Day FOUR : Round THREE concludes

Round three continued today with eight quarter-final spots in the bottom half of the draws  claimed.

Three 9/16 seeds won through in the women’s matches, with Nele Gilis beating seventh seed Rowan Elaraby to join sister Tinne in the last eight. Salma Hany ended the run of Nada Abbas while second seed Nour El Sherbini eased through in three games.

Mazen Hesham produced the upset in the men’s matches as he ousted sixth seed Marwan elShorbagy in four quickfire games to set up a quarter-final repeat against defending champion Mostafa Asal, who beat Joel Makin in a lengthy three game affair. Mohamed ElShorbagy and Paul Coll were the other men’s victors.

El Gouna International 2023 : ROUND THREE (bottom)

Women’s Round Three :
[9/16] Salma Hany (Egy) 3-0 Nada Abbas (Egy)  11-9, 11-7, 11-2 (44m)
[9/16] Nele Gilis
(Bel) 3-1
[7] Rowan Elaraby (Egy)   9-11, 14-12, 11-4, 11-6 (57m)
[9/16] Tinne Gilis (Bel) 3-1 [9/16] Farida Mohamed (Egy)  9-11, 11-4, 11-6, 11-4 (40m)
[2] Nour El Sherbini (Egy) 3-0 Alexandra Fuller (Rsa)  11-6, 11-3, 11-4 (26m)

Men’ Round Three :
[3] Mostafa Asal
 (Egy) 3-0 [9/16] Joel Makin (Wal)  11-6, 11-9, 11-8 (70m)
[9/16] Mazen Hesham
(Egy) 3-1 [6] Marwan ElShorbagy (Egy)  11-2, 4-11, 11-6, 11-5 (36m)
[5] Paul Coll (Nzl) 3-0 Omar Mosaad (Egy)  14-12, 11-5, 11-9 (63m)
[2] Mohamed ElShorbagy (Eng) 3-1 [9/16] Fares Dessouky (Egy)  11-6, 5-11, 11-8, 11-5 (58m)

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