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Manchester Open 2020
Men's Draw
16-22 Sept
National Squash Centre, $85k
PSA World Tour Silver |
ROUND ONE
16-17
SEP |
ROUND TWO
18-19 SEP |
QUARTERS
20 SEP |
SEMIS
21 SEP |
FINAL
22 SEP |
[1] Mohamed Elshorbagy (EGY)
11-8, 11-5, 11-8 (34m)
Raphael Kandra (GER) |
Mohamed Elshorbagy
11-7, 11-7, 12-10 (36m)
James Willstrop |
Mohamed Elshorbagy
11-4, 11-7, 8-11, 11-7 (69m)
Joel Makin
|
Mohamed Elshorbagy
11-4, 9-11, 11-9, 8-11, 11-7 (84m)
Paul Coll
|
Mohamed Elshorbagy
9-11, 11-8, 11-7, 13-11 (71m)
Karim Abdel Gawad |
[14] James Willstrop (ENG)
11-3, 11-1, 11-1 (23m)
Tayyab Aslam (PAK) |
[15] Greg Lobban (SCO)
11-7, 11-4, 11-8 (38m)
Richie Fallows (ENG) |
Greg Lobban
11-4, 11-7, 14-12 (58m)
Joel Makin |
[8] Joel Makin (WAL)
11-8, 11-6, 11-4 (50m)
Tom Richards (ENG) |
[5] Paul Coll (NZL)
11-9, 9-11, 11-5, 11-6 (67m)
Baptiste Masotti (FRA) |
Paul Coll
11-7, 8-11, 11-5, 12-10 (59m)
Fares Dessouky |
Paul Coll
4-11, 11-3, 11-9, 9-11, 11-7 (75m)
Tarek Momen |
[10] Fares Dessouky (EGY)
11-4, 13-11, 11-1 (34m)
Alan Clyne (SCO) |
[9] Mohamed Abouelghar (EGY)
11-9, 11-9, 11-7 (46m)
George Parker (ENG) |
Mohamed Abouelghar
5-11, 11-5, 13-11, 11-9 (55m)
Tarek Momen |
[4] Tarek Momen (EGY)
8-11, 11-8, 11-6, 11-9 (56m)
Abdulla Al-Tamimi (QAT) |
[3] Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY)
10-12, 11-4, 11-8, 5-11, 11-6 (71m)
Lucas Serme (FRA) |
Karim Abdel Gawad
11-5, 17-15, 11-7 (47m)
Declan James |
Karim Abdel Gawad
6-11, 11-4, 11-7, 11-6 (48m)
Simon Rösner |
Karim Abdel Gawad
11-4, 13-11, 6-11, 12-10 (67m)
Marwan Elshorbagy
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[16] Declan James (ENG)
4-11, 11-9, 12-10, 5-11, 12-10 (67m)
Victor Crouin (FRA) |
[11] Omar Mosaad (EGY)
11-9, 7-11, 11-8, 11-8 (51m)
Nicolas Müller (SUI) |
Nicolas Müller
11-8, 9-11, 11-4, 11-7 (52m)
Simon Rösner |
[7] Simon Rösner (GER)
11-6, 11-4, 11-4 (39m)
Mathieu Castagnet (FRA) |
[6] Marwan Elshorbagy (EGY)
11-7, 11-8, 11-4 (39m)
Benjamin Aubert (FRA) |
Marwan Elshorbagy
11-8, 9-11, 11-6, 11-6 (48m)
Adrian Waller |
14-12, 11-7, 6-11, 6-11, 11-8 (89m)
Ali Farag |
[13] Adrian Waller (ENG)
11-6, 11-6, 7-11, 11-6 (53m)
[WC] Patrick Rooney (ENG) |
[12] Gregoire Marche (FRA)
11-7, 11-7, 11-2 (44m)
Youssef Soliman (EGY) |
Gregoire Marche
11-1, 7-11, 11-8, 12-10 (56m)
Ali Farag |
Nathan Lake (ENG)
11-9, 11-6, 11-5 (31m)
[2] Ali Farag (EGY) |
Manchester Open 2020
Women's Draw
16-22 Sept
National Squash Centre, $85k
PSA World Tour Silver |
ROUND ONE
16-17
SEP |
ROUND TWO
18-19 SEP |
QUARTERS
20 SEP |
SEMIS
21 SEP |
FINAL
22 SEP |
[1] Camille Serme (FRA)
11-5, 8-11, 11-6, 11-6 (43m)
Sabrina Sobhy (USA) |
Camille Serme
11-8, 6-11, 11-4, 12-10 (67m)
Nele Gilis |
Camille Serme
12-10, 9-11, 11-5, 11-4 (56m)
Joelle King |
Camille Serme
11-6, 11-8, 11-13, 4-11, 11-9 (69m)
Hania El Hammamy |
Camille Serme
3-11, 11-8, 11-7, 11-3 (45m)
Nour El Tayeb |
[10] Nele Gilis (BEL)
11-5, 11-2, 11-4 (27m)
[WC] Lily Taylor (ENG) |
Lucy Turmel (ENG)
12-10, 13-11, 9-11, 11-6 (55m)
[13] Nada Abbas (EGY) |
Lucy Turmel
11-4, 11-5, 11-5 (30m)
Joelle King |
[6] Joelle King (NZL)
11-6, 11-7, 11-5 (23m)
Ineta Mackevica (LAT) |
[8] Salma Hany (EGY)
11-8, 11-9, 11-8 (37m)
Melissa Alves (FRA) |
Salma Hany
11-3, 11-9, 11-6 (30m)
Coline Aumard |
Salma Hany
11-3, 11-5, 11-3 (23m)
Hania El Hammamy |
[14] Coline Aumard (FRA)
11-9, 11-9, 11-7 (36m)
Hana Ramadan (EGY) |
[11] Nadine Shahin (EGY)
11-8, 7-11, 12-10, 11-8 (39m)
Danielle Letourneau (CAN) |
Nadine Shahin
11-4, 11-8, 11-7 (22m)
Hania El Hammamy |
[4] Hania El Hammamy (EGY)
11-7, 11-2, 11-3 (29m)
Enora Villard (FRA) |
[3] Sarah-Jane Perry (ENG)
13-11, 11-6, 11-6 (34m)
Lisa Aitken (SCO) |
Sarah-Jane Perry
9-11, 7-11, 11-5, 11-5, 11-3 (51m)
Hollie Naughton |
Sarah-Jane Perry
11-7, 11-4, 11-8 (35m)
Tesni Evans |
Sarah-Jane Perry
11-8, 11-13, 14-12, 11-6 (51m)
Nour El Tayeb
|
[16] Millie Tomlinson (ENG)
11-7, 11-3, 5-11, 9-11, 11-7 (52m)
Hollie Naughton (CAN) |
[9] Alison Waters (ENG)
7-11, 11-3, 11-8, 11-9 (46m)
Julianne Courtice (ENG) |
Alison Waters
11-5, 5-11, 11-7, 3-11, 13-11 (61m)
Tesni Evans |
[7] Tesni Evans (WAL)
14-12, 11-4, 5-11, 4-11, 11-9 (60m)
Zeina Mickawy (EGY) |
[5] Amanda Sobhy (USA)
11-5, 11-2, 11-2 (24m)
Emilia Soini (FIN) |
Amanda Sobhy
11-5, 9-11, 11-5, 14-12 (44m)
Tinne Gilis |
Amanda Sobhy
11-7, 11-6, 12-10 (35m)
Nour El Tayeb
|
[12] Tinne Gilis (BEL)
11-6, 6-11, 11-4, 11-2 (32m)
Haley Mendez (USA) |
[15] Donna Lobban (AUS)
13-11, 11-5, 11-8 (30m)
Rachael Chadwick (ENG) |
Donna Lobban
11-7, 11-7, 11-5 (24m)
Nour El Tayeb |
Jasmine Hutton (ENG)
11-5, 11-7, 11-4 (28m)
[2] Nour El Tayeb (EGY) |
Finals
ElShorbagy and El Tayeb Capture First PSA World Tour
Titles Post COVID-19
Egyptian
duo Mohamed ElShorbagy and Nour El Tayeb have won the first PSA World
Tour event to take place following the suspension of the PSA World Tour
due to COVID-19 after respective wins over Karim Abdel Gawad and Camille
Serme in the Manchester Open finals.
