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[wc] Karim El Hammamy 3-1 Iker Pajares (Esp) 4-11, 11-5, 11-6, 16-14 (92m)
Youssef Ibrahim 3-1 Alan Clyne (Sco) 8-11, 11-4, 11-2, 11-5 (48m)
Mostafa Asal 3-0 Bernat Jaume (Esp) 11-6, 11-6, 11-5 (30m)
Nicolas Mueller (Sui) 3-1 [wc] Moustafa El Sirty 11-7, 11-3, 6-11, 11-6 (43m)
Victor Crouin (Fra) 3-0 Mazen Gamal 11-7, 13-11, 11-3 (32m)
Youssef Soliman 3-0 Richie Fallows (Eng) 11-7, 11-4, 11-8 (45m)
Zeina Mickawy 3-2 [wc] Sana Ibrahim 8-11, 11-9, 11-5, 8-11, 11-4 (55m)
Mayar Hany 3-0 Emilia Soini (Fin) 11-9, 11-2, 11-8 (28m)
Sabrina Sobhy (Usa) 3-1 [wc] Salma Eltayeb 8-11, 11-8, 11-2, 11-7 (30m)
Farida Mohamed 3-0 Cindy Merlo (Sui) 11-5, 11-8, 11-5 (25m)
Mariam Metwally 3-1 Nicole Bunyan (Can) 7-11, 11-5, 11-6, 11-9 (37m)
Lisa Aitken (Sco) 3-2 Nada Abbas 7-11, 11-7, 11-7, 8-11, 11-4 (48m)
Donna Lobban (Aus) 3-2 Menna Hamed 5-11, 14-12, 11-4, 9-11, 11-9 (61m)
Millie Tomlinson (Eng) 3-1 Menna Nasser 11-5, 10-12, 11-8, 11-5 (45m)
Melissa Alves 3-0 Jana Shiha 11-5, 11-6, 11-3 (22m)
Danielle Letourneau (Can) 3-2 Hana Ramadan 12-10, 6-11, 10-12, 12-10, 11-3 (61m)
Nadine Shahin 3-1 Jasmine Hutton (Eng) 9-11, 11-5, 13-11, 11-7 (38m)
Karim El Hammamy is back….
Egyptian wildcard Karim El Hammamy claimed his first PSA World Tour victory since May 2019 as he upset Spain’s Iker Pajares to book his place in round two of the CIB Egyptian Open, with 32 matches played today.
Karim is just one win away from a coveted place on the spectacular glass court after he battled to an 4-11, 11-5, 11-6, 16-14 victory after 92 minutes of intense action. The 24-year-old has struggled for form over the past 18 months – falling outside of the world’s top 50 to No.60 – but came up with a big performance when it mattered to vanquish World No.26 Pajares. He will play Switzerland’s Nicolas Mueller in the last 32, with Mueller beating the other men’s wildcard, Moustafa El Sirty, by a 3-1 scoreline.
Scotland’s Lisa Aitken caused the biggest upset in the inaugural women’s event, recovering from a bout of food poisoning to beat World No.19 Nada Abbas in a huge five-game battle.
Zeina Mickawy was also pushed to five games as she avoided a scare against 17-year-old wildcard Sana Ibrahim. It was only Ibrahim’s second PSA World Tour event but she impressed against Mickawy, only finally succumbing 11-4 in the fifth.
Meanwhile, USA’s Sabrina Sobhy defeated wildcard Salma Eltayeb.
