QF: Youssef delights the crowd 3-1 against Paul

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[6] Youssef Ibrahim (EGY) 3-1 [2] Paul Coll (NZL)  11-7, 11-4, 9-11, 11-8 (65m)

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Youssef : “It feels incredible. I think it was my goal this season to push those top guys and get some wins against them.

“Today, I felt my game was very disciplined and I was very focused from the first point.

“i’ve just tried to take my shoulder day by day. I’ve tried not to think about it too much. I thought I would start playing better as the tournament went on, so I had no worries about that. My shoulder felt good tonight. I think high on the backhand it is still very sore, but I just tried to handle it as much as possible.

“I had to pull out of those backhand volleys a couple of times. I tried to change my swing a little bit, not playing too much with my shoulder, so I think I did that pretty well.

“It was a lot of wrist and short swings instead of preparing too much, as that movement is still very sore.”