Egypt's squash stars Mohamed Elshorbagy and Ramy Ashour have reached Al-Ahram Squash Open quarterfinals on Monday after beating Australia’s Cameron Pilley and countryman Omar Abdel Meguid respectively.

The 25-year-old Elshorbagy, who has been on top of the men's world ranking since November 2014, defeated Pilley 3-1 (9/11, 11/7, 11/9, 11/8).

He will face Germany's Simon Rosner in the quarters on Wedensday.

Former World Champion Ashour, 28, defeated Abdel-Meguid 3-1 (11/5, 5/11, 11/7, 11/6).

Ashour will play against Egyptian compatriot Ali Farag who defeated Fares Dessouki 3-0 in round of 16.

Al-Ahram Open, one of the major tournaments in the squash world, rejoins the PSA World Tour calendar for the first time since 2001 with $100,000 worth of prizes for each of the men and women's events.

The tournament's main draw started on Monday and will run until 23 September.

 

Round of 16

 

 

Mohamed Elshorbagy 3-1 Cameron Pilley (9/11, 11/7, 11/9, 11/8)
Simon Rosner 3-1 Youssef Soliman (11/1, 9/11, 11/4, 12/10)

Ramy Ashour 3-1 Omar Abdel-Meguid (11/5, 5/11, 11/7, 11/6)

Ali Farag 3-0 Fares Dessouky (11/6, 11/9, 11/6)

Karim Abdel-Gawad 3-1 Greg Lobban (10/12, 11/8, 14/12, 11/8)

Tarek Momen 3-0 Mohamed Reda (11/4, 11/5, 11/3)

Zahed Mohamed 3-2 Borja Golan (10/12, 11/8, 5/11, 12/10, 11/6)

Omar Mosaad v Karim Ali Fathi

 

Quarter finals

 

Tuesday 20 September

Mohamed Elshorbagy v Simon Rosner

Ramy Ashour v Ali Farag

 

Wednesday 21 September

Karim Abdel-Gawad v Tarek Momen

Zahed Mohamed v Omar Mosaad / Karim Ali Fathi