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16/12/2021
CIB Black Ball Open 2021
CIB Black Ball Open 2021
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CIB Black Ball Open 2021
Men's Draw
16 - 20 Dec
Cairo, Egypt, $112k |
ROUND TWO
13 Dec |
QUARTERS
14 Dec |
SEMIS
15 Dec |
FINAL
16 Dec |
[1] Ali Farag (EGY) bye
[9/16] Baptiste Masotti (FRA) v Iker Pajares Bernabeu (ESP)
[9/16] Gregoire Marche (FRA) v [WC] Abdelrahman Nassar (EGY)
[8] Mazen Hesham (EGY) bye
[7] Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY) bye
[9/16] Saurav Ghosal (IND) v Zahed Salem (EGY)
[9/16] Youssef Soliman (EGY) v Victor Crouin (FRA)
[4] Mostafa Asal (EGY) bye
[3] Tarek Momen (EGY) bye
[9/16] Youssef Ibrahim (EGY) v Cesar Salazar (MEX)
[9/16] Mohamed Abouelghar (EGY) v James Willstrop (ENG)
[5] Marwan Elshorbagy (EGY) bye
[6] Joel Makin (WAL) bye
[9/16] Omar Mosaad (EGY) v Mathieu Castagnet (FRA)
[9/16] Miguel Rodriguez (COL) v Mohamed Elsherbini (EGY)
[2] Paul Coll (NZL) bye |
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CIB Black Ball Open 2021
Women's Draw
12 - 16 Dec
Cairo, Egypt, $112k |
ROUND TWO
13 Dec |
QUARTERS
14 Dec |
SEMIS
15 Dec |
FINAL
16 Dec |
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[1] Nour El Sherbini (EGY)
v
[9/16] Nele Gilis (BEL) |
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[7] Nour El Tayeb (EGY)
v
Hana Ramadan (EGY) |
[5] Joelle King (NZL)
v
Farida Mohamed (EGY) |
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[4] Sarah-Jane Perry (ENG)
v
Georgina Kennedy (ENG) |
[3] Hania El Hammamy (EGY)
v
Nada Abbas (EGY) |
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[8] Rowan Elaraby (EGY)
v
[9/16] Tesni Evans (WAL) |
[6] Salma Hany (EGY)
v
Mariam Metwally (EGY) |
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[9/16] Coline Aumard (FRA)
v
[2] Nouran Gohar (EGY) |
[1] Nour El Sherbini (EGY) bye
[9/16] Nele Gilis (BEL) bt Yathreb Adel (EGY) 11-6, 9-11, 11-1, 4-0 ret.
(32m)
Hana Ramadan (EGY) bt [9/16] Danielle Letourneau (CAN) 11-7, 11-8, 6-11,
11-7 (40m)
[7] Nour El Tayeb (EGY) bye
[5] Joelle King (NZL) bye
Farida Mohamed (EGY) bt [9/16] Tinne Gilis (BEL) 11-9, 11-9, 3-11, 13-11
(45m)
Georgina Kennedy (ENG) bt [9/16] Lucy Turmel (ENG) 11-9, 11-8, 11-7
(42m)
[4] Sarah-Jane Perry (ENG) bye
[3] Hania El Hammamy (EGY) bye
Nada Abbas (EGY) bt [9/16] Joshna Chinappa (IND) 11-8, 11-6, 11-7 (35m)
[9/16] Tesni Evans (WAL) bt Zeina Mickawy (EGY) 14-12, 9-11, 11-6, 11-7
(43m)
[8] Rowan Elaraby (EGY) bye
[6] Salma Hany (EGY) bye
Mariam Metwally (EGY) bt [9/16] Nadine Shahin (EGY) 6-11, 11-8, 11-3,
5-11, 11-4 (42m)
[9/16] Coline Aumard (FRA) bt [WC] Lojayn Gohary (EGY) 11-3, 11-4, 11-2
(28m)
[2] Nouran Gohar (EGY) bye |
Abbas Upsets Chinappa as CIB Squash Open Black Ball
Begins
 The
opening day of action at the CIB Squash Open Black Ball, PSA World Tour
Gold event saw five of the eight fixtures go the way of the lower-ranked
player, with Indian No.1 Joshna Chinappa proving to be the
highest-profile casualty as she fell to World No.28 Nada Abbas as the
women’s event began at the Black Ball Sporting Club in Cairo, Egypt.
Abbas, who was born in Cairo, has showcased some of her best ever form
at this venue in the past and reached her first ever major PSA quarter
final at the Platinum tier CIB Black Ball Women’s Squash Open back in
2020. The 21-year-old was on top throughout against World No.12 Chinappa,
and she rattled off an 11-8, 11-6, 11-7 victory to seal her place in the
last 16.
“I’m really happy to get this win today, even if it took a year and a
half [after her last win] on this court,” Abbas said.
“Better late than never. I’ve had a tough year this year and at the end
of last year, so to be honest in the last few months I’ve just been
focused on enjoying my game, trying to play my best and enjoy what I’m
doing. If I’m not enjoying what I’m doing, then it’s useless.
