Weleily rallied from 7-4 down in the deciding fifth game to seal Egypt's second win in the best-of-three semifinal.

Men's world No. 2 Ramy Ashour beat Cameron Pilley 11-5, 11-3, 11-8 in the opener, then No. 3 Karim Darwish handled Aaron Frankcomb 11-8, 9-11, 11-5 in the dead rubber to made it a clean sweep for top-ranked Egypt, which will play defending champion England in the final on Saturday.

No. 2-seeded England beat Malaysia 2-1 in the other semi.

England's Jenny Duncalf retired from her match against Low Wee Wern after injuring her groin. She was, however, confident of playing in the final.

James Willstrop of England, the world No. 4, said he was looking forward to playing Ashour on Saturday.

“We need to get that first,” Willstrop said. “Jenny needs to win hers. We have beaten our respective opponents in the past. I don't see why we can't do it again.” Weleily edged Grinham, the 2007 world champion, 4-11, 11-9, 7-11, 11-8, 12-10 in 51 minutes. In the last game, she rallied from 7-4 down to tie it at 8 and 10, then completed only her third win in nine matches against the Australian veteran.

“I'm happy. It's not like just the boys won. Feels good that my result made a difference,” Weleily said.

“She made me run in the beginning. Our games are similar and she drives me crazy with her speed. I worked hard on staying focused and backed my speed.” Grinham said a lapse in concentration at a crucial time cost her the match.

“I didn't realize I had that much of a lead (in the deciding game),” she said. “In the end I lost crucial points. At 10-all I had two return of serve errors. I guess I switched off. It was a good game, but I didn't deserve to win. ... I made more errors than winners.” Malaysia decided to rest world No. 1 Nicol David to give Low a chance, and Low delivered to level the semi, but their men were no match for England's.

Willstrop brushed aside Muhd Asyraf Azan 11-7, 11-3, 11-1 in the opening match, and No. 8 Peter Barker secured victory against Choong Kam Hing 11-1, 11-4, 11-4.

Low was leading No. 2-ranked Duncalf 11-5, 11-8, 8-11 when the Englishwoman retired hurt.

In explaining the decision to rest David, Malaysia coach Raymond Arnold said, “We are realistic about our chances.

Their boys are higher ranked than ours. We wanted to rest Nicol and give other players a chance.”