Hana and Farida produce the Day One upsets as Rachael survives
The CIB Black Ball Women’s Squash Open – second edition – kicked off today in Cairo with sixteen first round matches on two courts at the Black Ball Squash Club.
Today’s winners go through to meet the top sixteen seeds in Round Two, and before some late withdrawals those seeds were the top sixteen in the world.
There were five Egyptian winners today, Farida Mohamed and Hana Ramadan producing the only seeding upsets ad they beat Lisa Aitken and Mariam Metwally, both in five games.
Wildcard Nour Aboulmakarim came so close, holding two matchballs for a three-nil win over Rachael Grinham before the 2007 world champion rallied to win in five, and Zeina Mickawy came from two games down to deny Rachael Arnold.
Alexandra Fuller (Rsa) 3-0 Menna Nasser (Egy) 11-8, 11-7, 11-8 (28m)
Joey Chan (Hkg) 3-2 Ineta Mackevica (Lat) 11-4, 6-11, 9-11, 11-8, 11-8 (39m)
Donna Lobban (Aus) 3-0 Ho Tze Lok (Hkg) 11-3, 11-9, 11-8 (23m)
Tinne Gilis (Bel) 3-0 Liu Tsz-Ling (Hkg) 11-4, 11-7, 11-2 (19m)
Farida Mohamed (Egy) 3-2 Lisa Aitken (Sco) 9-11, 11-7, 9-11, 12-10, 11-3 (56m)
Coline Aumard (Fra) 3-0 Tong Tsz-Wing (Hkg) 11-6, 11-5, 11-9 (43m)
Hana Ramadan (Egy) 3-2 Mariam Metwally (Egy) 11-8, 6-11, 5-11, 11-7, 11-5 (42m)
Millie Tomlinson (Eng) 3-1 Rachael Chadwick (Eng) 11-7, 11-7, 4-11, 11-4 (35m)
Mayar Hany (Egy) 3-1 Nadia Pfister (Sui) 11-5, 6-11, 11-8, 11-5 (30m)
Melissa Alves (Fra) 3-0 Enora Villard (Fra) 11-4, 11-3, 11-1 (27m)
Sabrina Sobhy (Usa) 3-0 [wc] Salma Youssef (Egy) 11-2, 11-5, 11-2 (20m)
Zeina Mickawy (Egy) 3-2 Rachel Arnold (Mas) 8-11, 4-11, 11-5, 11-8, 11-2 (39m)
Rachael Grinham (Aus) 3-2 [wc] Nour Aboulmakarim (Egy) 9-11, 7-11, 12-10, 11-7, 11-8 (67m)
Emily Whitlock (Eng) 3-1 Jasmine Hutton (Eng) 11-6, 9-11, 13-11, 12-10 (53m)
Nada Abbas (Egy) 3-1 Lucy Turmel (Eng) 9-11, 12-10, 11-4, 11-8 (56m)
Hollie Naughton (Can) 3-0 Tessa ter Sluis (Ned) 13-11, 16-14, 11-6 (28m)
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Match Reports
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QF: Tarek squeezes out the win
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R3: Makin takes out the Falcon in three
Joel Makin beats Mazen Hesham in straight games to reach the quarters …
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R3: Marwan works out Youssef
In an all-Egyptian battle Marwan ElShorbagy finds a way to win.
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R3: Salem recovers to oust Castagnet
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R2: Elshorbagy withstands Basotti barrage
Mohamed ElShorbagy withstands a fierce attacking display from Baptiste Masotti …
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R2: Coll through in a tough three
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R2: Ghosal in control over Richards
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R2: Marwan gets past Karim in four
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R2: Another five game win for Ibrahim
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R2: Mazen saved a marathon as Iker retires
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R2: Farag power through to last sixteen
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R2: Fares eases into last sixteen
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R2: Mostafa edges past Dec
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R2: Greg gets his first win over Miguel
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R1: Ibrahim comeback denies Fallows
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R1: Tom adds to English interest
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R1: Masotti on fire
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R1: Tough win for Soliman over Parker
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R1: Mueller too sharp for Harrity today
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R1: Clyne sees off wildcard Ismail
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R1: Karim edges past Borja
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