Egyptians Dominate Last 16 at Allam British Open by Nathan Clarke 12TH MAY 2015
- The second round of the 2015 Allam British Open, PSA World Series
tournament, will be dominated by Egyptians as eight of the country’s
top squash players made it through the first round of action at the
prestigious tournament currently taking place at the Airco Arena, Hull.
Despite the absence of current World Champion Ramy Ashour and four-time
World Champion Amr Shabana in this year’s event Egyptian names will
still occupy 50 per cent of the last sixteen line up, with rising stars
such as Mazen Hesham and Fares Dessouki joining the likes of World No.1
Mohamed Elshorbagy.
Qualifier Zahed Mohamed, the World No.39, pulled off one of the most
impressive wins of the first round courtesy of a surprise 3-2 victory
over World No.18 Stephen Coppinger during the second day of action
while Karim Abdel Gawad, Omar Mosaad, Hesham and Tarek Momen all
prevailed to join Elshorbagy, Dessouki and Marwan Elshorbagy in the
second round.
Elsewhere on day two defending Champion Gregory Gaultier, the
32-year-old Frenchman, began his bid to win back-to-back trophies with
a 3-0 demolition of Malaysian qualifier Nafiizwan Adnan.
“He was really sharp in the third and I had to really push to get
though that game so I’m happy with how I came through that and I was
feeling good with how I played,” said Gaultier.
Draw – Second Round (Top Half)
[1] Mohamed Elshorbagy (EGY) v Borja Golan (ESP)
Fares Dessouki (EGY) v [7] Simon Rösner (GER)
Mathieu Castagnet (FRA) v Marwan Elshorbagy (EGY)
Gregoire Marche (FRA) v [3] Nick Matthew (ENG)
