The world number five has secured a showdown with top seed Ali Farag of Egypt for the title in the American city after overcoming Ghosal in a pulsating clash.

Ghosal recovered from losing the opening game to move in front but the 35-year-old maintained his form as Elías launched a superb comeback to triumph 11-3, 9-11, 6-11, 11-5, 11-3.

"Saurav is playing amazing this week," said Elías.

"I think he was struggling with an injury a couple of months ago, but now he is back at his best, he is always tough to play and I am just very happy to be through."

Elías will next face Farag who looked in great shape as he dismantled compatriot Mazen Hesham in a dominant victory.

Reigning world champion Farag improved his head-to-head record with Hesham to 11-1 after cruising to a 11-5, 11-4, 11-4 success.

"I had to be on my toes from the beginning," said Farag.

"I've played Mazen so many times over the years and I always have a drop off at some point because I can't keep my accuracy up for the entire time so to be able to do it for three straight games is something I'm really happy with."

The women’s singles final will also be contested by the top two seeds with Egypt’s Nouran Gohar and American Amanda Sobhy set to go head-to-head for top honours.

Olivia Fiechter of the United States pulled off one of the shocks of the tournament when she produced a thrilling fightback to down world number eight Rowan Elaraby of Egypt in the quarter-finals.

But Fiechter soon found herself on the back foot in the semi-finals as Gohar established a two-game lead.

The American cut the deficit by winning the third game, but Gohar proved too strong, completing a 11-6, 11-6, 7-11, 11-5 victory.

"I’m very happy but I’m far from done," said Gohar.

"The crowd helped her a little bit, playing in front of an energetic crowd who is on your side takes your game up at least 10 times, not taking anything away from her.

"She played well, gaining more confidence and I think she’s realising she can beat players in the top ten now and having that belief helps a lot."

The other semi-final went all the way with Sobhy overcoming Egypt’s world number seven Salma Hany of Egypt in just over an hour.

Hany took the opening game before Sobhy responded by winning the next.

The momentum continued to swing as Hany won the third and fourth games before Sobhy levelled things up in emphatic fashion.

Sobhy won 11 points without reply to take the fifth game before winning the decider to secure an 11-13, 11-6, 13-15, 11-0, 11-9 victory.

"I'm just going to go and rest and recover and talk to my coach about a game plan for tomorrow," said Sobhy.

"I played [Gohar] in the British [Open] and got smoked pretty badly so I don't think I could do much worse but I'm just looking forward to redeeming myself and playing in front of a packed house."