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[5/8] Gregoire Marche (Fra) bt
[9/16] Wael Farag (Egy)   9/3, 3/9, 9/3, 9/2 (44m)

Greg makes it two for France

The demise of the second seed yesterday put more pressure on Greg Marche as the higher seed in this quarter-final. The pressure seemed to get to the Egyptian first though, as he made numerous unforced errors to drop the first.

Farag fought back though to take the second comfortably, but it was the Frenchman faster out of the blocks in the third. Both were playing fast, attacking squash, and the start of the fourth was a particularly hard fought period.

Greg emerged from it the stronger and more determined as he continued to rack up the points to join Camille Serme in the semis ...

"It was his first really big semi-final and although he played well in the beginning he was so nervous after the first game. I told him he had to make a really big effort after losing the second and he played very aggressive squash with good shots.

"He made a big effort to stay concentrated on the match and not get distracted by the referee or the crowd - he's much better at that now.

"He played very well, it's a really good result for him. It's 50/50 tomorrow against Joe Lee, Joe beat him 3/2 last time but it should be a good match."

    French National Coach

[2] Annie Au (Hkg) bt
[5/8] Nouran El Torky (Egy)        9/3, 9/1, 9/0

Annie too strong

Her little brother Leo couldn't quite make it, but Annie Au lived up to her seeding as she swept past Nouran El Torky - little sister of Heba, who is defending her U17 title.

Annie herself is quite small, but her age and experience advantage over Nouran showed as she maintained control throughout despite Nouran's best efforts.
 

[5/8] Joe Lee (Eng) bt
[3/4] Rudi Willemse (Rsa)    9/2, 9/3, 9/3 (33m)

Joe's Revenge

Most spectators were probably expecting this to be a long match, like their meeting last year at this stage which Rudi won 3/2.

In the event Joe took control right from the start and never let go. Cheered on by a strong South African contingent Rudi dug in towards the end of each game, but to no avail.

"Everyone talked about getting revenge for last year, but for me it was just a case of seeing how far I can get, not about beating Rudi.

"I'm very pleased to do it in that fashion though, it's my best overall performance ever. When he started coming back at the end of the games, in the past I might have let him get a run of points and he'd get back in, but I managed to stop that today."

[5/8] Sina Wall (Ger) bt [3/4] Victoria Lust (Eng)
         4/9, 9/4, 2/9, 9/2, 9/7 (46m)

Wall forces her way into semis

This was a big contrast to the Waller/Au match it followed, in that both players were well matched physically, and in the style of play.

No attritional up and down the wall stuff here, it was fast and furious, short sharp rallies with both girls attacking everything and both putting in lots of effort.

The match went in phases with first one then the other taking runs of points, but it was Sina who made the last run, toreach the semis for the second successive year.

"She did really well last year, but this time there were more expectations, especially from Sina herself. She would have been disappointed to lose as she's put a lot of work in for this, so it's really good to see it pay off."


Sina's former coach

[3/4] Adrian Waller (Eng) bt [9/16] Leo Au (Hkg)
         8/10, 9/6, 2/9, 9/6, 9/6 (94m)

Waller squeezes into semis

At 8/3 up in the first Adrian was looking good, but a burst ball disrupted his flow as Leo charged back to take the game. Amid many long rallies the Englishman bounced back to take the second.

A relatively quick third saw Leo take the lead, but he couldn't convert a 4/0 lead in the fourth as the attritional play resumed and Adrian levelled the match.

The momentum was with him now, and he pressed home the advantage as Leo tired to move into the semi-finals, to the delight of the vast majority of the packed crowd.

"I thought I'd won the first, I didn't realise the ball had burst. The new one was a lot faster and it took me by surprise.

"He got a good start in the third and it just ran away from me, but from the middle of the fourth I could tell he was tiring and that gave me a boost.

"I started stepping it up and took control in the fourth and fifth. My leg didn't feel too good but I was just forcing it as much as I could."

[3/4] Wee Wern Low (Mas) bt
[5/8] Amanda Cranston (Nzl)        9/6, 9/3, 9/0

Low sets up Serme rematch

A 'little and large' confrontation, and although Amanda held her own for much of the first game the speed around court of the petite Malaysian took its toll as the match wore on.

"I've been used to playing opponents bigger than me over the years, so it's not a problem. It's Camille next - she beat me in the U17 final last year but I beat her in Europe last summer, so it's one-all ...

