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
F : Farag plays Cat/Mouse with Asal for 2nd Gouna title
F : Gohar ends Gilis run to claim title
Mohamed Elkeiy opens up about Mostafa Asal
Mostafa's new coach, Mohamed Elkeiy summarise his week with the young Egyptian…. […]
Mostafa Asal apologises to PSA
Interesting aftermatch interview of Mostafa Asal… […]
Mohamed puts the record straight about Asal
Walking off to catch the bus to the airport, Mohamed spoke with Fram about the match, and how much he rates Asal…. […]
SF : Asal outlasts ElShorbagy in five
SF: Nele on Cloud Gouna to oust Nour in 3
Nele Gilis (Bel) 3-0 [2] Nour El Sherbini (Egy) 11-8, 11-9, 11-5 (45m) […]
SF: Ali eventually in control, Diego dead man still fighting…
SF : Gohar gets Gouna revenge in Marathon win
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
