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.
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)
Reports & Reaction, from Fram Gommendy in Gouna

R3: Asal doesn’t disappoint, same difference, 3-0 Joel

R3: Salma 3/0 against dangerous Nada
Salma Hany (Egy) 3-0 Nada Abbas (Egy) 3-0 11-9, 11-7, 11-2 (44m) […]

R3: Mental squash Mo 3-1 Fares

R3: Sherbini in three

R3: 36m match for Mazen to oust Marwan

R3: “Much better than last time” says Tinne against Farida
Tinne Gilis (Bel) 3-1 Farida Mohamed (Egy) 9-11, 11-4, 11-6, 11-4 (40m) […]

R3: Respect/Intensity, Paul 3-0 Hammer

R3: Edgy Nele takes revenge on Rowan

R3: A nagging Ali overcomes a “too soft” Youssef

R3: Hania on top, Nadine happy with her form.

R3: Diego comfortable against YowNg

R3: No walk in the Gouna Park for Nouran against Fayrouz

R3: Victor without a racquet beats Aly cramping…

R3: Gina finds her shots against Dangerous Yathreb

R3: Fresh Iker takes Tarek out
Iker Pajares (Esp) 3-1 [7] Tarek Momen (Egy) 8-11, 11-8, 11-9, 11-8 (63m) […]

R3: Masterclass from Tesni 3-0 Nour
Tesni Evans (Wal) 3-0 [5] Nour El Tayeb (Egy) 11-6, 11-9, 11-8 (31m) […]