Quarters Day….

25 out of 40 in the semis!

Egypt set up all-Egyptian last-four clashes in the boys U11 and U13s and bagged three of four berths in the girls U11,girls U15 and boys U19s to secure 25 of the 40 semi-final places on offer.

Just to give you a perspective: England and Malaysia each sent four players to the semis, with Pakistan three and India and USA boasting two each.

Two major upsets for Egypt, as two Malaysian top seeds tumbled out to Egyptian opposition – girls U15 favourite Sehveetraa Kumar lost a tight five-game battle against [5/8] Malak Taha 4-11, 11-9, 7-11, 12-10, 11-4 while boys U11 [1] Jayden Oon was felled by [9/16] Yassin Azouz 3-1.

In the girls U11s, [1] Jana Mohamed won 3-0 and was joined by fellow Egyptian [3/4] Maya Mandour who ended unseeded American Layla Gupta’s inspired run.

In the boys, [9/16] Yasin Azouz will play [3/4] Seif Belal El Shal tomorrow while [2] Yassin Kouritam faces [5/8] Farouk Mohamed after the four Egyptians all won.

In the U13 category, Egypt took seven of eight semi-final spots, both top seeds Mohamed Zakaria and Amina Orfi securing 3-0 wins with [2] Youssef Salem and Janna Galal untroubled.

A defeat in the U15s, as Team USA’s Caroline Fouls scored an important upset by edging [3/4] Salma Elsheikh 3-2 to stop another Egyptian clean sweep, as [9/16] Habiba Hani Diab and [2] Fayrouz Abouelkheir saw off Americans Emma Trauber and Caroline Eielson respectively.

U17 Salma El Tayeb [5/8] did extremely well against  home favourite [3/4] Katie Maliff and had match balls to finally bow in a five-game (12-14, 13-11, 8-11, 12-10, 11-8) marathon then second seed Sana Ibrahim saved two of her own in a 3-2 defeat of Malaysia’s [5/8] Yee Xin Ying.

Boys U19 [2] Yahya Elnawasany survived a scare against lone Czech [5/8] Viktor Byrtus 3-2, while compatriot [5/8] Karim El Barbary outduelled Ireland’s Sam Buckley 3-1, and top seed Moustafa El Sirty scored another simple straight-games victory.

Girls U19s [1] Jana Shiha was another keen spectator late on following her win in four against England’s Alice Green as the oldest division went to form, both [3/4] duo Marina Stefanoni (USA) and Farida Mohamed (Egypt) keeping their chances alive.

B11

[9/16] Yassin Azouz 3-1 [1] Jayden Oon (Mas)                            11-6, 11-8, 3-11, 11-8
[3/4] Seif Belal El Shal 3-0 [9/16] Darshil Parasrampuria (Ind)    6-11, 16-14, 11-3, 11-4
[5/8] Farouk Mohamed 3-0 [9/16] Omar El-Tabbakh                 11-9, 11-8, 12-14, 11-9
[2] Yassin Kouritam 3-0 [5/8] Mohamed Abaza (Eng)                          11-4, 11-6, 11-9

G11

[1] Jana Mohamed 3-0 [9/16] Kaitlyn Vahising (Usa)            11-2, 11-7, 12-10
3/4] Maya Mandour 3-0 Layla Gupta (Usa)                           11-5, 11-4, 11-6
[2] Mariam Eissa (Eng) 3-1 [9/16] Mariam El Mattet    16-14, 11-8, 10-12, 11-8

B13

[1] Mohamed Zakaria 3-0 [5/8] Martin Stepan (Cze)                 11-9, 11-5, 11-5
[9/16] Ahmed Rashed 3-1 [17/32] Hamdy Ehab               11-8, 9-11, 11-8, 11-5
[3/4] Eyad Hossam 3-2 [9/16] Archie Turnbull (Wal)  8-11, 11-6, 11-13, 11-7, 11-0
[2] Youssef Salem 3-0 Abdullah Nawaz (Pak)                            11-8, 11-9, 11-6

G13

[1] Amina Orfi 3-0 [9/16] Jomana Shehab                      11-1, 11-2, 11-1
[9/16] Barb Sameh 3-0 [5/8] Tala Abaza (Eng)              17-15, 11-2, 11-9
[3/4] Anahat Singh (Ind) 3-0 [9/16] Hla Roushdy   11-5, 11-8, 10-12, 11-7
[2] Janna Galal 3-1 [5/8] Lauren Baltayan (Fra)       5-11, 11-5, 11-7, 11-4

B15

[5/8] Yassin Shohdy 3-0 [9/16] Yat Tse (Hkg)               11-8, 11-9, 11-4

G15

[5/8] Malak Taha 3-2 [1] Sehveetraa Kumar (Mas)        4-11, 11-9, 7-11, 12-10,11-4
[5/8] Caroline Fouls (Usa) 3-2 [3/4] Salma Elsheikh    11-8, 11-5, 5-11, 12-14, 11-2
[9/16] Habiba Hani Diab 3-1 Emma Trauber (Usa)               9-11, 11-6, 11-6, 11-6
[2] Fayrouz Abouelkheir 3-0 [9/16] Caroline Eielson (Usa)             11-6, 11-6, 11-4

B17

[1] Sam Todd (Eng) 3-0 [9/16] Mohammed Nasser                            12-10, 11-4, 11-7
[5/8 Ahmed Aly 3-2 [17/32] Ahmed Ismail                        11-8, 3-11, 13-15, 11-9, 11-7

G17

[1] Aira Azman (Mas) 3-0 [9/16] Malak Khafagy                                     11-8, 11-5, 11-7 (16m)
[3/4] Nour Khaled Aboulmakarim 3-2 [9/16] Chukwu Chinyere (Hun)  7-11, 11-5, 11-4, 8-11, 11-8
[3/4] Katie Maliff (Eng) 3-2 [5/8] Salma El Tayeb                        12-14, 13-11, 8-11 ,12-10, 11-8
[2] Sana Mahmoud Ibrahim 3-2 [5/8] Yee Xin Ying (Mas)               12-10, 8-11, 8-11, 11-5, 13-11

B19

[1] Moustafa El Sirty 3-0[5/8] Yash Fadte (Ind)                    11-7, 11-9, 11-3
[5/8] Karim El Barbary 3-2 [9/16] Sam Buckley (Irl)     11-3, 11-7, 13-15, 11-7
[2] Yahya Elnawasany 3-2 [5/8] Viktor Byrtus (Cze)  8-11, 11-6, 4-11, 11-5, 11-4

G19

[1] Jana Shiha 3-1 [5/8] Alice Green (Eng)                      11-3, 11-2, 10-12, 11-9
[3/4] Farida Mohamed 3-1 [5/8] Georgia Adderley (Sco)    11-5, 7-11, 12-10, 11-4
[2] Aifa Azman (Mas) 3-0 [5/8] Malak Mostafa    11-7, 11-7, 11-4

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