"Max seemed very powerful on court tonight and all credit to him for the fight he put up as I needed every second of my experience to beat him today," said Amr Shabana. Squash World Champion Nick Matthew booked his place in the quarter-finals of the Delaware Investments US Open with straight games victory (11-6, 11-6, 11-9) over England’s Chris Simpson during the 2nd day of 2nd round action in Philadelphia.
Matthew will now face Fares Dessouki in Thursday’s quarter-finals, after the 20-year-old saved 5 match points against fellow Egyptian Karim Abdel Gawad to secure his place in the last 8.
Another quarter will be an all-Egyptian encounter with Amr Shabana and Omar Mosaad, as Mosaad triumphed over Swiss Champion Nicolas Mueller 11-7, 11-9, 11-5 as 4 time World Champion Shabana had to use all his experience to survive the onslaught from Hong Kong’s No.1 player Max Lee and scrape his way into the quarter-finals after an epic 78-minute encounter (12-10, 13-15, 11-6, 4-11, 11-8).
Quarter-finals:
[1] Gregory Gaultier (FRA) v [6] Simon Rösner (GER)
[3] Mohamed Elshorbagy (EGY) v Adrian Waller (ENG)
[4] Amr Shabana (EGY) v [7] Omar Mosaad (EGY)
[2] Nick Matthew (ENG) v Fares Dessouki (EGY)
2nd round:
[1] Gregory Gaultier (FRA) bt Alan Clyne (SCO) 13-11, 11-5, 11-3 (42m)
[6] Simon Rösner (GER) bt [Q] Leo Au (HKG) 11-3, 11-7, 11-8 (34m)
Adrian Waller (ENG) bt Mazen Hesham (EGY) 11-6, 11-4, 7-11, 11-9 (57m)
[3] Mohamed Elshorbagy (EGY) bt Cameron Pilley (AUS) 15-13, 11-9, 11-6 (54m)
[4] Amr Shabana (EGY) bt Max Lee (HKG) 12-10, 13-15, 11-6, 4-11, 11-8 (78m)
[7] Omar Mosaad (EGY) bt Nicolas Mueller (SUI) 11-7, 11-9, 11-5 (42m)
Fares Dessouki (EGY) bt Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY) 6-11, 4-11, 12-10, 11-9, 11-9 (87m)
[2] Nick Matthew (ENG) bt Chris Simpson (ENG) 11-6, 11-6, 11-9 (50m)
