The Quilter Cheviot British Open continued today in Birmingham with eight Round Three matches from the bottom half of the draws at The Rep to complete the quarter-final lineups.
Meanwhile, the British Open Masters got under way at Solihull Arden and West Warwickshire – check out today’s results and more.
Women’s Round Three (bottom) :
[4] Olivia Weaver (Usa) 3-1 [11] Nele Gilis (Bel) 7-11, 11-8, 11-6, 11-3 (53m)
[6] Satomi Watanabe (Jpn) 3-1 [13] Marina Stefanoni (Usa) 5-11, 11-5, 11-9, 11-5 (38m)
[9] Gina Kennedy (Eng) 3-1 [5] Siva Subramaniam (Mas) 11-9, 11-9, 11-13, 11-5 (52m)
[2] Nour ElSherbini (Egy) 3-0 Chan Sin Yuk (Hkg) 11-3, 11-2, 11-7 (23m)
Men’s Round Three (bottom) :
[4] Karim Abdel Gawad (Egy) 3-0 [12] Leonel Cardenas (Mex) 11-6, 11-4, 11-9 (39m)
Yahya Elnawasany (Egy) 3-1 [8] Marwan ElShorbagy (Eng) 19-21, 11-4, 11-3, 11-9 (74m)
[11] Aly Abou Eleinen (Egy) 3-0 [5] Joel Makin (Wal) 11-8, 11-9, 11-5 (55m)
[2] Paul Coll (Nzl) 3-0 Declan James (Eng) 11-5, 11-5, 11-7 (43m)
Evening : Elenein downs Makin as Gina stops Siva
There was no shortage of drama – and upsets – in the evening session. It started calmly enough as four-time champion Nour ElSherbini eased past Chan Sin Yuk, leaving three matches featuring home interest to complete the round.
Declan James couldn’t make much of an impression on two-time champion Paul Coll, but Gina Kennedy made a superb start to go two up over Siva Subramaniam. Gina had a match ball in the third and although that was saved, she was dominant in the fourth. Aly Abou Eleinen completed the quarter-final lineup, putting in a superb – at times exhibition-like -performance to take down fifth seed Joel Makin in straight games.
Afternoon : Yahyia downs Marwan after 37-minute opening game
The final match of the afternoon produced the only upset as Egypt’s Yahyia Elnawasany took down eighth seed Marwan ElShorbagy, taking the next three games after losing a 37-minute opening game 19-21.
Earlier both Satomi Watanabe and Olivia Weaver won through to the quarter-finals after losing their opening games, to Nele Gilis and Marina Stefanoni, while Karim Abdel Gawad reached his fourth British Open quarter-final – in 14 appearances – with a straight-games win over Leonel Cardenas.
