2023 Day TWO

It’s time for the seeded players to make their appearance on Day Two at the Black Ball Sporting Club, with eight quarter-final places in the top half of the draws on the line – check out the Player Info, H2Hs and more on the Daily Stats page

Dessouky takes down Asal to finish

For the second day in a row, play ended with a massive upset as Fares Dessouky beat men’s top seed Mostafa Asal in straight games ! Earlier in the day Wales’ Joel Makin had beaten fourth seed Paul Coll, with the other six matches all going the way of the seeds.

2023 Black Ball Squash Open : Day TWO, Round TWO (top_

Women’s :
[1] Nouran Gohar (Egy) 3-0 [9/16] Sabrina Sobhy (Usa) 11-4, 11-7, 11-6 (34m)
[7] Sarah-Jane Perry (Eng) 3-0 Nadine Shahin (Egy) 11-3, 11-7, 13-11 (31m)

[8] Gina Kennedy (Eng) 3-2 [9/16] Emily Whitlock (Wal) 6-11, 12-10, 11-9, 8-11, 11-6 (64m)
[4] Joelle King (Nzl) 3-0 [9/16] Nada Abbas (Egy) 11-5, 13-11, 11-6 (31m)

Men’s :
[9/16] Fares Dessouky (Egy) 3-0 [1] Mostafa Asal (Egy) 11-6, 13-11, 11-7 (47m)
[7] Tarek Momen (Egy) 3-0 [wc] Omar Azzam (Egy) 11-4, 11-6, 11-3 (27m)

[6] Marwan ElShorbagy (Egy) 3-0 Sebastien Bonmalais (Fra) 11-9, 11-6, 11-7 (44m)
[9/16] Joel Makin (Wal) 3-1 [4] Paul Coll (Nzl) 11-9, 8-11, 13-11, 11-8 (90m)