Under-19s top seeds Mohamed Zakaria and Fayrouz Aboelkheir spearheaded their country’s charge as 29 Egyptian players booked their places in the last four of the British Junior Open across the five different age groups.
It was a fruitful quarter finals day in Birmingham for Egyptian juniors as Zakaria and Aboelkheir comfortably secured semi final berths after dispatching 9/16 seed Zane Patel of United States and Malaysia’s Sehveetrraa Kumar [5/8] in straight games, respectively.
The second seeds in the Girls and the Boys competitions followed suit from the number one seeds in notching 3-0 victories to advance to the last four.
USA’s Caroline Fouts thwarted an Egyptian clean sweep with triumph over Noor Megahed [5/8] of Egypt while last year’s beaten finalist Jonah Bryant moved a step closer to reaching the U19s final for a second successive year by overcoming Hollis Robertson [5/8] from the United States. France’s Melvil Scianamanico and Switzerland’s David Bernet also advanced to the Boys’ U19 semis.
There were some big upsets in the Boys’ and Girls’ U11s, with the top two seeds knocked out in the former and the second seed beaten in the latter.
The 5/8 seed Tameem Mostafa Fahmy of Egypt came from a game down to defeat top seed Muhd Harmas Raja from Pakistan 3-1.
Fellow Egyptian Adam Ragab [5/8] ousted Malaysia’s second seed Hisshan Nair Tan in straight games to secure his spot in the semi finals. Meanwhile, the 3/4 seed Lars Daly of the USA was knocked out by Egyptian Ali Elmaotasem [9/16] after going down to a 3-1 defeat.
In the Girls’ competition, the sole shock result saw the USA’s second seed Megha Ravichandaran go down 3-0 to [5/8] Alya Alaa of Egypt.
Anahat Singh, India’s top seed in the Girls’ U17s, came through a stern test against Egypt’s Ruqayya Salem [5/8] to advance to the last four.
After sharing the first four games, Singh clinched the fifth 11-8 to earn her place in the semi finals. The rest of the Girls’ U17s went to seedings, with Singh taking on Egypt’s 3/4 seed Barb Sameh tomorrow following her 3-0 success over Doyce Lee Ye San [9/16] of Malaysia.
It was an Egyptian clean sweep in the Boys’ U17s, with 17/32 seed Ahmed Abd Elreheem springing a surprise result as he knocked out his compatriot – and the 3/4 seed – Seifeldin Refaay.
Fellow countrymen and the top two seeds Youssef Salem and Marwan Asal, who lifted the U15 title in 2023, downed Amir Khaled 3-1 and USA’s 9/16 seed Jack Elriani 3-0, respectively.
The Egyptians swept the board in the Boys’ U13s, with the four quarter final ties going to seedings. No.1 seed Malek Helmy downed Muhammad Sohail Adnann [17/32] from Pakistan in straight games, while the second seed Omar Mohamed overturned a 2-1 deficit to edge fellow countryman Aly Taleb [5/8] 3-2.
In the Girls U13s, USA’s top seed Vivienne Sze battled back from two games down to avoid a scare against Aadya Budhia [9/16] of India to win 3-2.
Despite a big victory yesterday, Egypt’s Seif Belal El Shal [17/32] just missed out on a semi final berth in the Boys’ U15s as he went down 3-2 to his compatriot and the 5/8 seed Farouk Mohamed.
In the Girls’ U15s Egypt’s 5/8 seed Rama El Naggar dumped the 3/4 seed Reghan McLaughlin of the USA out with a 3-1 success.
The semi finals of the British Junior Open take place tomorrow, with play getting underway at 9am (UK time).
