We’re down to the last eight with just four of the top eight seeds left in contention for the PSA GOLD title …
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Four-Year London Drought, sorted
Fram “comes home” to cover an English event for the first time in four years … and it’s a bit of an adventure !!!
R2: “Bad day at the office but he played better” Ibrahim
[5] Mazen Hesham (Egy) 3-0 Youssef Ibrahim (Egy) 11-3, 11-8, 11-7 (40m)
R2: Forceps victory for Title Holder Ali
[1] Ali Farag (Egy) 3-2 Gregoire Marche (Fra) 4-11, 11-8, 6-11, 11-4, 11-4 (55m)
R2: Mohamed bows to local hero
[WC] Charlie Lee (Eng) 3-1 [3] Mohamed ElShorbagy (Eng) 11-9, 8-11, 11-6, 11-9 (46m)
R2: Soliman recovers to beat Mueller
[8] Youssef Soliman (Egy) 3-1 Nicolas Mueller (Sgy) 6-11, 11-7, 11-8, 11-3 (45m)
Day THREE : Charlie does it again !!!
There was only one upset result tonight, but what a result it was as home favourite and wildcard Charlie Lee downed England #1 Mohamed ElShorbagy in four games !!
R2: Marwan in, out, in, out….
Baptiste Masotti (Fra) 3-2 [4] Marwan ElShorbagy (Egy) 6-11, 11-6, 11-2, 9-11, 11-5 (46m)
R2: Gawad through as Elias pulls up
[9/16] Karim Abdel Gawad (Egy) 3-1 [2] Diego Elias (Per) 7-11, 11-5, 12-10, 4-0 rtd (54m)
R2: Joel had to push hard today…
[7] Joel Makin (Wal) 3-0 Saurav Ghosal (Ind) 11-6, 11-8, 11-4 (43m)
R2: Eain Yow’s second upset in a row !
Eain Yow Ng (Mas) 3-1 [6] Victor Crouin (FRra 6-11, 11-4, 12-10, 11-6 (56m)
Day TWO : Gawad downs Elias on night of upsets
After a busy opening day at The Wimbledon Club, the seeds join the action this evening with four second round matches from the top half of the draw
R1: Rafi wobbles from leading positions against WC Charlie
[wc] Charlie Lee (Eng) 3-0 Raphael Kandra (Ger) 11-9, 11-8, 11-7 (43m)
R1: Grégoire wary of a comeback from Adrian…
Gregoire Marche (Fra) 3-1 Adrian Waller (Eng) 12-10, 13-11, 6-11, 11-2 (49m)
R1 Abdel Gawad still got the Magic against Mosaad
Karim Abdel Gawad (Egy) 3-0 Omar Mosaad (Egy) 11-6, 11-7, 11-7 (32m)
R1: Too many errors from Pat against the Smiling Ninja
Eain Yow Ng (Mas) 3-1 Patrick Rooney (Eng) 11-7, 11-8, 11-5 (42m)