Egyptian trio Zeina Mickawy, Nadine Shahin and Sana Ibrahim in contrasting wins
Author: Framboise Gommendy
R1: Todd 3-2 Rui, Sébastien 3-0 Asim K, Declan 3-1 Karim EH
Tough wins for Tod Harrity and Declan James, more comfortable for Sebastien Bonmalais
R1: Auguste 3-0 Mathieu, Mazen 3-1 Moustafa, Abdulla 3-2 Nick
Auguste Dussourd wins all-French clash, Mazen Gamal upsets El Sirty, Tamimi in five
R1: Melissa 3-0 Emilia, Lisa 3-1 Marie – Mariam 3-2 Tsz-Wing
Lisa Aitken, Melissa Alves, and a relieved Mariam Metwally through
R1: Omar 3-2 Faraz, Dimitri 3-2 Zahed, Sherbini 3-0 Vargas
Omar Mosaad avaids an upses, Dimitri Steinmann and Mohamed ElSherbini advance
R1: 11.30 Matches
11.30 matches, wins for Yathreb Adel, Hana Ramadan and Hollie Naughton
Arrival at Mena House
I cannot tell you how happy I was when I heard that the official hotel was Mena House … “if Carlsberg did hotel views”
Ali, finally at the Pyramids, Tarek, flat…
At the third time of asking, Ali Farag finally wins in front of the Pyramids …
Nour too accurate on the day
A good fight from Nouran Gohar, but it’s Nour El Sherbini who claims the title …
The match too far for Mostafa
Top seed Ali Farag ends the spectacular run of Mostafa Asal in four games …
SF: Gohar gets past Hammamy
World #1 Nouran Gohar beats rsing star Hania El Hammamy in a tough, tetchy encounter …
Tarek in 5 against Diego
A hard fought five game win for world champion Tarek Momen in the last quarter-final …
Nour clinical against Salma
An impressive straight game win for Nour El Tayeb over Salma Hany …
Marwan beats Mazen in four
Marwan ElShorbagy gets past Mazen Hesham in a tetchy encounter …
Nour in control but Joshna on her heels…
A three-nil win for Nour El Sherbini, but Joshna Chinappa was never far behind …
Nouran strong but Nele getting closer…
Never easy, but top seed Nouran Gohar beats Nele Gilis in three games …
El Sherbini in the zone
No stopping world champion Nour El Sherbini as she eases past Danielle Letourneau in three …
Mazen confirms, Saurav o so close…
Three close games, but it’s Mazen Hesham who beats Saurav Ghosal in three …
El Tayeb in control, but Nadine improved…
A solid all-Egyptian win for Manchester champion Nour El Tayeb over Nadine Shahin …
Joshna holds off Farida comeback
Joshna Chinappa loses a two game lead but eventually gets past Farida Mohamed to reach the quarters …