Matthew Masters El Shorbagy In Qatar Classic

After upsetting Malaysia's ninth seed Ong Beng Hee in the first round of the Qatar Classic, Egyptian schoolboy Mohamed El Shorbagy met his match in Nick Matthew when he went down to the seventh-seeded Englishman in the last sixteen round of the men's $145,000 Super Series Platinum PSA Tour event at the Khalifa International Squash Complex in the Qatar capital Doha.

There were two second round surprises in the women's $74,000 Gold WISPA World Tour event when Egypt's ninth seed Omneya Abdel Kawy beat Jenny Duncalf, the No5 seed from England, and Ireland's 12th seed Madeline Perry put out sixth-seeded New Zealander Shelley Kitchen.

Men's 2nd round:
[1] Amr Shabana (EGY) bt Borja Golan (ESP) 11-9, 11-5, 9-11, 11-9 (56m)
[10] Peter Barker (ENG) bt [Q] Alister Walker (ENG) 11-4, 11-8, 7-11, 11-8 (60m)
[3] Ramy Ashour (EGY) bt [Q] Tarek Momen (EGY) 11-6, 11-7, 7-11, 11-5 (33m)
[5] Thierry Lincou (FRA) bt [12] Adrian Grant (ENG) 11-6, 9-11, 11-3, 8-11, 11-2 (69m)
[7] Nick Matthew (ENG) bt [Q] Mohamed El Shorbagy (EGY) 11-7, 11-8, 11-9 (48m)
[4] David Palmer (AUS) bt [15] Stewart Boswell (AUS) 7-11, 11-6, 11-4, 11-9 (50m)
[6] Karim Darwish (EGY) bt [14] Olli Tuominen (FIN) 11-8, 11-8, 11-5 (37m)
[2] Gregory Gaultier (FRA) bt [13] Laurens Jan Anjema (NED) 11-7, 3-11, 11-4, 11-4 (48m)

Women's 2nd round:
[1] Nicol David (MAS) bt [15] Engy Kheirallah (EGY) 11-5, 11-5, 11-2 (26m)
[7] Alison Waters (ENG) bt [10] Kasey Brown (AUS) 11-4, 11-7, 11-6 (29m)
[4] Natalie Grainger (USA) bt [16] Annelize Naude (NED) 13-11, 13-11, 12-10 (26m)
[9] Omneya Abdel Kawy (EGY) bt [5] Jenny Duncalf (ENG) 12-10, 11-8, 8-11, 12-10 (50m)
[8] Laura Lengthorn-Massaro (ENG) bt [Q] Aisling Blake (IRL) 11-5, 11-3, 11-4 (24m)
[3] Natalie Grinham (NED) bt [13] Isabelle Stoehr (FRA) 11-7, 11-8, 11-0 (31m)
[12] Madeline Perry (IRL) bt [6] Shelley Kitchen (NZL) 6-11, 11-4, 11-5, 11-7 (44m)
[2] Rachael Grinham (AUS) bt [11] Rebecca Chiu (HKG) 11-4, 11-6, 11-8 (31m)