Semi-final results – prefix denotes seeding:

4-Ivan Yuen (MAS) bt Rex Hedrick (AUS) 9-11, 11-7, 11-3, 9-11, 11-4
1-Nafiizwan Adnan (MAS) bt Evan Williams (NZL) 7-11, 11-3, 11-2, 11-5