El Hammamy Leads Egyptian Quartet Into El Gouna International Semis

Defending champion El Sherbini won that match by a 3-2 margin, but did lose to El Hammamy the last time they played, with the World No.3 toppling the reigning World Champion at March’s Windy City Open. El Sherbini will now look to avenge that defeat following her comfortable 11-5, 11-5, 11-3 win over Subramaniam, who was appearing in her first Platinum quarter-final.

“It's difficult playing someone for the first time, but I think I was prepared,” said El Sherbini.

“I started a bit slowly, but there’s a difference from the first match. I can see how I'm improving and every match is different from the one before. These are the kind of matches to get me back in the mood and stay in the right rhythm.”

Meanwhile, El Hammamy came through a feisty encounter with World No.5 Joelle King, winning 11-4, 13-11, 11-2. There was no love lost between the pair, with King accusing El Hammamy of receiving coaching in between points. That just served to fire the Egyptian up as she attacked with vigour to earn her place in the last four of this event for the second time.

“Nour is a six-time World Champion, she just won the tournament last week,” said El Hammamy.

“If we speak about confidence, she is on a high right now, but it's always a pleasure playing her and an honour to share a court with her. I’m definitely looking forward to tomorrow’s match.”

The semi-finals of the El Gouna International take place tomorrow (June 2) and play begins at 18:30 (GMT+2). All of the action will be shown live on SQUASHTV as well as on the channels of PSA’s broadcast partners.

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Results - Men’s Quarter-Finals (Bottom Half): 2022 El Gouna International

[4] Mostafa Asal (EGY) bt [5] Diego Elias (PER)

[2] Ali Farag (EGY) bt [7] Marwan ElShorbagy (EGY) 7-11, 11-6, 12-10, 11-7 (71m)

Draw - Men’s Semi-Finals: To Be Played June 2nd

[1] Paul Coll (NZL) v [3] Mohamed ElShorbagy (EGY)

[4] Mostafa Asal (EGY) v [2] Ali Farag (EGY)

Results - Women’s Quarter-Finals (Bottom Half): 2022 El Gouna International

[3] Hania El Hammamy (EGY) bt [5] Joelle King (NZL) 3-0: 11-4, 13-11, 11-2 (41m)

[2] Nour El Sherbini (EGY) bt Sivasangari Subramaniam (MAS) 3-0: 11-5, 11-5, 11-3 (25m)

Draw - Women’s Semi-Finals: To Be Played June 2nd

[1] Nouran Gohar (EGY) v Nour El Tayeb (EGY)