Qualifying complete, it was time for the British Open Main Draw, with 32 Round One matches on three courts at Solihull Arden. Today’s matches – starting at 11.30 and scheduled for a 21.00 finish – all feature 17/32 seeds playing unseeded players, wildcards or qualifiers, with the winners going through to face one of the top sixteen seeds in Round Two.
The standout performances came from men’s wildcards Simon Herbert and Sam Todd. Herbert downed 2018 champion Miguel Rodrigues in straight games while Todd go the better of Fares Dessouky in four games.
Egyptian Qualifiers Adam Hawal and Ruqayya Salem also impressed, with wins over Bernat Jaume and Rachel Arnold – although Salem later withdrew injured.
Round Two takes place over the next two days, at The Rep and at Solihull Arden.
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Women’s Round One :
Kenzy Ayman (Egy) 3-2 Lucy Beecroft (Eng) 11-5, 9-11, 12-10, 8-11, 11-9 (56m)
Nardine Garas (Egy) 3-1 Anahat Singh (Ind) 11-8, 8-11, 11-8, 11-9 (45m)
Farida Mohamed (Egy) 3-1 Lee Ka Yi (Hkg) 8-11, 11-7, 11-6, 11-8 (34m)
Torrie Malik (Eng) 3-2 Hana Ramadan (Egy) 11-4, 6-11, 11-9, 2-11, 11-4 (45m)
Zeina Mickawy (Egy) 3-0 [Q] Farida Walid (Egy) 11-8, 11-9, 11-6 (34m)
Melissa Alves (Fra) 3-1 [Q] Lauren Baltayan (Fra) 8-11, 11-5, 11-5, 11-6 (48m)
Georgia Adderley (Sco) 3-0 [wc] Alicia Mead (Eng) 11-6, 11-7, 11-9 (35m)
[Q] Ruqayya Salem (Egy) 3-1 Rachel Arnold (Mas) 11-9, 12-10, 9-11, 11-8 (43m)
Sana Ibrahim (Egy) 3-0 Tomato Ho (Hkg) 11-5, 11-4, 11-6 (28m)
Aira Azman (Mas) 3-0 Grace Gear (Eng) 11-7, 11-8, 11-5 (25m)
Nour Heikal (Egy) 3-0 Aifa Azman (Mas) 11-9, 11-6, 11-9 (45m)
Lucy Turmel (Eng) 3-0 [Q] Alina Bushma (Ukr) 11-9, 11-3, 11-4 (35m)
Nadien Elhammamy (Egy) 3-0 Mariam Metwally (Egy) 11-9, 11-7, 11-8 (30m)
Malak Khagafy (Egy) 3-1 Nour Aboulmakarim (Egy) 6-11, 11-8, 12-10, 11-5 (43m)
Chan Sin Yuk (Hkg) 3-2 Hollie Naughton (Can) 11-9, 6-11, 11-3, 8-11, 11-9 (48m)
Hana Moataz (Egy) 3-2 [wc] Katie Malliff (Eng) 12-10, 11-13, 3-11, 11-2, 11-4 (50m)
Men’s Round One :
[Q] Adam Hawal (Egy) 3-0 Bernat Jaume (Esp) 11-6, 11-8, 11-3 (39m)
Curtis Malik (Eng) 3-1 Karim El Hammamy (Egy) 10-12, 11-4, 11-2, 11-1 (50m)
Kareem El Torkey (Egy) 3-2 [LL] Adrian Waller (Eng) 11-6, 10-12, 11-1, 4-11, 11-5 (40m)
Abhay Singh (Ind) 3-0 Matias Knudsen (Col) 11-8, 11-5, 11-4 (37m)
[wc] Simon Herbert (Eng) 3-0 Miguel Rodriguez (Col) 15-13, 11-8, 11-4 (48m)
Baptiste Masotti (Fra) 3-2 Raphael Kandra (Ger) 4-11, 11-9, 6-11, 11-4, 11-7 (47m)
Juan Vargas (Col) 3-0 [Q] Mohamed Gohar (Egy) 11-9, 11-6, 11-7 (43m)
Timmy Brownell (Usa) 3-1 Moustafa Elsirty (Egy) 9-11, 11-1, 12-10, 11-9 (53m)
Alex Lau (Hkg) 3-1 Nicolas Mueller (Sui) 11-4, 11-8, 12-14, 11-6 (35m)
Melvil Scianimanico (Fra) 3-0 Muhd Ashab Irfan (Pak) 11-8, 11-7, 11-6 (36m)
Yahya Elnawasany (Egy) 3-0 Patrick Rooney (Eng) 11-6, 11-6, 11-7 (29m)
Yannick Wilhelmi (Sui) 3-0 [Q] David Bernet (Sui) 11-4, 13-11, 11-8 (48m)
[wc] Sam Todd (Eng) 3-1 Fares Dessouky (Egy) 11-5, 5-11, 11-9, 11-4 (54m)
Veer Chotrani (Ind) 3-1 Noor Zaman (Pak) 11-8, 12-14, 11-6, 11-7 (47m)
Auguste Dussourd (Fra) 3-1 Ramit Tandon (Ind) 12-14, 7-4 rtd (30m)
Declan James (Eng) 3-0 [Q] Sam Osborne-Wylde (Eng) 11-7, 11-8, 11-6 (54m)
Selection of Day One Photos :
