Yow Ng Upsets Eleinen To Gatecrash London Classic Quarters

World No.18 Eain Yow Ng caused the first major upset of this year's London Classic after coming from behind to beat No.4 seed Aly Abou Eleinen at Alexandra Palace.

The Malaysian suffered a disappointing quarter-final exit at the Budapest Open last week but battled back well in London, earning a hard-fought 7-11, 11-4, 11-9 victory over Eleinen in the longest match of day two. Yow Ng will play Egypt's Youssef Soliman for a place in the last four.

"I think I bounced back really well, Aly was firing it in so quickly and it took me some time to get used to it," Yow Ng said afterwards.

"I thought I played really well in the second game and towards the tail end of the third. There is obviously still stuff I'm trying to work on and get better with, but I'm getting there.

"He [Soliman] is such a tough player and we've trained a lot so we know each other's games really well. I think it will come down to who is the better player on the day."

Defending men's champion Paul Coll is also through to the last eight after the New Zealander defeated Englishman Sam Todd 11-2, 11-4. The top seed will take on former world No.1 Mohamed ElShorbagy in a mouthwatering quarter-final contest.

USA's world No.10 Amanda Sobhy came back from two match balls down against Egypt's Salma Hany in a thriller to book her spot in the quarter-finals.

Hany had never beaten Sobhy in 13 previous attempts on the PSA Squash Tour, but came within a whisker of finally ending that unwanted run. The world No.13 overturned a 9-2 deficit in the opening game, before Sobhy recovered in the second to send the match to a decider under the best-of-three games scoring format.

It was a nail-biting third game which saw Sobhy hold her nerve and rattle off four sublime forehand volley drop winners in a row to vanquish her opponent. Next up for Sobhy is an enthralling encounter with world No.1 Hania El Hammamy.

"I had to establish my length into the back corners and try to be a bit more aggressive," said Sobhy afterwards.

"When I was 9-2 up I became afraid to lose and I have to be mindful of that moving forward. I have to take my punches [against El Hammamy], I can't be passive at all. She's world No.1 for a reason, it's ridiculous. I know we're going to have a good battle and I want to see how I fare against the best in the world."

Also through to the last eight is England No.1 Georgina Kennedy, who also had to overturn a one-game deficit, beating Egypt's Sana Ibrahim 6-11, 11-8, 11-2. Kennedy will play Satomi Watanabe in the next round after the Japan No.1 defeated Farida Mohamed.