Held at the National Squash Centre under strict COVID-19 protocols, the
Manchester Open is the first PSA World Tour event to be held since
March. ElShorbagy won the final men’s PSA World Tour event before the
suspension - the Canary Wharf Classic - and he picked up where he left
off with an 9-11, 11-8, 11-7, 13-11 victory over Gawad to win his 42nd
PSA title.
This
win sees the World No.1 surpass French veteran Gregory Gaultier to
become the sole holder of fifth place on the all-time men's PSA title
winners list behind only Jansher Khan, Jahangir Khan, Mike Corren and
Peter Nicol.
“It has been an interesting week," said ElShorbagy, whose victory came
in the same city he won the 2017 PSA World Championship.
"The players have had to adapt but I am just really glad that the end
result was the same for me. I wanted to win the title, I wanted to
challenge myself, even with all the things we had to deal with
differently. However, I think that squash was the winner, not just one
player, we gave so many quality matches for the fans watching back at
home.
“When I was 10 years old, whenever I was asked what my goal was. My goal
wasn’t to get to World No.1, because I didn’t think that was a high
enough goal. My goals were always to put my name in the history books of
the sport. I am only 29, and hopefully I still have more time to get
higher up the ladder.”
Meanwhile,
El Tayeb has become only the second woman to get her name etched onto
the trophy as she recovered from a slow start to down top seed Camille
Serme 3-11, 11-8, 11-7, 11-3 in 45 minutes.
The World No.4 had won her previous three matches against the French
player coming into the fixture but was outplayed in a quick-fire opening
game as Serme dominated proceedings.
El Tayeb found her rhythm in the second though and won the next three
games without reply to earn her 11th PSA World Tour title and her first
since February.
“It has been a while since we played anything, obviously, but it is nice
to win five matches in a row," said El Tayeb.
"I
haven’t done that in so long so it is very nice to do it in the first
tournament back, it is definitely a nice confidence booster for the rest
of the season. Today was not my best performance squash-wise but I am
proud of maturing a little bit, and I feel very good about today.
"I am very happy that I have won here to give me some confidence that I
can play with the top girls. I hadn’t been playing well for the last six
or seven months before the lockdown, so I am happy to be playing some
decent squash."
ElShorbagy and El Tayeb will each take home equal prize money in excess
of $11,000.
The next PSA World Tour event will be the CIB PSA World Tour Finals,
which will be held at Cairo’s Mall of Arabia between Monday September 28
- Saturday October 1.
For more information on the 2020 Manchester Open, visit
the
tournament’s official
website or
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Semi Finals
Serme Only Non-Egyptian to Reach Manchester Open Final
France’s
Camille Serme will feature alongside three Egyptian players on finals
day at the 2020 Manchester Open after she overcame World No.6 Hania El
Hammamy in a thrilling five-game battle at the National Squash Centre
earlier today to reach the women’s title decider.
Serme and El Hammamy met four times last season – and shared two wins
apiece – with both their World Championship quarter-final clash and
their meeting at the Windy City Open yielding brutal five-game battles.
El Hammamy’s win at the World Championship saw her overturn a 2-0
deficit to stun Serme and the 20-year-old came within a whisker of doing
so once more.
The Egyptian battled back from two games down, but Serme was rock solid
mentally in the fifth game and kept any nerves at bay as the top seed
closed out an 11-6, 11-8, 11-13, 4-11, 11-9 victory. It’s the third time
in succession that Serme has reached the final of the first event of the
season after she won the opening event of the 2019-20 campaign, the Open
de France, and reached the final of the China Open in 2018-19.
“In the fifth it was so close, I was thinking they [all the people
watching] must be happy and enjoying it,” said 31-year-old Seme
afterwards.
“I did learn a lot from the [World Championship] loss particularly. I
felt like I had a lot of pressure when I played her at the World
Championship and I don’t want to play with that pressure again, it’s too
painful. Today I didn’t feel pressure even though she came back to 2-2,
I was just trying to enjoy it.
“When you have no crowd [due to COVID-19 protocols] it feels like we’re
playing an exhibition or a training match, but we still gave it our all.
At the end I was just fighting for every point, I wasn’t sure if I could
get to the finish line today, I just wanted to make it hard for her but
I just did it.”
Serme will contest the final with World No.3 and second seed Nour El
Tayeb after she dispatched England’s Sarah-Jane Perry in four games.
El
Tayeb had never lost to Perry in seven previous PSA World Tour matches
but her 100 per cent record over the World No.5 did look in doubt when
Perry held three game balls in the third with the scores poised at one
game apiece. However, the Egyptian player wasn’t to be denied as she
came back to take it, before taking a comfortable fourth game against a
tiring Perry to book her spot in her 22nd PSA World Tour final.
