Round ONE : Quartet of Qualifiers advance to R2

The 2024 CIB Egyptian Open resumed today at the OWest Complex, with the first round proper of the first-ever PSA Diamond level event.

There were 32 matches across four courts as the players – including the qualifiers – aimed to reach Round Two where the top sixteen seeds await.

Impressively, a Quartet of Qualifiers defied the seedings to advance to Round Two – Egyptian trio Mohamed Zararia, Barb Sameh and Nour Heikal, plus USA’s Marina Stefanoni.

2024 CIB Egyptian Open - Day FOUR, Main Draw Round One

Jasmine Hutton (Eng) 3-0 [LL] Habiba El Shazli (Egy) 11-7, 11-7, 11-2 (24m)
Melissa Alves (Fra) 3-1 Lee Ka Yi (Hkg) 6-11, 12-10, 11-5, 11-5 (39m)
Zeina Mickawy (Egy) 3-0 [LL] Hannah Craig (Irl) 11-7, 11-9, 11-9 (32m)
Nadine Shahin (Egy) 3-2 Nicole Bunyan (Can) 15-13, 3-11, 5-11, 11-9, 11-6 (58m)

Juan Camilo Vargas (Col) 3-2 Leandro Romiglio (Arg) 7-11, 12-10, 8-11, 11-1, 13-11 (72m)
Leonel Cardenas (Mex) 3-2 C6 Balazs Farkas (Hun) 7-11, 5-11, 12-10, 11-5, 11-4 (59m)
Dimitri Steinmann (Sui) 3-0 David Baillargeon (Can) 11-6, 11-7, 11-3 (37m)
Abdulla Al-Tamimi (Qat) 3-0 [wc] Omar El Torkey (Egy) 11-9, 11-6, 11-3 (29m)

Sana Ibrahim (Egy) 3-0 Marie Stephan (Fra) 11-9, 11-7, 11-9 (33m)
Menna Hamed (Egy) 3-2 Nour Aboulmakarim (Egy) 10-12, 11-9, 9-11, 11-6, 11-5 (60m)
Malak Khafagy (Egy) 3-0 [wc] Nour Megahed (Egy) 11-6, 11-5, 11-9 (32m)
Lucy Turmel (Eng) 3-1 Kenzy Ayman (Egy) 11-9, 11-7, 10-12, 11-3 (50m)

Fares Dessouky (Egy) 3-0 [Q] Yassin Elshafei (Egy) 11-9, 11-5, 11-4 (39m)
Karim El Hammamy (Egy) 3-2 Timothy Brownell (Usa) 7-11, 2-11, 11-7, 13-11, 11-3 (71m)
Curtis Malik (Eng) 3-0 Greg Lobban (Sco) 11-9, 12-10, 11-8 (42m)
Nicolas Mueller (Sui) 3-2 [Q] Moustafa El Sirty (Egy) 8-11, 11-4, 11-8, 8-11, 11-8 (68m)

Hana Ramadan (Egy) 3-0 [wc] Nardine Garas (Egy) 11-8, 11-5, 11-5 (23m)
[Q] Nour Heikal (Egy) 3-1 Lucy Beecroft (Eng) 11-4, 11-7, 9-11, 11-6 (37m)
Mariam Metwally (Egy) 3-0 [Q] Rana Ismael (Egy) 11-9, 11-4, 13-11 (36m)
[Q] Marina Stefanoni (Usa) 3-0 Hana Moataz (Egy) 11-5, 18-16, 11-9 (46m)

Gregoire Marche (Fra) 3-2 George Parker (Eng) 9-11, 11-9, 12-10, 7-11, 11-4 (79m)
Sebastien Bonmalais (Fra) 3-0 [Q] Rory Stewart (Sco) 11-3, 11-5, 11-2 (32m)
Raphael Kandra (Ger) 3-0 Yahya Elnawasany (Egy) 11-6, 11-7, 11-7 (32m)
Ramit Tandon (Ind) 3-0 Bernat Jaume (Esp) 11-3, 11-2, 11-9 (32m)

Georgia Adderley (Sco) 3-2 Tong Tsz-Wing (Hkg ) 11-6, 11-4, 11-4 (25m)
Salma Eltayeb (Egy) 3-0 Alicia Mead (Eng) 11-4, 11-2, 11-8 (22m)
Rachel Arnold (Mas) 3-2 Grace Gear (Eng) 6-11, 11-5, 10-12, 11-7, 11-8 (51m)
[Q] Barb Sameh (Egy) 3-1 Tomato Ho (Hkg) 13-11, 1-11, 15-13, 11-9 (65m)

Iker Pajares (Esp) 3-0 [wc] Omar Mosaad (Egy) 12-10, 11-4, 11-5 (44m)
Nathan Lake (Eng) 3-1 Mohamed Abouelghar (Egy) 13-11, 9-11, 11-6, 11-4 (43m)
[Q] Mohamed Zakaria (Egy) 3-0 Nick Wall (Eng) 11-6, 11-9, 11-6 (40m)
Mohamed ElSherbini (Egy) 3-0 [wc] Kareem El Torkey (Egy) 11-7, 11-6, 12-10 (39m)