The 7th Edition of #ELGOUNASQUASH continued today with 16 qualifying finals matches at the El Gouna Squash Complex.

Egyptian trio advance in women's

The day started with a hat-trick of Egyptian winners as Zeina Mickawy beat top seeded Canadian Sam Cornett, and was joined in the main draw by Mayar Hany and Nadine Shahin.

That was the end of the Egyptian run oin the women's matches, but the upsets didn't end as Sivasangari Subramaniam beat third seed Millie Tomlinson and Liu Tsz-Ling got the better of sixth seed Nele Gilis.

Second seed Fiona Moverley was tested again, needing five games for the second day in a row to see off teenager Jana Shihah.

English threesome through in Men's

In the men's matches there were two further upsets as Mohamed Reda beat Omar Abdel Aziz and Ben Coleman came from two games down to dent Tsz Fung Yip.

A good day for the English was rounded off by Chris Simpson's hard-fought win over Youssef Soliman, and Josh Masters' win over yesterday's giantkiller Ahmed Hosny.

Today's winners will find out who they meet in the main draw at tonight's opening reception at The Smokery.

DAY TWO RESULTS / PHOTOS / REPORTS / QUOTES