“It was one of those matches where I was not very happy with my squash
performance, but I was happy with how I dug in and resisted," El Tayeb
said.
"Luckily, she made a few errors at the end, which I think was an outcome
of me digging in, I am very happy with the win for sure. Every time we
play, she figures me out and keeps hitting straight lines and I am
working hard on not being bothered by that. For now I am very happy with
the head-to-head and I hope it doesn’t change because I think it is the
only positive one I have [against players] in the top 10.”
The men’s final will see World No.1 Mohamed ElShorbagy take on World
No.3 Karim Abdel Gawad after respective wins over New Zealand’s Paul
Coll and Mohamed’s younger brother, Marwan.
ElShorbagy
picked up the final men’s PSA World Tour title before the suspension –
the Canary Wharf Classic – which came off the back of a quarter-final
exit at the Windy City Open at the hands of Coll, who claimed his first
ever win over the Egyptian at the sixth attempt.
However, in a high-quality, tactical encounter which saw both players
explore all areas of the court in some high-octane, intense exchanges,
ElShorbagy came out on top to win 11-4, 9-11, 11-9, 8-11, 11-7 after 84
minutes of action.
“When you play with someone who has never beaten you and then they beat
you for the first time, they believe now that they can beat you, so the
mentality is completely different," said ElShorbagy after reaching his
64th PSA final.
“I hate to say you learn from losing because why do I need to lose to
learn? I want to win and learn within the match. I’ve been in this kind
of situation against all kinds of great players, so I had to use my
experience and be strong mentally. I definitely did that and it’s
important to come back tomorrow fresh again.”
Gawad
has won five of his 16 matches against the older ElShorbagy brother and
progressed to the final after achieving an 11-4, 13-11, 6-11, 12-10
victory.
The 29-year-old surrendered a 6-3 lead in the third game as Marwan
rattled off eight unanswered points, but Gawad finally converted his
second match ball in the fourth to reach a 36th PSA title decider.
"Playing Marwan is always tricky, you never know what is going on in is
head, he is the best on court in finding plans and changing plans,”
Gawad said following the match.
“To be honest, after five months off doing very few exercises inside the
house. I wasn’t feeling the best. Squash-wise, I can come back and still
remember the shots, but the physical and mental side are most important
for me. Every time I was leading in a training match, I would find
myself losing the game and that is exactly what happened in both the
third and fourth today, that is what I was trying to work on a lot."
The 2020 Manchester Open finals begin tomorrow (September 22) at 17:00
(GMT+1). Action will be shown live on SQUASHTV (rest of world),
Eurosport Player (Europe only) and multiple mainstream broadcasters
around the world such as BT Sport and ON Sport.
For more information on the 2020 Manchester Open, visit
the
tournament’s official
website or
follow the PSA World Tour on Twitter, Facebook
and
Instagram.
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Quarter
Finals
France's Serme Sends Defending Champion King Out of
Manchester Open
Top
seed Camille Serme has sent defending champion Joelle King out of the
2020 Manchester Open, PSA Silver tournament after claiming a 3-1 victory
at the National Squash Centre earlier today.
Serme recovered from three game balls in the opening game to go ahead
and, despite squandering a 7-3 lead to drop the second, the World No.3
was outstanding in the final two games to seal a 12-10, 9-11, 11-5, 11-4
victory which will see her take on No.4 seed Hania El Hammamy in the
semi-finals.
“I’m very happy to have won, it was a big match and I expected it to
be,” said Serme.
“It seemed like there were long rallies and we were both running a lot
trying to find our targets at the back and she did really well with her
lobbing and having me in the back. I was trying be more in front of her.
“She had a bit of a low in the fourth after serving out and I thought
that was my chance and I was happy to win it quite comfortably. In the
last game, even though I was quite in front, I was a bit worried that
she would come back, so I was trying to really stay focused.”
World No.6 El Hammamy swept aside fellow Egyptian Salma Hany in straight
games in just 23 minutes. The 20-year-old will now go head-to-head with
top seed Serme in the next instalment of their enthralling rivalry, with
the pair winning two apiece in their four battles during the 2019-20
season.
Meanwhile,
2019 runner-up Tesni Evans followed King out of the tournament as she
fell to England No.1 Sarah-Jane Perry in straight games. Both players
had fought for 3-2 victories in the previous round, but it was Evans who
appeared to struggle more with the physicality of the match, with the
Welsh player pulling up with an injury at the end of the second game.
She was unable to move properly, and although she put up a strong fight
in the third game, it was Perry who secured victory in just over half an
hour, setting up a clash with World No.4 Nour El Tayeb in the
semi-finals.
“I don’t think that was the best of Tesni today," Perry said.
"I didn’t want to get dragged into the long up-and-down the backhand
exchanges which have been present in some of our previous matches. I
tried to just step up and take control, I know I have played well in
practice, so I just tried to get that out on court."
El Tayeb, meanwhile, overcame United States No.1 Amanda Sobhy in
straight games.
In the men’s event, World No.2 Ali Farag and World No.4 Tarek Momen saw
their title challenges come crashing to a halt following defeats against
World No.7 Marwan ElShorbagy and World No.5 Paul Coll, respectively.
ElShorbagy has been something of a bogey player for Farag down the years
- winning three of their last five encounters, including the El Gouna
International final in 2018 - and came out on top in a scrappy, feisty
affair by a 14-12, 11-7, 6-11, 6-11, 11-8 scoreline.
“I
expected to win today, but I was very disappointed with the way I
played," said ElShorbagy.
"I need to watch the match again and learn from the mistakes I made. I
know the level I could play and I know I could play ten times better
than this. I am just happy with the win, but I expected more from myself
if I am honest."
He will play fellow Egyptian Karim Abdel Gawad after he recovered from a
game down to defeat Germany’s Simon Rösner.
Meanwhile, Coll avenged his defeat to Momen in the final of November’s
men’s PSA World Championship with a 4-11, 11-3, 11-9, 9-11, 11-7
victory.
Momen outclassed Coll in November’s World Championship title decider and
followed that up with another 3-0 triumph against the Kiwi at the
Troilus Gold Canada Cup three months later. But Coll prevailed in their
latest battle and he will line up against World No.1 Mohamed ElShorbagy
for a place in the final.
“I’m
stoked, I set myself a goal of winning a lot of these ones when we first
come back and it was a big one there against Tarek,” said Coll.
