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Finals

[1] Nardine Garas 3-0 Nadien Elhammamy 11-8, 14-12, 11-9 (32m)

[6] Moustafa Elsirty 3-2 [5] Kareem El Torkey 10-12, 11-6, 7-11, 11-2, 14-12 (73m)

Semis

[6] Moustafa Elsirty 3-1 [7] Mohamed Nasser 6-11, 11-5, 11-3, 11-6 (40m)
[5] Kareem El Torkey 3-2 [3] Mohamad Zakaria 12-10, 6-11, 12-10, 7-11, 11-4 (85m)

[1] Nardine Garas 3-0 [6] Ingy Hammouda 11-6, 11-2, 11-8 (22m)
Nadien Elhammamy 3-1 [4] Habiba Hani 11-9, 12-14, 11-8, 12-10 (61m)

Taking place alongside the Black Ball Open will be the World Championship Qualifying event for Africa, with the semis and finals played on the Glass Court before the PSA Gold matches.

The event comprises men’s and women’s 16-player draws played from 13th to 16th April, with the winner of each earning a place in the PSA World Championships in May, also in Cairo.

Quarters : Men’s seeds skittled as Elhammamy does it again

The quarter-finals of the World Championship Qualifying event for Africa produced a series of upsets as the semi-finalists were decided at the Black Ball Club in Cairo.

The all-Egyptian men’s matches took place first, and the opening encounter produced a big upset assixth seed Moustafa Elsirty – who edged home in a round one five-setter yesterday – overcame top seed Mazen Gamal in five games, taking the match on his fifth match ball.

More upsets followed as Mohamed Nasser beat fourth seed Seif El-Shenawy in straight games to set up a meeting with Elsirty, while in the bottom half of the draw fifth seed Kareem El Torkey, fresh from winning the Rotterdam Open just two days ago, came from a game down to beat second seed Yassin Elshafei. The 19-year-old will meet 16-year-old Mohamed Zakaria, who beat unseeded Hazem Hossam in straight games in the only men’s match of the day to go with seeding.

By contrast three of the four women’s matches – which also produced four home winners – went to seeding. Top seed Nardin Garas was tested by young Nour Megahed but came through in straight games, and she’ll face Ingy Hammouda who ended non-Egyptian interest with a 3-0 win over South Africa’s Hayley Ward, coming from 1-8 down in the third to secure the win.

Fourth seed Habiba Hani went two games up against Malak Fathy but needed a fifth game to ultimately claim the win. She’ll face unseeded Nadien Elhammamy who after despatching the second seed yesterday produced another upset in the last match of the day, beating seventh seed Nour Khagafy by taking two tie-break games before easing through the third.

Semi-final take place tomorrow on the Glass Court, starting at 12.00.

Quarters

[6] Moustafa Elsirty (Egy) 3-2 [1] Mazen Gamal (Egy) 8-11, 11-2, 11-4, 5-11, 11-9 (54m)
[7] Mohamed Nasser (Egy) 3-0 [4] Seif El-Shenawy (Egy) 11-6, 11-8, 11-5 (30m)
[3] Mohamed Zakaria (Egy) 3-0 Hazem Hossam (Egy) 11-7, 11-5, 11-7 (41m)
[5] Kareem El Torkey (Egy) 3-1 [2] Yassin Elshafei (Egy) 7-11, 11-8, 11-8, 11-7 (65m)

[1] Nardine Garas (Egy) 3-0 [5] Nour Megahed (Egy) 12-10, 11-7, 11-6 (30m)
[6] Ingy Hammouda (Egy) 3-0 Hayley Ward (Rsa) 11-8, 13-11, 11-9 (27m)
[4] Habiba Hani (Egy) 3-2 [8] Malak Fathy (Egy) 13-11, 11-8, 6-11, 9-11, 11-3 (55m)
Nadien Elhammamy (Egy) 3-0 [7] Nour Khafagy (Egy) 13-11, 12-10, 11-2 (36m)

1st round:

[1] Mazen Gamal (EGY) bt Seif Tamer (EGY) 11-7, 11-8, 12-10 (42m)
[6] Moustafa El Sirty (EGY) bt Gabriel Olufunmilayo (NGR) 11-4, 10-12, 10-12, 11-3, 11-6 (67m)
[7] Mohamed Nasser (EGY) bt Ziad Ibrahim (EGY) 11-7, 11-7, 11-8 (49m)
[4] Seif El-Shenawy (EGY) bt Arno Diekmann (NAM) 11-4, 11-4, 11-3 (22m)
[3] Mohamed Zakaria (EGY) bt Khaled Labib (EGY) 11-6, 11-6, 11-1 (33m)
Hazem Hossam (EGY) bt [8] Dewald van Niekerk (RSA) 6-11, 11-4, 11-7, 3-11, 11-2 (74m)
[5] Kareem El Torkey (EGY) bt Omar Elkattan (EGY) 11-9, 4-11, 10-12, 11-8, 11-8 (59m)
[2] Yassin Elshafei (EGY) bt Abdelrahman Abdelkhalek (EGY) 11-9, 11-8, 11-8 (40m)

[1] Nardine Garas (EGY) bt Rofiat Abdulazeez (NGR) 11-2, 11-4, 11-1 (17m)
[5] Nour Megahed (EGY) bt Lojayn Gohary (EGY) 5-11, 11-9, 11-2, 11-6 (38m)
[6] Ingy Hammouda (EGY) bt Karma Allam (EGY) 11-8, 11-6, 6-11, 11-3 (34m)
Hayley Ward (RSA) bt [3] Hana Ismail (EGY) 6-11, 11-6, 13-11, 11-8 (35m)
[4] Habiba Hani (EGY) bt Salma Elalfy (EGY) 14-12, 11-7, 11-7 (33m)
[8] Malak Fathy (EGY) bt Nour Ramy (EGY) 11-0, 11-1, 11-0 (11m)
[7] Nour Khafagy (EGY) bt Busayo Olatunji (NGR) 11-6, 11-4, 11-6 (21m)
Nadien Elhammamy (EGY) bt [2] Amina El Rihany (EGY) 11-9, 11-6, 11-6 (36m)