Whitlock Wipes Out Waters In Major British Open Shock

England's world No.15 Emily Whitlock will join compatriots Laura Massaro and Nick Matthew in the quarter-finals of the prestigious Allam British Open for the first time in her career after upsetting higher-ranked compatriot Alison Waters - for the first time in 10 meetings over the past five years - in their second round fixture at the Airco Arena in Hull.

Whitlock played with accuracy and intelligent shot-selection to stun the three-time British Open semi-finalist, claiming an 11-4, 11-7, 11-9 victory to set up a last eight meeting with defending champion Nour El Sherbini, after the and world No.1 from Egypt saw off Hong Kong's Annie Au.

"I just didn't think I'd win, I'm pretty chuffed about it," said Whitlock.

"I've beaten Alison once before in practice, but it's never the same, tournament wins are just amazing.

"And winning 3/0 is just a joke as I've never won a first round match here - so to win two matches is just a bonus, it's been a good week."

2013 champion Massaro, the world No.5, also moved through to the quarter-finals after defeating Egyptian qualifier Mayar Hany.

The 33-year-old had to be patient in the early stages and was forced to overturn a 4-1 deficit in game one after a strong start from Hany, the 20-year-old from Cairo who upset world No.11 Joelle King in the opening round.

But the experienced Englishwoman soon found her rhythm and, after claiming a two-game lead, she closed out the third to wrap up an 11-5, 11-1, 11-9 triumph - sealing her place in the quarter-finals of the sport's long-established tournament for an eighth consecutive year, where she will meet world No.3 Raneem El Welily, who beat Joshna Chinappa.

"She came out quite attacking and it took me a few rallies to calm things down a little bit," said Massaro. "I needed to get some longer rallies into the game, she gave me a few errors to help me get momentum in the first.

"In the second, I just tried to get on the volley, take the ball early and just keep the pace really high. She didn't come off court after the second, so I thought she was going to be firing on all cylinders, and fair play to her she changed the plan a little bit.

"It's really nice to play in front of a home crowd, it really does pick you up. We get that against us everywhere we play in the world, so it's nice to have that on our side and hopefully the crowd can really get into the quarter-finals."

Three-time men's champion Nick Matthew moved one stage further than last year after he defeated German No.1 Simon Rösner.

The Englishman, who lost out to Egypt's Ali Farag in round two last year, despatched the world No.10 by an 11-7, 11-5, 5-11, 11-3 margin to set up a quarter-final meeting with Tarek Momen, who ousted New Zealander Paul Coll, the world No.16.

"I was prepared to work really hard against Simon, the last couple of times against him it's been a tough four or five game match," said Matthew.

"Everyone I play is going to be a tough match and I'm looking forward to playing Tarek, he's a different style of player to Simon's power, Tarek has the speed and the touch so it will be different challenge, but I've got a day and a half to prepare for it and a chance to recover."

Defending champion Mohamed Elshorbagy took one step closer to a third successive British Open title after he saw off England's Daryl Selby - avenging his first round defeat to the world No.15 in December's Channel VAS Championship.

Selby held two game balls in game one, but some chest-thumping bravado from Elshorbagy helped him to take four straight points to go ahead - and he refused to relinquish his lead from that point onwards, completing a 12-10, 11-4, 11-7 victory to keep alive his title defence hopes.

"That's the hunger I used to have when I was climbing up the rankings," said Elshorbagy, the world No.1.

"When I got to No.1, I wanted to win everything, which I haven't, so I am still hungry. I was pumping myself after every point, I wasn't angry with anyone else just myself, I told Daryl it wasn't about him, it was me. I was happy to see him playing well, that's nice for him."

He will take on compatriot Ali Farag - four months after their feisty quarter-final clash in November's PSA Men's World Championship - after Farag progressed courtesy of a 3/0 win over Tsz Fung Yip.