“[Before the match] I was trying to get myself in a good head space with
a bit of breathing work to calm me down. I’ve been speaking to my mental
coach and we’ve been speaking about playing squash like I play monopoly.
I play monopoly very intensely but I also smile a lot, so it’s about
trying to get a combination of both and keeping me relaxed."
ElShorbagy will look to gain his revenge on Coll following the Kiwi’s
first ever victory over the Egyptian back in March at the Windy City
Open, which was the penultimate men’s PSA World Tour event to take place
before the COVID-19 enforced suspension of professional squash.
The No.1 seed overcame Welshman and training partner Joel Makin 11-4,
11-7, 8-11, 11-7 in 69 minutes.
The 2020 Manchester Open semi-finals begin tomorrow (September 21) at
17:00 (GMT+1). Action will be shown live on SQUASHTV (rest of world),
Eurosport Player (Europe only) and multiple mainstream broadcasters
around the world such as BT Sport and ON Sport.
For more information on the 2020 Manchester Open, visit
the
tournament’s official
website or
follow the PSA World Tour on Twitter, Facebook
and
Instagram.
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Round Two Lower Half
Evans and Perry Survive Five-Game Battles to Set Up
Manchester Open Last Eight Clash
The
world’s top two British Players - Tesni Evans and
Sarah-Jane Perry - narrowly escaped surprise defeats on day four of the
2020 Manchester Open, PSA Silver tournament after they claimed 3-2
victories over World No.14 Alison Waters and World No.25 Hollie Naughton
inside the National Squash Centre earlier today.
Evans, the 2019 runner-up, made it back-to-back 3-2 wins following her
round one win against Egypt’s Zeina Mickawy as she scraped a nervy 11-5,
5-11, 11-7, 3-11, 13-11 win against the experienced Waters.
The Welsh player overturned two match balls in a tense decider and held
her nerve on her first match ball to vanquish the former World No.3.
“I think I got away with one there, I am a bit lucky that I snuck that
at the end, she outplayed me for most of the match, especially in the
two games she won," Evans said.
"It was a matter of either being too passive or too aggressive and I
couldn’t find the middle ground. I just had to keep fighting and be a
bit brave at the end. I didn’t want to come off and regret it really.
“I have so much respect for Alison, we are really good friends off the
court. We have been having some pretty similar practice matches so it
felt the same. She is a legend, she has been out here for so long and
she continues to get better and better, I have so much respect for her
and I am sure that won’t be the last time we have a battle.”
Evans will lock horns with England No.1 Perry for a place in the
semi-finals. Perry, the World No.5, completed a superb comeback from 2-0
down to beat Naughton - the first time she has managed to overturn that
deficit since she overcame Evans at the Hong Kong Open back in November
2018.
Perry had prevailed in all four of their previous matches on the PSA
World Tour but was blown away by Naughton in the opening two games as
the Barnsley-born Canadian applied all the pressure on her higher-ranked
opponent.
Perry’s never-say-die attitude meant that she dug in her heels though
and she held her opponent at bay in the next three games to book her
place in the quarter-finals, winning 9-11, 7-11, 11-5, 11-5, 11-3 in 50
minutes.
“It is never all over, I don’t know when the last time I came back from
two games down was, I haven’t even won 3-2 for an awfully long time,”
Perry said afterwards.
"I know Hollie is a great player, she has been down training with me and
I know how well she is moving. She put a lot of pressure on me in the
first two games by getting a lot back, even in that last game she wasn’t
going to let me win when I was 10-1 up, she wasn’t going down without a
fight. All the plaudits to her and it made me fight, maybe I was just
craving that extreme battle out there.”
Meanwhile, No.2 seed Nour El Tayeb defeated Australia’s Donna Lobban and
she will line up against United States No.1 Amanda Sobhy in the next
round. Sobhy defeated Belgium’s Tinne Gilis by a 3-1 margin.
World
No.2 Ali Farag continued his Manchester Open campaign in the men’s event
as he overcame Frenchman Gregoire Marche, but he was made to work hard
for his 11-1, 7-11, 11-8, 12-10 victory.
Farag, who had won all five of their previous meetings on the PSA World
Tour, outclassed Marche in the opening game but the No.2 seed was pegged
back after a superb response from his opponent. Farag did restore his
lead in the third though and overturned three games balls to take the
fourth on the tie-break.
“It’s a shame that there is no crowd to watch this," said Farag,
referring to the lack of spectators due to COVID-19 protocols.
"We draw off the energy of the crowd and I wish they were here to be as
entertained as we were on court. We train for these kinds of matches and
it’s always more pleasurable to have a crowd behind the glass.”
Farag will play World No.7 Marwan ElShorbagy for a place in the
semi-finals. ElShorbagy defeated England’s Adrian Waller by a 3-1
scoreline and his head-to-head record with Farag is currently locked at
four wins apiece.
“I
was happy with my performance today, I think I played better than in the
first round,” said ElShorbagy afterwards.
“I would say I was sharper but I think I need to relax a little bit. I
was in a rush in the second game and I wasn’t thinking about what I
should be doing in the rallies themselves. But I’m happy with the way I
played and I think it will make me sharper."
Former World No.1 Karim Abdel Gawad also confirmed his place in the
quarter-finals after beating England’s Declan James in straight games.
He will play Germany’s Simon Rösner, who defeated close friend Nicolas
Mueller 3-1 in the final match of the day.
The 2020 Manchester Open quarter-finals begin tomorrow (September 20) at
11:00 (GMT+1). Action will be shown live on SQUASHTV (rest of world),
Eurosport Player (Europe only) and
the
official
Facebook page of the PSA World Tour
(excluding Europe & Japan).
For more information on the 2020 Manchester Open, visit
tournament’s official
website or
follow the PSA World Tour on Twitter, Facebook
and
Instagram.
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Round
Two Top Half
Coll & Momen Set Up
World Final Repeat In Manchester
(More pictures to follow)
The quarter-finals of the 2020 Manchester Open will feature a rematch of
last season's PSA Men's World Championship final after Egypt's Tarek
Momen and New Zealander Paul Coll, ranked world 4 and 5 in the world
respectively, claimed wins on day three of the PSA Silver event at the
National Squash Centre in Manchester.
Momen, the reigning
World Champion,
overcame the challenge of world No.11 Mohamed Abouelghar in an
unpredictable encounter in which he came back from a game down to win
5-11, 11-5, 13-11, 11-9.
The
third game proved crucial as Momen twice fought back from a game ball
down and he held his nerve during the crucial points in the fourth to
finally close out the win in 55 minutes.
