2026 Day TWO : Round TWO begins
The 14th edition of the El Gouna International continued today with eight Round Two matches – four at the Squash Centre from 13.00 then four on the Glass Court this evening.
Mexico’s Leonel Cardenas stole the headlines as he came from two games down to beat seventh seed Victor Crouin, while top seeds Hania El Hammamy and Mostafa Asal – winners in Optasia last month – continued their winning ways.
Check out how they all made the quarter-finals in the Reports and Reaction below the results.
Women’s Round Two (top) :
[1] Hania El Hammamy (Egy) 3-0 Kenzy Ayman (Egy) 11-7, 11-5, 11-4 (28m)
[7] Fayrouz Aboelkheir (Egy) 3-0 Jasmine Hutton (Eng) 11-7, 11-6, 11-9 (32m)
[6] Satomi Watanabe (Jpn) 3-0 Hana Moataz (Egy) 11-6, 11-5, 11-7 (31m)
[3] Amina Orfi (Egy) 3-0 Rowan Elaraby (Egy) 11-6, 11-2, 11-6 (33m)
Men’s Round Two (top) :
[1] Mostafa Asal (Egy) 3-0 Yahya Elnawasany (Egy) 11-2, 11-6, 11-6 (48m)
Leonel Cardenas (Mex) 3-2 [7] Victor Crouin (Fra) 8-11, 8-11, 11-7, 11-5, 11-1 (70m)
[8] Marwan ElShorbagy (Eng) 3-0 Auguste Dussourd (Fra) 13-11, 11-3, 11-6 (39m)
[4] Diego Elias (Per) 3-0 Mohamed Abouelghar (Egy) 11-8, 2-0 rtd (19m)
