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the major event right now is the PSA men's world championship being held in Cairo, Egypt , we've 8 quarter finalists , 6 of them are Egyptians and here's quarter final matches:- 

 

1.  {1} Mohamed Elshorbagy vs.  {10} Ali Farag 

                     Nov.1, 2016 , 19:30 local time 

 

 

2.  {6} Karim Abdelgawad vs.  {4} Nick Matthew 

                      Nov.1,2016 , 20:30 local time 

 

 

3.  {15} Fares Dessouky vs.  {5} Ramy Ashour 

                        Nov.2, 2016 , 19:30 local time 

 

 

4.  {11} Tarek Momen vs.  {2} Gregory Gaultier 

                       Nov.2, 2016, 20:30 local time 

 

Edited November 1, 2016 by thepharoah

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WORLDS DAY FIVE ROUNDUP: EGYPTIANS MAKE HISTORY

 

 

Egypt has become the first nation in the entire 40-year history of the iconic PSA Men’s World Championship to have six players in the quarter-final stage after Ramy Ashour, Fares Dessouky and Tarek Momen all won to bring the third round action to a close at the Wadi Degla Club in Cairo.

Coming just a day after Egyptian trio Mohamed ElShorbagy, Karim Abdel Gawad and Ali Farag booked their quarter-final berths, Ashour led the charge as he dispatched England’s Daryl Selby by an 11-6, 8-11, 11-5, 11-6 margin.

“I think after the first game I wanted to win and that was a mistake,” said Ashour.

“I should just stick to playing. I got excited and then got hard on myself. Then the second game went well, but he started pushing me into all four corners and I wasn’t really playing like I was in the first game.

“He really pushed me, he really tested my movement big time. It was really deep in all four corners and he was smacking nicks and cross courts. He just really made me work today and I’m glad because I need to work harder and harder, if I’m going to win at some point then I have to earn it.”

Dessouky, meanwhile, came through a gladiatorial five-game battle with Malaysia’s Nafiizwan Adnan to seal his place in the last eight for the first time in his career.

The match was highly-charged and swayed between moments of free-flowing squash and periods of scrappy play, with a number of decisions being made in an encounter punctuated with lets and strokes.

With the scores tied at two-games apiece, Dessouky – buoyed on by a partizan home crowd – held the nerves at bay to close out a 13-11, 6-11, 11-6, 10-12, 11-6 victory and seal a last eight berth.

“It was hard for me play the fifth game and be focused from the beginning because of the last two decisions of the fourth game,” explained Dessouky, who will meet Ashour in the next round.

e,” explained Dessouky, who will meet Ashour in the next round.

 

“It was a hard match for me. I had to focus in the fifth game, which was good for me to find out how good I am mentally. I kept pushing in the fifth game.

“The crowd was incredible, it reminds me of the El Gouna tournament where they did the same thing to me. They stayed behind me and kept pushing me forward to win the matches and win the semi-finals there. It’s something good for me and it’s incredible.”

Momen was also forced to battle through a five-game encounter after he dispatched World No.7 Marwan ElShorbagy, the younger brother of World No.1 Mohamed.

Momen twice took a one-game lead, only to see a dogged ElShorbagy come back both times to restore parity. It was the latter who would eventually triumph in the decider though, bringing the curtain down on a 78-minute encounter by a 11-9, 9-11, 11-8, 9-11, 11-3 margin to set up a next round meeting with defending champion Gregory Gaultier.

 

“I’m actually surprised how I managed to get the big lead in the fifth the way I did,” admitted Momen.

“There are a lot of positives to take out of this match. I’m in the quarter-finals of the World Championship and I’m just trying to enjoy it as much as possible.”

Defending champion Gaultier will join three-time winner Nick Matthew in the next round as the only non-Egyptian competitors after he overcame Hong Kong’s Tsz Fung Yip in straight games.

 

The Frenchman recovered from a slow start to take an 11-8, 11-2, 11-6 victory to keep his hopes of retaining his title alive.

“I felt a bit flat at the end of the warm-up and then I had to wake up and find the solution quite quick or otherwise I would have lost the first game in five minutes without making him work,” said Gaultier.

“He was sharp in the first few points, he was on to my balls quickly and has really good hands at the front. Suddenly, I managed to play at a faster pace and wake myself up. I won the first and then the confidence came and it was like having another mini man on the court.”

