2026 Day ONE : Round ONE at El Gouna
The 14th edition of the El Gouna International got under way with 32 Round One matches – 28 at the Squash Centre from noon then four on the Glass Court in the evening.
There weren’t any seeding upsets as the top eight progressed in each draw, but there were some narrow escapes as Victor Crouin and Marwan ElShorbagy were taken the distance, while Kenzy Ayman, Farida Mohamed, Leonel Cardenas and Abhay Singh scored significant upsets.
Check out the Reports and Reaction below the results …
Women’s Round One Results :
[7] Fayrouz Aboelkheir (Egy) 3-1 Marina Stefanoni (Usa) 11-6, 13-11, 8-11, 11-7 (38m)
Kenzy Ayman (Egy) 3-1 Nele Gilis (Bel) 14-12, 8-11, 11-7, 11-8 (46m)
[6] Satomi Watanabe (Jpn) 3-0 [wc] Talia Zakaria (Egy) 11-4, 11-2, 11-1 (20m)
Rowan Elaraby (Egy) 3-0 Lucy Turmel (Eng) 11-8, 11-2, 11-6 (28m)
Jasmine Hutton (Eng) 3-0 Aifa Azman (Mas) 11-6, 11-9, 11-6 (28m)
[2] Nour ElSherbini (Egy) 3-0 Malak Khagafy (Egy) 11-2, 11-5, 11-2 (21m)
Hana Moataz (Egy) 3-1 [wc] Farida Walid (Egy) 11-6, 9-11, 11-6, 11-7 (38m)
Melissa Alves (Fra) 3-0 Georgia Adderley (Sco) 11-8, 12-10, 11-3 (32m)
[8] Gina Kennedy (Eng) 30Hana Ramadan (Egy) 11-3, 11-5, 116- (29m)
Farida Mohamed (Egy) 3-1 Salma Hany (Egy) 11-13, 11-9, 11-6, 11-2 (36m)
[5] Siva Subramaniam (Mas) 3-1 Nada Abbas (Egy) 11-9, 9-11, 11-4, 11-6 (47m)
[4] Olivia Weaver (Usa) 3-0 Tomato Ho (Hkg) 11-2, 11-6, 11-8 (26m)
Sana Ibrahim (Egy) 3-0 Rachel Arnold (Mas) 11-9, 11-2, 11-8 (31m)
Mariam Metwally (Egy) 3-1 Zeina Mickawy (Egy) 11-8, 11-9, 6-11, 13-11 (62m)
[1] Hania El Hammamy (Egy) 3-1 Anahat Singh (Ind) 11-8, 11-5, 9-11, 11-8 (49m)
[3] Amina Orfi (Egy) 3-0 Tinne Gilis (Bel) 11-3, 12-10, 11-6 (37m)
Men’s Round One Results :
Yahya Elnawasany (Egy) 3-2 Gregoire Marche (Fra) 11-4, 8-11, 9-11, 11-6, 11-4 (70m)
[4] Diego Elias (Per) 3-0 Baptiste Masotti (Fra) 11-7, 11-4, 12-10 (34m)
[7] Victor Crouin (Fra) 3-2 Bernat Jaume (Esp) 7-11, 11-7, 6-11, 12-10, 11-7 (65m)
[8] Marwan ElShorbagy (Eng) 3-2 Timmy Brownell (Usa) 6-11, 11-2, 11-6, 9-11, 11-9 (56m)
Mohamed Aboelghar (Egy) 3-1 Nicolas Mueller (Sui) 11-2, 7-11, 11-2, 11-4 (28m)
[5] Joel Makin (Wal) 3-0 Juan Vargas (Col) 11-8, 11-9, 11-9 (55m)
Leonel Cardenas (Mex) 3-1 Mohamed ElShorbagy (Eng) 11-13, 11-4, 11-8, 6-3 rtd (54m)
Auguste Dussourd (Fra) 3-2 Noor Zaman (Pak) 11-8, 11-3, 10-12, 9-11, 11-8 (58m)
Abhay Singh (Ind) 3-2 Aly Abou Eleinen (Egy) 9-11, 11-8, 3-11, 11-4, 11-8 (65m)
Mohamed Zakaria (Egy) 3-0 Greg Lobban (Sco) 11-9, 11-9, 11-8 (62m)
[6] Youssef Ibrahim (Egy) 3-2 Dimitri Steinmann (Sui) 13-11, 11-13, 11-7, 5-11, 11-9 (85m)
Eain Yow Ng (Mas) 3-1 [wc] Seif Refaay (Egy) 4-11, 11-4, 3-0 rtd (28m)
[3] Karim Abdel Gawad (Egy) 3-1 Declan James (Eng) 11-6, 11-5, 8-11, 11-6 (47m)
Youssef Soliman (Egy) 3-0 [wc] Mazen Hesham (Egy) 11-5, 11-1, 12-10 (35m)
[1] Mostafa Asal (Egy) 3-0 Curtis Malik (Eng) 11-7, 11-4, 13-11 (59m)
[2] Paul Coll (Nzl) 3-0 Kareem El Torkey (Egy) 11-5, 11-6, 11-8 (43m)