"I started the match really well in the first four or five points but
then for some reason the nerves got to me and I couldn't keep playing
like that, I got very tense," said Momen.
"I think that's maybe because I haven't been dealing with nerves for the
past six months, so it's something that I need to train on maybe and get
used to again. Thankfully in the second game I managed to regroup and
get over this nervousness. He also had an up and down performance, in
the second game I didn't think he played that well and I had a pretty
big lead and won that game so easily.
"Up until the third game neither of us were playing well at the same
time and then in that third game we played some really good rallies and
I'm very pleased with that. In terms of my mental toughness, I felt like
I was progressing throughout the match, I played the big points well and
I held my nerve in a couple of very difficult situations in the third
and fourth game, so there is a lot to be pleased with."
Coll has lost his last two matches against Momen - including their
battle in the World final in Qatar last November - and will look to get
one over on the Egyptian after he beat Momen's compatriot Fares Dessouky
11-7, 8-11, 11-5, 12-10.
The Kiwi had to be on his mettle and recovered from 9-8 down in the
fourth game to book his spot in the quarter-finals of the inaugural
men's Manchester Open.
"I was really looking forward to the first match but I didn't really
play my style and I came off court not really enjoying it, I was a bit
passive," said Coll following the match.
"I spoke to my coach and he gave me a rocket and told me to be a lot
more aggressive. I enjoyed that a lot more, I felt a lot more like
myself and it definitely got the juices flowing."
World No.1 Mohamed Elshorbagy kept up his impressive start to life
following the suspension of the PSA World Tour due to the global
COVID-19 pandemic as he swept aside former world No.1 James Willstrop in
straight games.
Despite being a relatively short match at just 34 minutes, the 24th
meeting between the pair was a high-quality affair. 29-year-old
Elshorbagy - eight years Willstrop's junior - played some clean and tidy
squash to dispatch his opponent, moving 13-11 ahead on their Tour
head-to-head record in the process.
He will take on Welshman Joel Makin in the last eight after the world
No.10 overcame the tenacious Greg Lobban to book his quarter-final spot.
Top seed Camille Serme continued her tournament with a hard-fought
victory over Belgium's Nele Gilis in the women's event as she prevailed
by an 11-8, 6-11, 11-4, 12-10 margin after 67 minutes of play.
Serme was tested by the world No.16, who was able to take her first ever
game off the French player at the third attempt during a fine display.
But Serme held firm after winning a comfortable third game before edging
the fourth to earn her place in the quarter-finals.
"It was a tough battle. It is always going to be hard against Nele,"
Serme said afterwards.
"Physically, she gets most of those balls if your shots are not good
enough. Today, I didn't find my targets like I wanted to and she made it
tough for me. I was battling against myself and my opponent, it was one
of those days where you feel up and down but the win is the most
important thing in the end and I am happy to be through."
Defending
champion Joelle King will line up against Serme in the next round after
an impressive
performance from the Kiwi world No.8 saw her defeat England's Lucy
Turmel in straight games.
"Lucy had a big win in the first round [against Nada Abbas] so I was
aware that she is playing good squash," King said.
"Also, she is coached by Laura [Massaro] who is in my team as well. I
was well aware of the dangers she possesses, I just wanted to come out
here and stamp my authority on the game. There were a couple of blips
where I came off it a little bit but it didn't linger for too long which
is really positive."
The other winners on day three were Egyptian duo Hania El Hammamy and
Salma Hany and they will go head-to-head in the quarters following
respective wins over Nadine Shahin and Coline Aumard.
Action will be shown live on SQUASHTV (rest of world), Eurosport Player (Europe only) and the
official
Facebook page of the PSA World Tour
(excluding Europe & Japan).
For more information on the 2020 Manchester Open, visit
tournament’s official
website or
follow the PSA World Tour on Twitter, Facebook
and
Instagram.
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Round
1 Lower Half
Evans and James Narrowly Avoid Upsets on Day Two of
Manchester Open
2019
runner-up Tesni Evans narrowly avoided an opening round upset against
Egypt’s Zeina Mickawy earlier today as she snuck a 3-2 victory to reach
round two of the 2020 Manchester Open, PSA Silver tournament taking
place at England’s National Squash Centre.
The PSA World Tour has resumed in Manchester for the first time since
the global COVID-19 pandemic brought a halt to professional squash in
March, but Evans’ absence from the sport has been longer than most after
she sustained an ankle injury at January’s J.P. Morgan Tournament of
Champions which had kept her out of action until the tour’s suspension.
Evans took a 2-0 lead but she soon began to tire and Mickawy took full
advantage of the drop in intensity as she came back to level the scores
against an increasingly frustrated Evans. There were some scrappy
periods of play in the latter stages of the match and it was nip and
tuck in the decider, but Evans held her nerve to dodge what would have
been the biggest upset of the tournament so far.
“I’m relieved and shaky, I don’t know what that was,” said Evans after
her 14-12, 11-4, 5-11, 4-11, 11-9 victory.
“It was so up and down and she was taking my rhythm all the time and I
hate that because I like to play with a lot of rhythm. It was really
difficult, she played really well and was hitting shots from everywhere.
I’m not really sure how I won but I’ll take that today and hopefully try
and improve as the week goes on.
“I told myself to show how much I wanted it and at times I just sat back
off her and let her take control of it. I took myself away and tried to
give myself a good talking to. If someone was there talking to me they
would give me a right load of abuse, so I tried to show myself just how
much I wanted to win that and I think that just took me over at the
end.”
Evans
will play England’s Alison Waters in round two, while No.2 seed Nour El
Tayeb (left) will line up against Australia’s Donna Lobban in the last
after beating World No.46 Jasmine Hutton 11-5, 11-7, 11-4.
Due to social distancing guidelines enforced at the tournament following
the global COVID-19 pandemic, players are not allowed to have their
coaching team on-site at all and are also required to have their own
hotel rooms rather than sharing with their spouses. El Tayeb normally
rooms with husband and World No.2 Ali Farag and relished the chance to
catch up with him after her match.
“I haven’t seen him for the last few days, so it’s nice to chat, I miss
him,” said El Tayeb.
“It is different, I’m not going to lie, but it doesn’t bother me very
much that there is no one watching. I knew Ali was in the venue, so I
was a bit calm knowing that my family is around and I’m very happy to be
playing again."
Elsewhere, England No.1 Sarah-Jane Perry came through a scrappy match
against close friend and housemate Lisa Aitken to advance to round two
to set up a clash with Canada’s Hollie Naughton, who upset No.16 seed
Millie Tomlinson to become only the second unseeded player to reach the
second round of the women’s event.