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Quarter Final Results
Boys U19s
- [1] Mohamed Zakaria (Egy) 3-0 [9/16] Zane Patel (Usa) 11-5, 11-4, 11-2
- [3/4] Melvil Scianimanico (Fra) 3-0 [5/8] Rishi Srivastava (Usa) 11-8, 11-9, 11-7
- [3/4] David Bernet (Sui) 3-1 [9/16] Yahya Abouraya (Egy) 11-13, 11-4, 11-7, 11-8
- [2] Jonah Bryant (Eng) 3-0 [5/8] Hollis Robertson (Usa) 11-3, 11-7, 11-8
Girls U19s
- [1] Fayrouz Aboelkheir (Egy) 3-0 [5/8] Sehveetrraa Kumar (Mas) 11-7, 11-3, 11-3
- [3/4] Janna Galal (Egy) 3-1 [5/8] Riya Navani (Usa) 11-8, 8-11, 11-8, 11-6
- [3/4] Nour Khagafy (Egy) 3-1 [5/8] Malak Abdelhafez (Egy) 11-4, 9-11, 11-9, 11-5
- [2] Caroline Fouts (Usa) 3-0 [5/8] Noor Megahed (Egy) 11-5, 11-9, 11-3
Boys U17s
- [1] Youssef Salem (Egy) 3-1 Amir Khaled (Egy) 11-7, 11-1, 7-11, 11-6
- [17/32] Ahmed Abd Elreheem (Egy) 3-1 [3/4] Seifeldin Refaay (Egy) 11-7, 12-10, 6-11, 11-9
- [9/16] Adam Hawal (Egy) 3-2 [3/4] Abdullah Nawaz (Pak) 11-8, 8-11, 11-13, 11-5, 11-4
- [2] Marwan Asal (Egy) 3-0 [9/16] Jack Elriani (Usa) 11-7, 11-6, 11-3
Girls U17s
- [1] Anahat Singh (Ind) 3-2 [5/8] Ruqayya Salem (Egy) 9-11, 11-3, 11-7, 5-11, 11-8
- [3/4] Barb Sameh (Egy) 3-0 [9/16] Doyce Lee Ye San (Mas) 11-6 11-6 11-9
- [3/4] Lauren Baltayan (Fra) 3-2 [9/16] Sohayla Hazem Farouk (Egy) 9-11, 11-5, 11-4, 6-11, 11-9
- [2] Nadien Elhammamy (Egy) 3-1 [5/8] Ena Kwong (Hkg) 11-6, 11-3, 9-11, 11-9
Boys U15s
- [1] Philopater Saleh (Egy) 3-0 [9/16] George Griffiths (Eng) 12-10, 11-5, 11-5
- [5/8] Aryaveer Dewan (Ind) 3-0 [3/4] Brendan Tagliarini (Usa) 11-6, 11-4, 11-8
- [9/16] Abdullah Ali (Kuw) 3-1 [3/4] Hamza El Shorbagi (Egy) 11-5, 12-10, 9-11, 11-8
- [5/8] Farouk Mohamed (Egy) 3-2 Seif Belal El Shal (Egy) 11-8, 9-11, 11-1, 7-11, 11-8
Girls U15s
- [1] Malika El Karasky (Egy) 3-1 [5/8] Charlotte Sze (Usa) 11-6, 11-2, 11-13, 11-7
- [5/8] Zeina Abdelaal (Egy) 3-1 [9/16] Isabella Tang (Usa) 11-9, 13-11, 11-13, 12-10
- [5/8] Rama El Naggar (Egy) 3-1 [3/4] Reghan McLaughlin (Usa) 11-8, 11-9, 7-11, 11-4
- [2] Harleein Tan (Mas) 3-1 [5/8] Savannah Moxham (Bel) 11-5, 7-11, 11-9, 11-9
Boys U13s
- [1] Malek Helmy (Egy) 3-0 Muhammad Sohail Adnan (Pak) 11-4 11-6 11-6
- [3/4] Baraa Abdelkarim (Egy) 3-0 [5/8] Reed Goulding (Usa) 11-5, 11-7, 11-2
- [3/4] Hassan Abdelgalil (Egy) 3-2 [5/8] Hufaiza Shahid (Pak) 12-10, 11-8, 7-11, 10-12, 11-9
- [2] Omar Mohamed (Egy) 3-2 [5/8] Aly Taleb (Egy) 9-11, 11-9, 8-11, 11-9, 11-7
Girls U13s
- [1] Vivienne Sze (Usa) 3-2 [9/16] Aadya Budhia (Ind) 7-11 9-11 11-5 11-3 11-6
- [3/4] Reem Elmaghraby (Egy) 3-1 Haneen El Rahman (Egy) 8-11, 11-8, 11-5, 11-6
- [5/8] Joudy Yousry (Egy) 3-1 Areej Elhadidy (Egy) 11-6, 11-6, 7-11, 11-7
- [2] Layan Moustafa (Egy) 3-1 [5/8] Almeera Khan (Usa) 8-11, 11-1, 12-10, 11-1
Boys U11s
- [5/8] Tameem Mostafa Fahmy (Egy) 3-1 [1] Muhd Harmas Raja (Pak) 3-11, 12-10, 11-8, 11-9
- [3/4] Yahia Waleed Rayan (Egy) 3-0 [5/8] Cameron Stait (Usa) 11-7, 11-7, 11-8
- [9/16] Ali Elmaotasem (Egy) 3-1 [3/4] Lars Daly (Usa) 11-6, 13-11, 3-11, 11-5
- [5/8] Adam Ragab (Egy) 3-0 [2] Hisshan Nair Tan (Mas) 12-10, 11-8, 11-7
Girls U11s
- [1] Kaylee Li (Usa) 3-2 [5/8] Lama Salama (Egy) 11-8, 3-11, 5-11, 11-7, 11-8
- [3/4] Fayrouz Elsayad (Egy) 3-0 [9/16] Nadine Sadek (Egy) 11-8, 12-10, 11-8
- [3/4] Serein Mohamed (Egy) 3-0 [9/16] Laila Mohamed Mohsen (Egy) 11-4, 11-2, 11-8
- [5/8] Alya Alaa (Egy) 3-0 [2] Megha Ravichandaran (Usa) 11-8, 11-6, 11-8
