Five Egyptian players succeeded in qualifying for the quarter-finals of the World Squash Championship, which was held at the Palm Hills Club and the glass squash court in the Museum of Civilization in Fustat – under the sponsorship of the Commercial International Bank (CIB) and Palm Hills Development – after their victory on the second day. The third round pitted against players of different nationalities, so that the Egyptian champions continued to achieve strong results in one of the largest squash tournaments.
The matches of the second day of the third round began with the women’s competition, with the champion winning. Palm Hills Nouran Gohar – ranked second in the world – over player Sabrina Sobhi – with a score of "0-3" By points "1-11" "4-11" “3-11”, and Wadi Degla player Nour Al-Tayeb – ranked 5th in the world – defeated “Satomi Watanabe” Ranked 15th in the world with a score of “0-3”, with a score of “9-11”. "10-12""7-11".
Wadi Degla player Rawan Al-Arabi – ranked 10th in the world – was able to defeat English player Georgina Kennedy – ranked 6th in the world – With a result of “2-3”, the result of the rounds was “4-11” "4-11" "11-5" "11-5" "11-7","7-11" Degla player Hania El Hamami, ranked 3rd in the world, defeated Sivasangari Subramaniam, ranked 13th in the world, with a score of "0-3" By points "5-11" "6-11""13-15".
In the men’s competition, Mustafa Assal, ranked 3 in the world, succeeded – In defeating Joel McCain – ranked 9th in the world – with a score of "1-3" By points “9-11” "9-11" "4-11" "2-11", and the Degla player Mazen Hisham – ranked 6th in the world – was able to defeat his competitor Youssef Suleiman, ranked 11th in the world – with a score of "0-3" In rounds of "7-11" "3-11" "7-11".
Continuing the matches, the English player Mohamed El-Shorbagy, ranked 7th in the world, defeated his brother Marwan El-Shorbagy with a result of "7-11". ;1-3" In rounds of "9-11" "7-11" "5-11""11-8", Paul Cole – ranked 2 in the world, was able to defeat Malaysian Ian Yao Ng – ranked 18 in the world – with a score of "0-3" In rounds of "6-11" "4-11" "9-11".
With the conclusion of the second day of the third round, 3 female and 2 Egyptian players complete their journey towards the quarter-finals. The final, which will begin today, Wednesday. The CIB International Squash Championship, under the sponsorship of the Commercial International Bank “CIB” and Palm Hills Development, will be held during the period from May 9 to 18, with the participation of 128 players, male and female, from 21 countries, with a total financial prizes estimated at 50 million Egyptian pounds. It is the highest prize money in the history of the tournament.