El Sherbini on Day Three of El Gouna International

El Sherbini, the women’s World No.1, collected a comfortable 3-0 win over 19-year-old Farida Mohamed to ensure she will take on fellow Egyptian Yathreb Adel for a place in the last eight after Adel beat Hana Ramadan in a quick-fire 3-0 victory.

“Another up-and-coming player, she’s playing so well and she’s very tough,” El Sherbini said.

“She’s been giving some very tough matches for lots of the top players now. It’s the first round and the first time to play her, it was difficult in the beginning but I’m really glad I got back to my game plan in the last two games. The first time playing an opponent you have never played before means the first game is always tense.”

World No.4 Camille Serme was also in action on the glass court at the El Gouna Conference and Culture Center as she achieved an entertaining 3-1 win against Belgium’s Tinne Gilis.

Gilis battled back well from going a game down as she threw everything she could at Serme, but the Frenchwoman was able to use her experience to close the win out. Serme will face Canada’s Hollie Naughton in the next round of the Platinum event, with Naughton getting the biggest win of her career against India’s Joshna Chinappa over at the complex.

“Because of the COVID rules, we have trained together for the last two days,” Serme said.

“We did play some rallies and I knew they were going to be long rallies and it would be very physical. She had her chance today and played really good squash. I had to work hard physically, mentally and tactically as well.”

World No.7 Hania El Hammamy is also through after beating Wales’ Emily Whitlock, and she will take on World No.33 Nada Abbas next. England’s Alison Waters will take on compatriot Sarah-Jane Perry in the after her win over Mariam Metwally, while Perry received a walkover after her second round opponent, Mayar Hany, withdrew from the tournament earlier today.

The third round begins tomorrow (May 23) and play starts at the El Gouna Squash Complex at 13:00 (GMT+2). The action will be shown live on the official Facebook page of the PSA World Tour and the PSA SquashTV YouTube channel.

Glass court action also continues tomorrow at the El Gouna Conference and Culture Center, with play beginning there at 18:30. Live action from that venue will be shown live on SQUASHTV as well as on Facebook.

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Results - Second Round (Top Half): Women’s 2021 El Gouna International Squash Open

[1] Nour El Sherbini (EGY) bt Farida Mohamed (EGY) 3-0: 11-9, 11-4, 11-5 (30m)

Yathreb Adel (EGY) bt Hana Ramadan (EGY) 3-0: 11-8, 11-2, 11-3 (20m)

Alison Waters (ENG) bt Mariam Metwally (EGY) 3-1: 11-5, 11-9, 9-11, 11-9 (40m)

[5] Sarah-Jane Perry (ENG) bt Mayar Hany (EGY) w/o

[6] Hania El Hammamy (EGY) bt Emily Whitlock (WAL) 3-0: 11-6, 11-5, 11-4 (30m)

Nada Abbas (EGY) bt Menna Hamed (EGY) 3-1: 11-3, 8-11, 11-6, 11-6 (36m)

Hollie Naughton (CAN) bt Joshna Chinappa (IND) 3-2: 10-12, 11-4, 11-6, 6-11, 11-8 (43m)

[3] Camille Serme (FRA) bt Tinne Gilis (BEL) 3-1: 11-4, 11-13, 12-10, 11-9 (74m)

Draw - Women’s Third Round (Bottom Half): To Be Played May 23rd

[4] Amanda Sobhy (USA) v Lucy Turmel (ENG)

Olivia Fiechter (USA) v [8] Salma Hany (EGY)