In
the men’s draw, England’s Declan James saved match ball to vanquish the
challenge of World No.42 Victor Crouin.
There is a 20-place gap between the pair on the PSA World Rankings, but
the gap on court was far smaller as James fought back from the brink of
exhaustion to battle to an 4-11, 11-9, 12-10, 5-11, 12-10 victory after
67 minutes of exhilarating action.
“The brain just goes dead when you’re at that level of exhaustion," said
James afterwards.
"You can’t put two and two together without making five. It was just so
hard. I expected it to be tough because he is a good mover. He had some
good results last season and he came out of the traps so quickly! I was
doing a lot of work, so at the end it was just about survival, and he
was going to have to claw the win away from me."
James
will take on World No.3 Karim Abdel Gawad in the last 16 after Gawad
overcame another Frenchman, Lucas Serme, also by a 3-2 margin.
It was a real ‘Jekyll and Hyde’ performance from the former World No.1
who showcased his impressive racket skills to take a 2-1 lead, but in
the fourth he reverted to the casual style of play that cost him in the
opening game.
Serme was able to level the scores up, but Gawad often rises to the
occasion when a match enters a fifth game, and it was no different here
in Manchester as the momentum shifted back into the Egyptian’s favour as
he completed a 10-12, 11-4, 11-8, 5-11, 11-6 win in 71 minutes - the
longest match of the tournament so far.
“It was a very hard match, it’s always tough playing Lucas,” Gawad said
following the match.
“He’s moving very well on court, he’s quick and he also has some very
good shots, so it’s hard to play with him, especially after seven months
or so off. Playing him in the first round is very tough."
Elsewhere, World No.2 Ali Farag got off to a winning start against
England’s Nathan Lake, while there were also wins for World No.7 Marwan
ElShorbagy and World No.8 Simon Rösner.
Rösner will play close friend Nicolas Mueller next after the World No.32
upset World No.15 Omar Mosaad in the day’s final match to become the
only unseeded man to make it to round two.
Round two of the 2020 Manchester Open begins tomorrow (September 18) at
11:00 (GMT+1). Action will be shown live on SQUASHTV (rest of world),
Eurosport Player (Europe only) and
the
official
Facebook page of the PSA World Tour
(excluding Europe & Japan).
For more information on the 2020 Manchester Open, visit
tournament’s official
website or
follow the PSA World Tour on Twitter, Facebook
and
Instagram.
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Round 1 Top Half
King Gets Title Defence off to Winning Start as Seeds
Dominate in Manchester
New
Zealand’s World No.8 Joelle King got her title defence off to a winning
start at the Manchester Open as professional squash resumed for the
first time since the six-month enforced suspension of the PSA World Tour
due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The tournament, which was originally scheduled for May 2020, is being
held behind closed doors at the National Squash Centre in Manchester,
England and is delivered in partnership with Manchester City Council
with all players and staff following strict COVID-19 protocols.
King took the PSA Silver title in Manchester last year when she defeated
Wales’ World No.9 Tesni Evans in the final and the Kiwi once again
looked strong on the National Squash Centre glass court as she powered
past Latvia’s World No.59 Ineta Mackevica in just 23 minutes.
“I think I got every bit of nerves I had in the system out,” said King.
“Sometimes it’s difficult when you’re playing a player that you haven’t
seen that much. Personally, I haven’t seen Ineta play and she is quite a
tricky opponent. Sometimes you have set players that you play against
all the time and you have plans for them and then you get a spanner in
the works, someone like her, then it’s nice to get over the line in
three.”
The World No.8 will take on England’s World No.37 Lucy Turmel in the
next round after she upset the seedings on day one by defeating Egypt’s
World No.19 Nada Abbas in four games on the side court at the National
Squash Centre.
“I
was down 9-1 in the second,” said Turmel. “But I know that I am very fit
at the moment thanks to all the training I have done during the lockdown
so I trusted myself to stick in and I went 2-0 up.
“I am really happy. It is only the second tournament where I have got
through to the second round and I am pleased that the hard work has paid
off.”
Top
seed France’s Camille Serme held off a comeback from USA’s Sabrina Sobhy
to book her place in the second round with a 3-1 victory and will now
face Belgium’s Nele Gilis in the last 16 after she downed wildcard Lily
Taylor in straight games.
Serme’s compatriot Coline Aumard also booked her place in the next round
courtesy of a 3-0 victory over Egypt’s Hana Ramadan.
“I knew it was going to be a tricky match, so I’m very happy to be
through,” said Serme afterwards.
“There’s many challenges. First of all, it’s a different glass court,
compared to the one we train on in Paris, few funny bounces, but I guess
it’s the same for both of us. It’s really hot as well, so it’s tough to
not be able to wipe our hands. The biggest challenge was to find the
targets in the back of the court, and I think that was the key in the
match.”
Elsewhere in the women’s draw, Egyptian trio Hania El Hammamy, Salma
Hany and Nadine Shahin were all on the winning side on the first day of
action in Manchester as they claimed respective victories over France’s
Enora Villard and Melissa Alves, and Canada’s Danielle Letourneau.
“It feels great to be back,” said 20-year-old El Hammamy, who was last
in action when she lifted her maiden Platinum title at the Black Ball
Open in Cairo in March.
“Everyone was waiting for squash to be back and I was very excited and
really looking forward to the tournament. I was ready and I really
wanted to be back.
“I was really frustrated when the tour got suspended. I was in good form
and I wanted to keep going and keep playing tournaments because I was
expecting so much from myself. Now, that I’m back I’m focusing on the
tournaments and I have confidence and feel like I can keep going like I
did in Black Ball.”
In
the men’s draw, World No.1 Mohamed ElShorbagy picked up where he left
off before the suspension as he displayed a confident performance
against Germany’s Raphael Kandra to take an 11-8, 11-5, 11-8 victory.
“I’m really happy to be back,” said the World No.1 afterwards. “It’s
really exciting for all of the players to be back competing and seeing
everyone in the zone again. I was really nervous before I played, but
I’m just really happy to be back on court and competing again.
“When I saw the draw, I knew it was going to be a different match
because he’s a lefty and he goes for shots. Usually when you haven’t
played for a while, you want to just get used to the glass court and get
used to competing, but with Kandra he breaks that rhythm with the way he
plays.”
The Egyptian will take on England’s former World No.1 James Willstrop
for a place in the quarter finals after he made light work of Pakistan’s
Tayyab Aslam to book his place in the second round.
