Emily Whitlock edges past Liu Tsz Ling in four …
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R1 : Nada ends WC Nour’s hopes
R1 : Nada Abbas (Egy) 3-0 [wc] Nour El-Sharkawy (Egy) 11-8, 11-6, 11-5 (19m) Well, the Talent Factory hasn’t dried out yet. Yes, Nada was always going to win, if
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R1 : Court 13 reaction
Results and player reaction from the Day One Court 13 Matches
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R1 : Big win for Wildcard Jana
Double whammy pressure for Jana today as it was the first time playing for “her club” Black Ball at Black Ball, and first time for a major event with the CIB shirt on
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R1 : Sabrina Sobhy 3-2 Yathreb Adel
Sabrina Sobhy (USA) 3-1 Yathreb Adel (EGY) 10-12, 11-6, 11-1, 11-8 (35m) A for effort for Yathreb who has bee struggling for a long time now, mentally, since her mum’s
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R1 : Farida Mohamed 3-0 Millie Tomlinson
Farida Mohamed (EGY) 3-0 Millie Tomlinson (ENG) 12-10, 11-3, 11-6 (31m) Last time they played here a year ago was a pretty contentious match, both players complaining about the other’s
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2022 Match Reports
Match reports from the 2022 Women’s Platinum
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2022 Platinum : Day ONE
The 2022 Women’s Platinum event got under way with sixteen matches on two courts at the Black Ball Sporting Club …
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Women’s Black Ball Opens
There have been five previous CIB Women’s Black Ball Opens – we take a look back as we anticipate the 2022 edition …
Read more2022 Who Am I ???
There have been Five women’s events, starting in 2019 – but only four have claimed the titles … can you tell who these contenders for the 2022 crown are ???
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2022 Women’s Platinum Draw
Nour El Sherbini and Nouran Gohar head the field for March’s CIB Women’s Platinum Black Ball Open …
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2021 Gold Men’s Final : It’s Coll in three
Paul Coll beats Ali Farag in straight games to claim his first Black Ball title …
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2021 Gold : Men’s Semis
Top seeds Ali Farag and Paul Coll win contrasting semis in Cairo …
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2021 Gold : Men’s Quarters
Top seeds Farag and Coll set to face Asal and ElShorbagy in the semis …
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2021 Gold : Day SIX
After the conclusion of the women’s event, the men’s continued with Round Two …
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2021 Gold Day FIVE : Sherbini claims the title
The women’s event concluded with Nour El Sherbini beating Hania El Hammamy in the final, but before that there were eight men’s first round matches …
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2021 Women’s Gold : SEMIS
Nour El Sherbini and Hania El Hammamy will contest the women’s final in Cairo after semi-final wins over Gina Kennedy and Nouran Gohar …
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2021 Women’s Gold : QUARTERS
Gina Kennedy joins the top three seeds Nour El Sherbini, Nouran Gohar and Hania El Hammamy in the semi-finals …
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