Day THREE: Quarter-Finalists decided at Club S

Dessouky and Fiechter beat fifth seeds to gatecrash the quarters

Day Three went mostly to seeding at Club S as the quarter-finalists were decided, but both fifth seeds departed as Fares Dessouky beat fifth seed Mohamed ElShorbagy in five rumbustious games, while Olivia Fiechter beat Joelle King for one of her best wins.

In the men’s draw Dessouky joins seven of the top eight seeds, while the women’s features the top four seeds as well as surprise quarter-finalists Hollie Naughton and Tesni Evans. 

Check out how they all made it below the results …

2022 CIB Egyptian Open - Round Three

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Men’s Round Three :

[1] Ali Farag (Egy) 3-0 [9/16] Raphael Kandra (Ger)     11-4, 11-4, 11-7 (31m)
[6] Tarek Momen (Egy) 3-0 [9/16] Gregoire Marche (Fra)     15-13, 11-5, 12-10 (52m)
[7] Mazen Hesham (Egy) 3-1 Abdulla Al Tamimi (Qat)    11-9, 11-4, 5-11, 11-8 (43m)
[3] Mostafa Asal (Egy) 3-0 Mohamed ElSherbini (Egy)     11-7, 11-5, 11-4 (37m)

[4] Diego Elias (Per) 3-0 Declan James (Eng)    11-6, 11-4, 11-9 (34m)
[8] Marwan ElShorbagy (Egy) 3-1 [9/16] Victor Crouin (Fra)     6-11, 11-6, 11-9, 11-7 (50m)
[9/16] Fares Dessouky (Egy) 3-2 [5] Mohamed ElShorbagy (Eng)   11-6, 11-8, 4-11, 4-11, 11-9 (75m)
[2] Paul Coll (NZL) bt Greg Lobban (SCO) 3-0: 11-3, 11-8, 11-6 (36m)

Women’s Round Three :

[1] Nouran Gohar (Egy) 3-0 Tinne Gilis (Bel)     11-4, 11-5, 11-8 (36m)
Hollie Naughton (Can) 3-0 Melissa Alves (Fra)   11-7, 7-11, 2-11, 11-9, 11-5 (54m)
[9/16] Tesni Evans (Wal) 3-1 Rachel Arnold (Mas)    8-11, 11-5, 11-8, 11-4 (41m)
[4] Amanda Sobhy (Usa) 3-1 [9/16] Nour El Tayeb (Egy)     11-7, 12-14, 11-9, 11-6 (56m)

[3] Hania El Hammamy (Egy) [9/16] Nele Gilis (Bel)    5-11, 11-7, 11-6, 11-9 (63m)
[9/16] Olivia Fiechter (Usa) 3-1 [5] Joelle King (Nzl)     11-7, 11-4, 8-11, 14-12 (50m)
[6] Sarah-Jane Perry (Eng) 3-2 [9/16] Olivia Clyne (USA)    11-4, 16-18, 12-14, 13-11, 11-8 (71m)
[2] Nour El Sherbini (Egy) 3-0 Jasmine Hutton (Eng)    11-6, 11-3, 11-7 (25m)

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Reports & Reaction

Final: Ali 3-1 Paul

Ali Farag retains the CIB Egyptian title – and the world #1 spot – as he beats Paul Coll in four […]

SF: Paul 3-2 Diego

A very enjoyable 3/2, with very little decisions and a lot of attacking retrieving…. […]

SF: Ali 3-1 Asal

Action packed semis final sees Ali Farag beat Mostafa Asal in four games […]

SF: Hania 3-1 Nour

Hania El Hammamy beats Nour El Sherbini in a tremendous women's semi […]

SF: Nouran 3-2 Amanda

Defending Champion Nouran Gohar comes from one-two down to reach the final again […]

QF: Diego 3-2 Marwan

Diego Elias beats Marwan ElShorbagy in a thoroughly entertaining five games […]

QF: Paul 3-2 Fares

PaulColl comes through an up and down five setter to reach the semis, with the visit of IOC President Thomas Bach! […]

QF: Nour 3-0 SJ

A good first game for SJ, a bit one sided after that with Nour controlling the middle pretty well. […]