Second seeds beaten on Quarter-Finals Day in Cairo
Quarter-finals Day at the Black Ball Club saw the second seeds in both events defeated – Amanda Sobhy dashed the hopes of Nour El Sherbini in five tense games, while Mohamed ElShorbagy got the better of world champion Ali Farag in three games.
A third upset came as Joel Makin won his second successive 90-minute match to advance, while Tarek Momen survived eight match balls before beating Fares Dessouky. Diego Elias kept his bid to become World#1 alive, while Nouran Gohar, Joelle King and Hania El Hammamy advanced to the women’s semis.
Match reports, quotes and photos all below the results …
[1] Nouran Gohar (Egy) 3-1 [7] Sarah-Jane Perry (Eng) 13-11, 8-11, 11-3, 11-4 (48m)
[4] Joelle King (Nzl) 3-0 [8] Gina Kennedy (Eng) 11-5, 11-6, 11-9 (32m)
[3] Hania El Hammamy (Egy) 3-1 [9/16] Tinne Gilis (Bel) 11-3, 4-11, 11-7, 11-4 (40m)
[5] Amanda Sobhy (Usa) 3-2 [2] Nour El Sherbini (Egy) 9-11, 13-11, 10-12, 11-6, 11-8 (62m)
[7] Tarek Momen (Egy) 3-2 [9/16] Fares Dessouky (Egy) 11-8, 9-11, 2-11, 17-15, 13-11 (89m)
[9/16] Joel Makin (Wal) 3-2 [6] Marwan ElShorbagy (Egy) 14-12, 7-11, 9-11, 11-8, 11-8 (93m)
[3] Diego Elias (Per) 3-1 [8] Mazen Hesham (Egy) 11-3, 5-11, 11-6, 11-6 (45m)
[5] Mohamed ElShorbagy (Eng) 3-0 [2] Ali Farag (Egy) 11-7, 11-3, 16-14 (39m)
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