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[7] Sivasangari Subramaniam (MAS) 3-2 [2] Hania El Hammamy 11-9, 5-11, 13-11, 12-14, 11-8 (81m)

[1] Paul Coll (NZL) 3-1 [2] Mostafa Asal  11-8, 11-13, 11-7, 8-1 retired (66m)

Semis

[2] Hania El Hammamy 3-1 [3] Nouran Gohar  11-4, 12-10, 7-11, 11-6 (62m)

[2] Mostafa Asal 3-0 [WC] Declan James (ENG)  11-6, 11-3, 12-10 (55m)

Quarters

[7] Sivasangari Subramaniam (MAS) 2-0 [1] Nour ElSherbini  11-9, 11-9 (24m)
[3] Nouran Gohar 2-0 [6] Sarah-Jane Perry (ENG)  11-7, 11-2 (19m)
[2] Hania El Hammamy 2-1 [8] Fayrouz Aboelkheir  9-11, 11-8, 11-4 (41m)

[WC] Declan James (ENG) 2-0 [3] Karim Abdel Gawad 11-8, 14-12 (37m)
[2] Mostafa Asal 2-0 [7] Aly Abou Eleinen 11-9, 11-4 (39m

No.2 seed Mostafa is into the last four of the GillenMarkets London Classic after overcoming Egyptian compatriot Aly Abou Eleinen.

Both players impressed in an exciting first game, with Eleinen’s pace and construction of rallies contrasting with the attacking instincts of Asal.

Despite an uncharacteristic number of mistakes from Asal, the 22-year-old’s quality still shone through as he completed enough winners to move into the lead with an 11-9 win.

The second game was a much more comfortable one for Asal, with the World No.4 hitting his targets better as he booked his spot in the semis with an 11-4 victory.

Afterwards, Asal said:

“Aly is one of the best players on tour. I know how tough and dangerous he is. We’ve played a lot since we were juniors. He can attack from anywhere. You see in the first game it could have gone either way. He’s a good guy on and off court and I’ve missed him since juniors, this is our first time playing professionally. He’s such a talent.

“It was a tough match, tough conditions for me but I got used to it. Having [James Willstrop] behind me, full credit to him. He changed my game, changed my mentality as a squash player. I was doing lots of bad stuff at the beginning, it’s just the mentality and the cultural ways. Thanks Jimbo for everything. I’m happy to play this sort of squash and am looking forward to the next one.

Round Two

[1] Nour ElSherbini 2-1 Tesni Murphy (WAL)  11-5, 6-11, 11-6 (35m)
[3] Nouran Gohar 2-0 [9/16] Hollie Naughton (Can)  11-4, 11-8 (22m)
[8] Fayrouz Aboelkheir2-0 [9/16] Emily Whitlock (Wal)  15-13, 12-10 (30m)
[2] Hania El Hammamy 2-0 [9/16] Satomi Watanabe (Jpn) 11-5, 11-3 (24m)

[3] Karim Abdel Gawad 2-0 [9/16] Eain Yow Ng (Mas) 15-13, 11-9 (33m)
[2] Mostafa Asal 2-0 Nick Wall (Eng)  11-6, 11-9 (28m)
[7] Aly Abou Eleinen 2-0 [9/16] Nathan Lake (Eng)  11-6, 11-5 (26m)

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Round One

Timothy Brownell (USA) 2-0 Fares Dessouky 12-10, 12-10 (28m)
Raphael Kandra (GER) 2-1 Karim El Hammamy  13-11, 3-11, 11-7 (53m)
Declan James (ENG)  2-0 Mohamed ElSherbini 11-9, 11-7 (33m)

Alicia Mead (ENG) 2-0 Mariam Metwally 11-5, 11-4 (13m)
Emily Whitlock (WAL) 2-0 Malak Khafagy  13-11, 11-5 (26m)

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