Day TWO : Round TWO at El Gouna Squash
The 11th edition of the El Gouna International continued today with 32 Round Two matches at the El Gouna Squash Centre as the seeded players entered the fray.
There were some significant upsets in the Women’s draw as fourth and sixth seeds Joelle King and Sarah-Jane Perry lost out to Nada Abbas and Tinne Gilis, as second seed Nour El Sherbini was taken to five games.
There were no significant upsets in the men’s draw, but Ali Farag and Tarek Momen were both takes the full distance, as was defending champion Mostafa Asal.
Reports & Reaction, from Fram Gommendy in Gouna

QF: Mostafa in three against Mazen

QF: Nobody beats Nele 10 times in a row…
Nele Gilis (Bel) 3-1 Salma Hany (Egy) 11-9, 3-11, 11-3, 12-10 (75m) […]

QF: Paul a bit wobbly, Mo clinical

QF: 7 match balls needed for Nour to oust Tinne…

QF: Ali from a game down beats Victor 3-1

QF: Tesni still punching but it’s Hania 3-0

QF: Diego ends Iker’s run 3-0

QF: Nouran contains Gina 3-0

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) […]

R2: Mosaad 3-1 Saurav
Omar Mosaad (Egy) 3-1 Saurav Ghosal (Ind) 11-9, 1-11, 11-9, 11-8 (58m) […]