Meanwhile, World Champion Tarek Momen also got his campaign at the PSA
Silver event off to a winning start with a 3-1 victory over Qatar’s
Abdulla Mohd Al Tamimi.
The two players have enjoyed some competitive battles of late, with
their two matches this season going all the way to five games. However,
this time proved more straightforward for Momen as he was able to fight
back from a game down to secure his place in the second round, where he
will take on compatriot Mohamed Abouelghar, following his hard-fought
victory over England’s George Parker in the last match of the day on the
glass court.
“I’m pleased to have been able to push towards the end and with the last
couple of points, I took some risks and it paid off,” said Momen
following his win.
“It feels a lot more like practice [with no fans], of course the nerves
and tension are there but when I hit a dropshot and nobody is sat
outside watching I probably think I’m back home practicing. We’re
getting used to it, I watched a lot of tennis before coming here, so I’m
getting the vibe of playing in front of no audience.
“It will definitely affect each player in a different way. I would like
to think of myself as someone who can push through regardless. We miss
having people watching and cheering because that’s what we play for, but
there are people watching and just behind a screen and not here.”
New Zealand’s Paul Coll and Wales’ Joel Makin also got off the mark at
the PSA Silver tournament with Coll defeating Frenchman Baptiste Masotti
in four games, while Makin overcame England’s Tom Richards in straight
games on court three in Manchester.
“I’m pretty happy with today. It was a bit of a slow start, but it's
really nice to be back on court after six months off,” Coll admitted.
“[There were a] few nerves in the opening two sets but I managed to make
them long enough and stay in the rallies. I thought I was a bit unlucky
to lose the second, but credit to Baptiste who was playing well.
“I felt a lot better in the third and fourth, a lot more aggressive. I
stepped up the court a bit more. Overall I am pretty happy with the
performance and I got the tournament off to a good start.”
Coll will face Egypt’s Fares Dessouky in the next round, while Makin
takes on Scotland’s Greg Lobban following their victories over
Scotland’s Alan Clyne and England’s Richie Fallows, respectively.
“I think my mentality was really good,” said Lobban. “With the stoppages
and stuff that would have bugged me in the past, but I feel I’m a lot
stronger now, it’s one area that I really dug into in a lot of depth
during the lockdown and I think that was the strongest part of my game
today.”
Round one of the Manchester Open continues tomorrow, Thursday September
17, at 11:00 local time (GMT+1) and the action will be broadcast live on
SQUASHTV (rest of world), Eurosport Player (Europe only) and
the
official
Facebook page of the PSA World Tour
(excluding Europe & Japan).
For more information on the 2020 Manchester Open, visit
tournament’s official
website or
follow the PSA World Tour on Twitter, Facebook
and
Instagram.
Manchester Open: Men’s Round One Results (Top half)
[1] Mohamed ElShorbagy (EGY) bt Raphael Kandra (GER)
3-0: 11-8, 11-5, 11-8 (34m)
[14] James Willstrop (ENG) bt Tayyab Aslam (PAK) 3-0: 11-3, 11-1, 11-1
(23m)
[15] Greg Lobban (SCO) bt Richie Fallows (ENG) 3-0: 11-7, 11-4, 11-8
(38m)
[8] Joel Makin (WAL) bt Tom Richards (ENG) 3-0: 11-8, 11-6, 11-4 (50m)
[5] Paul Coll (NZL) bt Baptiste Masotti (FRA) 3-1: 11-9, 9-11, 11-5,
11-6 (67m)
[10] Fares Dessouky (EGY) bt Alan Clyne (SCO) 3-0: 11-4, 13-11, 11-1
(34m)
[9] Mohamed Abouelghar (EGY) bt George Parker (ENG) 3-0: 11-9, 11-9,
11-7 (46m)
[4] Tarek Momen (EGY) bt Abdulla Mohd Al Tamimi (QAT) 3-1: 8-11, 11-8,
11-6, 11-9 (56m)
Manchester Open: Women’s Round One Results (Top half)
[1] Camille Serme (FRA) bt Sabrina Sobhy (USA) 3-1: 11-5, 8-11,
11-6, 11-6 (43m)
[10] Nele Gilis (BEL) bt [WC] Lily Taylor (ENG) 3-0: 11-5, 11-2, 11-4
(27m)
Lucy Turmel (ENG) bt [13] Nada Abbas (EGY) 3-1: 12-10, 13-11, 9-11, 11-6
(55m)
[6] Joelle King (NZL) bt Insta Mackevica (LAT) 3-0: 11-6, 11-7, 11-5
(23m)
[8] Salma Hany (EGY) bt Melissa Alves (FRA) 3-0: 11-8, 11-9, 11-8 (37m)
[14] Coline Aumard (FRA) bt Hana Ramadan (EGY) 3-0: 11-9, 11-9, 11-7
(36m)
[11] Nadine Shahin (EGY) bt Danielle Letourneau (CAN) 3-1: 11-8, 7-11,
12-10, 11-8 (39m)
[4] Hania El Hammamy (EGY) bt Enora Villard (FRA) 3-0: 11-7, 11-2, 11-3
(29m)
Manchester Open: Men’s Round One Draw (Bottom half) – To be played
Thursday September 17
[3] Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY) v Lucas Serme (FRA)
Victor Crouin (FRA) v [16] Declan James (ENG)
[11] Omar Mosaad (EGY) v Nicolas Mueller (SUI)
Mathieu Castagnet (FRA) v [7] Simon Rösner (GER)
[6] Marwan ElShorbagy (EGY) v Benjamin Aubert (FRA)
[WC] Patrick Rooney (ENG) [13] Adrian Waller (ENG)
[12] Gregoire Marche (FRA) v Youssef Soliman (EGY)
Nathan Lake (ENG) v [2] Ali Farag (EGY)
Manchester Open: Women’s Round One Draw (Bottom half) – To be played
Thursday September 17
[3] Sarah-Jane Perry (ENG) v Lisa Aitken (SCO)
Hollie Naughton (CAN) v [16] Millie Tomlinson (ENG)
[9] Alison Waters (ENG) v Julianne Courtice (ENG)
Zeina Mickawy (EGY) v [7] Tesni Evans (WAL)
[5] Amanda Sobhy (USA) v Emilia Soini (FIN)
Haley Mendez (USA) v [12] Tinne Gilis (BEL)
[15] Donna Lobban (AUS) v Rachael Chadwick (ENG)
Jasmine Hutton (ENG) v [2] Nour El Tayeb (EGY)
Manchester Open: Men’s Round Two Draw (Top half) – To be played
Friday September 18
[1] Mohamed ElShorbagy (EGY) v [14] James Willstrop (ENG)
[15] Greg Lobban (SCO) v [8] Joel Makin (WAL)
[5] Paul Coll (NZL) v [10] Fares Dessouky (EGY)
[9] Mohamed Abouelghar (EGY) v [4] Tarek Momen (EGY)
Manchester Open: Women’s Round Two Draw (Top half) – To be played
Friday September 18
[1] Camille Serme (FRA) v [10] Nele Gilis (BEL)
Lucy Turmel (ENG) v [6] Joelle King (NZL)
[8] Salma Hany (EGY) v [14] Coline Aumard (FRA)
[11] Nadine Shahin (EGY) v [4] Hania El Hammamy (EGY)
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Manchester Open Draw Released as PSA World Tour Returns
The PSA World Tour will make a long-awaited return when the world's top
players line up at the Manchester Open, PSA Silver tournament between
September 16-22 as the six-month suspension of professional squash due
to the global COVID-19 pandemic comes to an end.
