2026 Day THREE : Round TWO concludes
The 14th edition of the El Gouna International continued today with eight more Round Two matches – four at the Squash Centre from 13.00 then four on the Glass Court this evening.
The solitary seeding upset was saved for the last match of the day as World Junior Champion Mohamad Zakaria downed fifth seed Joel Makin in three long games. Earlier Youssef Ibrahim and Karim Abdel Gawad had survived five game thrillers, while second seeds Nour ElSherbini and Paul Coll eased through in three games.
Check out the reports and reaction below the results …
Women’s Round Two (bottom) :
[4] Olivia Weaver (Usa) 3-1 Farida Mohamed (Egy) 8-11, 11-8, 11-4, 11-8 (42m)
[5] Siva Subramaniam (Mas) w/o Mariam Metwally (Egy) Mariam w/d
[8] Gina Kennedy (Eng) 3-0 Sana Ibrahim (Egy) 11-6, 13-11, 11-6 (40m)
[2] Nour ElSherbini (Egy) 3-0 Melissa Alves (Fra) 11-3, 11-3, 11-7 (30m)
Men’s Round Two (bottom) :
[3] Karim Abdel Gawad (Egy) 3-2 Youssef Soliman (Egy) 5-11, 14-12, 8-11, 11-8, 11-9 (109m)
[6] Youssef Ibrahim (Egy) 3-0 Abhay Singh (Ind) 7-11, 11-9, 9-11, 11-5, 11-8 (68m)
Mohamad Zakaria (Egy) 3-0 [5] Joel Makin (Wal) 11-6, 11-5, 11-5 (64m)
[2] Paul Coll (Nzl) 3-0 Eain Yow Ng (Mas) 11-7, 11-2, 11-8 (47m)