“For now, I’m enjoying my squash, or trying to enjoy it and trying to
play my best and not focus on the results or rankings.”
Abbas will play World No.4 Hania El Hammamy - who won the Platinum Black
Ball Open in this venue back in 2020 - in the next round. She will be
joined there by fellow Egyptian Mariam Metwally, the World No.42, who
upset World No.15 Nadine Shahin in five games.
 It
was a quick-fire five-game battle - lasting just 42 minutes - and
Metwally recovered from a slow start to win it 6-11, 11-8, 11-3, 5-11,
11-4. The 25-year-old will play No.6 seed Salma Hany next for a place in
the semi finals.
“I’ve played Nadine many times, we often practice together, so I know
the game plan and I was just trying to stick to it as much as I could,
and it worked,” Metwally said afterwards.
“The plan was to stay calm as much as I could and play deep shots, and
whenever I have the chance to attack I went for it, and that’s what I
did today.”
Canada’s Danielle Letourneau was the other top 20 player to see her
tournament come to a premature end as she fell to Hana Ramadan. World
No.33 Ramadan will take on former World No.3 Nour El Tayeb in the next
round. El Tayeb, who has now slipped to No.9 in the PSA Women’s World
Rankings, will make her highly-anticipated return to action tomorrow
after 14 months on the sidelines due to the birth of her daughter in
July of this year.
“My nerves were all over the place, especially when I was up 2-0,” said
Ramadan.
“For me [the best tactic] is to stay calm and remember my game plan or
go to my plan B. It cost me one game, but fortunately not two more. I
just need to stay calm and remember how to keep the pressure on and keep
the momentum going.”
Egypt’s World No.27 Farida Mohamed kicked off the day’s upsets with a
3-1 win over World No.21 Tinne Gilis in the opening match of the
tournament. The 19-year-old will line up against New Zealand’s Joel King
in the second round and she will look to follow up her win over the Kiwi
at the same stage of the Platinum Black Ball Open back in March, 2020.
 “It
was very tough playing her [Gilis] to be honest, but I’m very positive
with the way I played today,” Mohamed said.
“I managed to do 75 percent of the plan I’d planned today. I wasn’t very
angry today, I was trying to keep my focus and I’m happy with this.”
The CIB Squash Open Black Ball continues tomorrow with stars such as
World No.1 Nour El Sherbini and defending champion Sarah-Jane Perry -
who won the gold edition of the Black Ball Open last December - getting
their tournaments under way. The action starts at 12:00 (GMT+2) and will
be shown live on
SQUASHTV.
The women’s event takes place between December 12-16, before the men’s
event is held between December 16-20.
For more information on the CIB Squash Open Black Ball, visit the
tournament
website or follow the event on
Twitter
and
Facebook.
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El Tayeb to Return at CIB Squash Open Black Ball
Following Birth of Daughter
Egypt’s former World No.3 Nour El Tayeb will make her highly-anticipated
return to competitive action at December’s CIB Squash Open Black Ball
between December 12-16 following the birth of her daughter.
El Tayeb, together with husband and men’s World No.1 Ali Farag, welcomed
her daughter, Farida, into the world in July and will line up at the PSA
World Tour Gold tournament just five months after becoming a mother for
the first time. El Tayeb has won two major PSA titles, the 2017 U.S.
Open - which she won on the same night Farag won his first major title -
and the 2018 Windy City Open.
The 28-year-old is seeded at No.7 for the event and will receive a bye
into round two where she will take on either Canada’s Danielle
Letourneau or Scotland’s Lisa Aitken. A win there will pit her against
World No.1 Nour El Sherbini - who won the Platinum edition of the CIB
PSA Black Ball Squash Open in March - in the last eight.
El Sherbini is the top seed for the event and is seeded to come up
against England’s Sarah-Jane Perry in the semi finals. Perry is the
defending Gold edition champion after she came back from two games down
to upset Egypt’s Hania El Hammamy, who is seeded No.3 at this year’s
event.
El Hammamy is predicted to meet World No.2 Nouran Gohar in the semi
finals on the bottom half of the draw.
A men’s Gold event will also be held between December 16-20, and World
Champion Farag will headline a field that also contains the likes of New
Zealand’s Paul Coll, former World Champion Tarek Momen and U.S. Open
winner Mostafa Asal.
Farag was a runner-up at this event in December, losing to compatriot
Fares Dessouky, and is seeded to play World No.6 Asal in the last four.
Momen, meanwhile, has a tough draw that could see him take on Marwan
ElShorbagy - who won the Platinum edition of this tournament in March -
in the quarter finals before a potential clash with World No.3 Coll in
the last four.
World No.448 Abdelrahman Nassar is the men’s wildcard, while World
No.204 Lojayn Gohary has been named as the women’s wildcard.
Action from the CIB Squash Open Black Ball will be shown live on
SQUASHTV, while the semi finals and finals will also be shown live on
the channels of PSA’s broadcast partners.
For more information on the CIB Squash Open Black Ball, visit the
tournament website or follow the event on Twitter and Facebook.
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