J.P. Morgan China Open 2017
29-Aug - 03-Sep, Shanghai, China, $100kx2

It was an Egyptian double in Shanghai - in a quick yet close women's final top seed Nour El Sherbini attacked from the start, and Nouran Gohar was never able to findthe form she displayed yesterday against Camille Serme.

The men's final could also have been over in three games, but with Ramy Ashour just one point from the title, top seed Ali Farag fought back to force a deciding fifth game only to see Ashour quickly take control.

02-Sep, Semis:
Crystal Ball: We'll have an Egyptian Winner

Well, Egyptian Players seem to have handled the break pretty well, with four of them reaching the Men's & Women's finals in Shanghai.

The China Open women's final will be an all-Egyptian affair after wins by Nour El Sherbini and Nouran Gohar in the semi-finals.

Top seed Sherbini ended the run of Kiwi Joelle King with a straight-games win while Gohar got the better of four close games against French second seed Camille Serme.

In the men's semis Ramy Ashour beat second seeded compatriot Marwan Elshorbagy in straight games to avenge his defeat in Bellevue, and will meet his good friend Ali Farag who despatched Superman Paul Coll in four games.

Semi-Finals BLOG - Leonard Lee reports

01-Sep, Quarters:
King and Coll upsets provide
Kiwi interest in Shanghai semis

The semi-finals of the China Open will feature two New Zealand players after against-the-seedings wins for Joelle King and Paul Coll.

Koimg followed up her first round win over defending champion Laura Massaro with a first-ever win - at the 13th attermpt - over Nicol David. In the she faces top seed Nour El Sherbini who beat Alison Waters in straightr games. In  the bottom half newly-crowned European Champion Camille Serme meets Nouran Gohar after both won in straight gasmes, over Annie Au and Nour El Tayeb.

Coll, who reached the top ten in the world rankings for the first time today, upset fourth seed Farer Dessouky in straight games to set up a meeting with another Egyptian, top seed Ali Farag who beat Peru's Diego Elias in three close games.

The other semi will be an all-Egyptian affair after Marwan Elshorbagy and Ramy Ashour win in straight games over European challengers Simon Rosner and Daryl Selby.



31-Aug, Round One:
Elias joins seven seeds in Men's quarters,
English bow out of women's draw ...

Round One of the China Open, the first major PSA event of the season, saw a number of upsets in Shanghai.

Each of the men’s quarter-finals will feature an Egyptian, with Ali Farag, Fares Dessouky, Ramy Ashour and Marwan Elshorbagy seeded to reach all-Egyptian semi-finals. Peru’s Diego Elias is only non-seed in the last eight after he beat Max Lee, the 8th seeded Asian Champion, in straight games.

In the women’s draw two upsets saw English hopes dented, as Joelle King beat defending champion Laura Massaro, the third seed, while Nour El Tayeb came through a five-setter to beat sixth-seeded Sarah-Jane Perry.

King meets top remaining Asian hope Nicol David while Tayeb faces Tayeb meets fellow-Egyptian Nouran Gohar.

Seventh seed Alison Waters is left to fly the English flag, after beating compatriot Emily Whitlock in four games, and she now faces Egyptian world #1 Nour El Sherbini, while newly-crowned six-time European Champion Camille Serme meets Hong Kong's Annie Au.
  

DRAWS & RESULTS

Qualifying:

Finals, 30-Aug:
Karim Ali Fathi (Egy) 3-1 Alan Clyne (Sco)              7/11, 11/6, 11/6, 11/7 (60m)
Nafiizwan Adnan (Mas) 3-1 Omar Mosaad (Egy)       7/11, 11/6, 11/6, 11/7 (61m)
Greg Lobban (Sco) 3-1 Tsz Fung Yip (Hkg)             11/7, 9/11, 11/2, 11/4 (46m)
Saurav Ghosal (Ind) 3-1 Omar Abdel Meguid (Egy)    11/9, 6/11, 11/9, 11/1 (51m)

Round One, 29-Aug:
Alan Clyne (Sco) 3-0 Liang Jun (Chn)                                11/1, 11/1, 11/0 (11m)
Karim Ali Fathi (Egy) 3-0 Xu Tong (Chn)                             11/1, 11/4, 11/1 (20m)
Nafiizwan Adnan (Mas) 3-2 Vikram Malhotra (Ind) 11/9, 9/11, 11/4, 4/11, 11/6 (59m)
Omar Mosaad (Egy) 3-1 Campbell Grayson (Nzl)          12/10, 6/11, 11/5, 11/8 (56m)
Tsz Fung Yip (Hkg) 3-0 Zhou Penglin (Chn)                         11/2, 11/3, 11/2 (13m)
Greg Lobban (Sco) 3-1 Leo Au (Hkg)                          8/11, 11/7, 11/8, 11/4 (xxm)
Omar Abdel Meguid (Egy) 3-2 Ivan Yuen (Mas)       11/6, 8/11, 5/11, 11/7, 8/7 rtd
Saurav Ghosal (Ind) 3-0 Zhou Zhitao (Chn)                         11/2, 11/1, 11/1 (18m)

Qualifying:

Finals, 30-Aug_
Joshna Chinappa (Ind) 3-2 Dipika Pallikal Karthik (Ind) 7/11, 11/5, 11/6, 7/11, 11/8 (56m)
Salma Hany Ibrahim (Egy) 3-1 Donna Urquhart (Aus)          7/11, 11/9, 11/9, 11/5 (40m)
Olivia Blatchford (Usa) 3-1 Mayar Hany (Egy)                  11/5, 11/7, 10/12, 11/7 (44m)
Tesni Evans (Wal) 3-1 Joey Chan (Hkg)                           4/11, 11/8, 11/6, 11/6 (57m)

Round One, 29-Aug:
Joshna Chinappa (Ind) 3-0 Duan Si Yu (Chn)                            11/1, 11/2, 11/5 (13m)
Dipika Pallikal Karthik (Ind) 3-2 Jenny Duncalf (Eng)  12/10, 9/11, 8/11, 11/3, 11/5 (50m)
Salma Hany Ibrahim (Egy) 3-0 Ban Qi Kun (Chn)                        11/2, 11/1, 11/0 (10m)
Donna Urquhart (Aus) 3-0 He Xinru (Chn)                                 11/1, 11/4, 11/4 (15m)
Olivia Blatchford (Usa) 3-1 Rachael Grinham (Aus)              11/6, 8/11, 11/8, 11/6 (37m)
Mayar Hany (Egy) 3-0 Mariam Metwally (Egy)                            11/7, 11/9, 11/7 (29m)
Joey Chan (Hkg) 3-1  Heba El Torky (Egy)                         9/11, 11/7, 11/9, 11/2 (48m)
Tesni Evans (Wal) 3-0 Peng Zhen Ni (Chn)                                11/3, 11/3, 11/2 (16m)

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