The tournament, originally scheduled for May 2020, will be held behind
closed doors, will be delivered in partnership with Manchester City
Council and will follow strict COVID-19 protocols to ensure the health
and safety of all players and on-site staff.
Following the inaugural women's tournament in 2019, a men's Silver
tournament has been added to the bill and the men's draw will feature
the entirety of the top 10, with World No.1 Mohamed ElShorbagy
headlining the draw ahead of World No.2 Ali Farag, World No.3 Karim
Abdel Gawad and World Champion Tarek Momen.
ElShorbagy will begin his tournament against Germany’s World No.29
Raphael Kandra, with a possible second round clash with Colombia’s
Miguel Rodriguez, who faces Pakistan’s Tayyab Aslam in round one, in
store.
The World No.1 will face tough competition to get to the final, with his
side of the draw including World No.4 Momen, New Zealand’s World No.5
Paul Coll and Peru’s World No.6 Diego Elias.
At the opposite end of the draw, Farag will line up against Scotland’s
Greg Lobban in round one with the likes of compatriots Gawad and Marwan
ElShorbagy on his side of the draw, along with Wales’ World No.10 Joel
Makin, who will face France’s Victor Crouin on the opening day of
action.
Along with Makin, there is strong home interest in the men’s draw in the
form of England’s former World No.1 James Willstrop, Declan James, Tom
Richards, Daryl Selby and Adrian Waller, while the wildcard place is
awarded to St. Helens-based Patrick Rooney.
Meanwhile, the women’s draw is led by France’s World No.3 Camille Serme,
with the likes of defending champion New Zealand’s Joelle King, World
No.4 Nour El Tayeb, England’s World No.5 Sarah-Jane Perry and Wales’
World No.9 Tesni Evans all included in the draw.
Serme will begin her tournament against USA’s Sabrina Sobhy and could
face Egypt’s World No.6 Hania El Hammamy in the semi-finals, should the
draw go to seeding, with the two contesting some of the best matches of
the 2019-20 season.
Title
holder King (right), who defeated Evans in last year’s final, will begin
her title defence against Latvia’s Ineta Mackevica in round one.
At the opposite end of the draw, Egypt’s El Tayeb will come up against
England’s Jasmine Hutton in round one, while home favourite Perry will
take on Scotland’s Lisa Aitken on the opening day at the National Squash
Centre.
Last year’s runner-up Evans will face Egypt’s World No.26 Zeina Mickawy
in round one with fellow Brits Jasmine Hutton, Lucy Turmel, Alison
Waters, Millie Tomlinson and Julianne Courtice providing home interest,
while World No.80 Lily Taylor is awarded the wildcard spot.
Action from the tournament will be shown live on SQUASHTV (rest of
world), Eurosport Player (Europe only) and Facebook (excluding Europe
and Japan). The semi-finals and finals will be shown live on BT Sport in
the UK and other international broadcasters globally.
For more information on the tournament, visit the official website or
follow the PSA World Tour on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
Manchester Open: Men’s Draw
[1] Mohamed ElShorbagy (EGY) v Raphael Kandra (GER)
Tayyab Aslam (PAK) v [9] Miguel Rodriguez (COL)
[13] Gregory Gaultier (FRA) v Declan James (ENG)
Tom Richards (ENG) v [6] Diego Elias (PER)
[5] Paul Coll (NZL) v Baptiste Masotti (FRA)
Alan Clyne (SCO) v [12] Fares Dessouky (EGY)
[11] Mohamed Abouelghar (EGY) v James Willstrop (ENG)
Abdulla Mohd Al Tamimi (QAT) v [4] Tarek Momen (EGY)
[3] Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY) v Lucas Serme (FRA)
Victor Crouin (FRA) v [10] Joel Makin (WAL)
[14] Omar Mosaad (EGY) v Nicolas Mueller (SUI)
Mathieu Castagnet (FRA) v [8] Simon Rösner (GER)
[7] Marwan ElShorbagy (EGY) v Daryl Selby (ENG)
[WC] Patrick Rooney (ENG) v [16] Adrian Waller (ENG)
[15] Gregoire Marche (FRA) v Youssef Soliman (EGY)
Greg Lobban (SCO) v [2] Ali Farag (EGY)
Manchester Open: Women’s Draw
[1] Camille Serme (FRA) v Sabrina Sobhy (USA)
[WC] Lily Taylor (ENG) v [10] Nele Gilis (BEL)
[13] Nada Abbas (EGY) v Lucy Turmel (ENG)
Ineta Mackevica (LAT) v [6] Joelle King (NZL)
[8] Salma Hany (EGY) v Melissa Alves (FRA)
Hana Ramadan (EGY) v [14] Coline Aumard (FRA)
[11] Nadine Shahin (EGY) v Danielle Letourneau (CAN)
Enora Villard (FRA) v [4] Hania El Hammamy (EGY)
[3] Sarah-Jane Perry (ENG) v Lisa Aitken (SCO)
Hollie Naughton (CAN) v [16] Millie Tomlinson (ENG)
[9] Alison Waters (ENG) v Julianne Courtice (ENG)
Zeina Mickawy (EGY) v [7] Tesni Evans (WAL)
[5] Amanda Sobhy (USA) v Emilia Soini (FIN)
Haley Mendez (USA) v [12] Tinne Gilis (BEL)
[15] Donna Lobban (AUS) v Rachael Chadwick (ENG)
Jasmine Hutton (ENG) v [2] Nour El Tayeb (EGY)
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