Results – Third Round (Bottom Half): 2016 PSA Men’s World Squash Championship
[15] Fares Dessouky (EGY) bt Nafiizwan Adnan (MAS) 3-2: 13-11, 6-11, 11-6, 10-12, 11-6 (99m)
[5] Ramy Ashour (EGY) bt Daryl Selby (ENG) 3-1: 11-6, 8-11, 11-5, 11-6 (66m)
[11] Tarek Momen (EGY) bt [7] Marwan ElShorbagy (EGY) 3-2: 11-9, 9-11, 11-8, 9-11, 11-3 (78m)
[2] Gregory Gaultier (FRA) bt Tsz Fung Yip (HKG) 3-0: 11-8, 11-2, 11-6 (31m)

Draw – Quarter-Final
[1] Mohamed ElShorbagy (EGY) v [10] Ali Farag (EGY)
[6] Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY) v [4] Nick Matthew (ENG)
[15] Fares Dessouky (EGY) v [5] Ramy Ashour (EGY)
[11] Tarek Momen (EGY) v [2] Gregory Gaultier (FRA)

Source: https://psaworldtour.com/news/view/4287/worlds-day-five-roundup-egyptians-make-history

Edited November 1, 2016 by thepharoah

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Quarterfinals Results #1

 

 {1} Mohamed Elshorbagy 3 - 0  {10} Ali Farag 

                                        (11/8, 11/5, 11/8)     

 

 {6} Karim Abdelgawad 3 - 0  {4} Nick Matthew

                                       (11/9, 11/4, 11/9)             

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Quarterfinals Results #2

 

 {15} Fares Dessouky 0 - 3  {5} Ramy Ashour

       (6/11, 15/17, 8/10,RET.)     

 

 {2} Gregory Gaultier 3 - 1  {11} Tarek Momen

       (11/5, 11/5, 14/16, 11/8)             

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Semifinals 

 

 {1} Mohamed Elshorbagy vs.  {6} Karim Abdelgawad

     (Wadi Degla Centre Court, 4/11/2016, 20:00 local time)  

 

 

 {5} Ramy Ashour  vs.  {2} Gregory Gaultier

       (Wadi Degla Centre Court, 4/11/2016, 21:00 local time)           

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WORLDS: INJURY HALTS GAULTIER'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP DEFENSE

 

 

 

2015 World Champion Gregory Gaultier’s hopes of retaining the most prestigious title in squash have come to a premature end after the 33-year-old Frenchman was forced to withdraw from his semi-final encounter with Ramy Ashour – scheduled to take place tonight – due to injury.

Gaultier booked his last four berth after a physically testing quarter-final victory over 2015 semi-finalist Tarek Momen yesterday but suffered an ankle injury as he pushed to secure the win in the fourth game, and has been unable to recover in time to take to court this evening.

As a result three-time winner Ramy Ashour progresses to the title-decider where he will await the winner of the all-Egyptian clash between World No.1 Mohamed ElShorbagy and Karim Abdel Gawad.

Draw – 2016 PSA Men’s World Championship Semi-finals
[1] Mohamed ElShorbagy (EGY) v [6] Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY)
[5] Ramy Ashour (EGY) bt [2] Gregory Gaultier (FRA) – walkover

Source: https://psaworldtour.com/news/view/4299/new-article-53

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Semifinals Results 

 

 {1} Mohamed Elshorbagy 2 - 3  {6} Karim Abdelgawad

       (11/13,12/10,13/11,2/11,5/11)     

 

 {2} Gregory Gaultier WALK OVER  {5} Ramy Ashour

                 

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• Men's Singles R16 

1.  {1} Gregory Gaultier 3 - 0  Declan James
2.  {13} Daryl Selby 1 - 3  {8} Paul Coll
3.  {5} Nick Matthew 3 - 0  Abdulla Al Tamimi 
4.  {3} Mohamed El Shorbagy 3 - 0  {10} Ramy Ashour 

 

 

• Women's Singles R16

1.  {1} Nour El Sherbibni 3 - 0  {Q} Satomi Watanabe
2.  {5} Nouran Gohar 3 - 1  {10} Alison Waters 
3.  {8} Nour El Tayeb 3 - 2  Salma Hany 
4.  {16} Tesni Evans 3 - 1  {4} Laura Massaro