Gohar & David Set Up World Quarter-Final Showdown

Egypt's 19-year-old Nouran Gohar and Malaysia's 33-year-old eight-time World Champion Nicol David will meet in an eagerly-anticipated quarter-final clash in the Orascom Development PSA Women's World Championship after seeing off Nour El Tayeb and Annie Au, respectively, in El Gouna, Egypt.

Gohar, the reigning World Junior Champion, was up against another former World Junior Champion in El Tayeb - but the world No.5 played with power and control to prevail 11-8, 12-10, 11-9 in 46 minutes to reach the last eight for the second year in a row.

"It will be a tough match for sure [against David]," said Gohar. "Nicol has so many titles, she's a living legend and she's my idol.

"To play against her is tough mentally and physically. I'm just going to enjoy it and hope that the crowd will be behind me."

David won her record eighth World Championship crown when it was last held in Egypt three years ago - and stepped up her efforts to claim the biggest title on the Women's Tour for an unprecedented ninth time with an 12-10, 11-4, 13-11 triumph.

The Malaysian superstar will look to improve on her last result against Gohar, with the hard-hitting Egyptian ending David's 10-year unbeaten run at the Hong Kong Open in August en-route to a maiden World Series title.

"I think I played much better today than yesterday," David said after beating her career-long Asian rival Au, from Hong Kong.

"I knew I had to be sharp - she's very dangerous. In the second game especially I felt like I put it all together well and I'm really pleased to come through 3/0 in the end. I had to make sure I played tight and didn't allow her the time to mix it up.

"And now I get to play on the glass court which is very exciting. It's such a treat to be here and it's not often I get the chance to play in a new place and a new location so I'm really excited."

Nour El Sherbini, the defending champion, navigated a tricky tie against World No.18 Tesni Evans of Wales to seal her quarter-final berth for a second year in succession.

The 21-year-old World No.1, who is bidding to become the first female Egyptian ever to lift the prestigious title on two occasions, prevailed in a crucial first game on the tie-break, which then gave her the impetus to close out an 13-11, 11-4, 11-4 victory.

"The whole season hasn't gone that well, so I'm just hoping that this tournament will go well," admitted El Sherbini.

"I'm trying to go through match by match without thinking a lot. Now I'm into the quarter-finals and I'm thinking ahead to the next round and that's it."

The Egyptian will take on British Open runner-up Sarah-Jane Perry for a place in the semi-finals, with Perry coming through a four-game scrap with fellow Englishwoman Victoria Lust to reach the last eight.