[1] Mohamed El Shorbagy (Egy) bt
[5/8] Andrew Wagih (Egy)        9/7 9/5, 9/5

"That was a very hard match. I was very nervous to start with and was down in the first. I was trying to keep the ball high and tight but it wasn't working, he as making it too fast.

"I tried to slow the pace down and that started working, I won the first and was up in the second. I lost my concentration a little but got it back and managed to finish the match off.

"I knew he would be tired from a hard match yesterday, but I'm glad it was on the glass court, I'm used to it more and it would have been a much harder match on a normal court. We play a lot and know each others games very well.

"It's disappointing to play him in the quarter-finals, we're one and two in Egypt and usually meet in finals, but I'm just very happy to get through ..."

[1] Camille Serme (Fra) bt
[5/8] Nour Baghat (Egy)        9/1, 9/2, 10/8 (36m)

Serme stems Baghat comeback

No comeback today for Nour Baghat, but she gave it a real try. Unable to make much of an impression on the top seed, the Egyptian trailed 8/2 in the third but staged a spirited fightback to level at 8-all through a combination of really determined play on her part and some careless errors by the French girl.

It wasn't to be though as Camille finished off the game with Nour stranded at the end of another scrambling rally, and the top seed was first through to the semis ...
  

Last 16 Results: 
Fathi bt Mangaonkar 9/2, 9/0, 10/8; Cheong bt Aukland 9/1, 9/3, 9/3; Holland bt Page 9/4, 9/3, 9/7; Ghar bt De Mulder 9/1, 9/2, 9/0; Iqbal bt Shorbagy 10/9, 9/1, 9/4; Rashid bt James 4/9, 9/3, 9/2, 9/1; Khalek bt Ford 9/0, 9/2, 9/3; Wardle bt Engerer 9/2, 8/10, 10/8, 9/0

Quarters and semis on Saturday

G13 Round One Results:    see DRAWS for full details
Sherbeny bt Mullarkey 9/1, 9/0, 9/0; El Kalaweey bt Norrish 9/0, 9/0, 9/0; Lake bt Bainbridge 10/9, 9/5, 9/1; Machin bt Malhotra w/o; Murphy bt O'Donnell 9/2, 9/1, 9/0; Mead bt Lodwick 9/0, 9/0, 9/0; Katsumata bt Adel w/o; Yong bt Jones 9/1, 9/1, 9/2; Ibrahim bt Baxter 9/1, 9/0, 9/0; West bt Hewer 9/1, 9/0, 9/0; Beecroft bt Pallett 0/9, 10/9, 10/8; Stephan bt Epke 9/3, 9/2, 9/6; Possegger bt Sobhy 9/3, 9/6, 8/10, 9/2; Krejcova bt Wilson 9/1, 4/9, 6/9, 9/6, 9/5; Quiney bt Williams 9/0, 9/4, 9/2; Lala bt Jensen 9/0, 9/0, 9/1.

Round Two:
Sherbeny bt Kalaweey 9/0, 9/4, 4/9, 9/3 (30m); Machin bt Lake 7/9, 9/1, 6/9, 9/1, 9/2 (40m); Murphy bt Mead 7/9, 6/9, 9/1, 9/1, 9/4 (41m); Yong bt Katsumata 9/2 9/0, 9/0 (14m); Ibrahm bt West 9/0, 9/1, 9/4 (13m); Stephan bt Beecroft 1/9, 9/5, 9/7, 2/9, 9/2 (37m); Possegger bt Krejcova 9/5, 9/1, 9/3 (16m); Lala bt Quiney 9/0, 9/0, 9/0 (12m)

Quarters and semis on Saturday
   

Quarter-Finals:

Heba El Torky bt
Anwesha Reddy
9/0, 8/10, 9/5, 9/1 (35m)

Samantha Cornett bt
Wee Nee Low
10/9, 1/9, 9/2, 9/2 (57m)

Salma Nasser bt
Kimberley Hay
9/0, 9/0, 4/9, 9/7 (32m)

Dipika Pallikal bt
Laura Gemmell
9/10, 9/4, 10/9, 10/9 (68m)

Quarter-Finals:
Amr Khalid Khalifa bt Islam El Feky      9/0, 9/1, 9/2 (34m)
Ng Nosherwan bt Adel Zarka               6/9, 9/2, 6/9, 9/2, 9/4 (77m)
Danish Atlas bt Rudi Rohrmuller           2/9, 9/6, 9/1, 9/5 (65m)
Karim Abdel Gawad bt Aditya Jagtap    3/9, 9/4, 7/9, 9/2, 9/7 (83m)

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