Ramy Ashour set up Englishman Peter Barker quarter final clash in the PSA Masters after beating Australian Cameron Pilley 3-1 on Thursday.
The former world champion won the first game 11/5 but was stunned in the second 12/14 before easily killing the tie in the next couple of games 11/2 and 11/4.
Darwish and El-Shorbagy, who emerged winners in their ties against Tom Richards 3-0 (11/3, 11/4, 11/6) and Borja Golan 3-1 (11/6, 11/8, 6/11, 11/7) respectively, will play each other in the quarters that will be held on Friday.
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