The quarter-finals will now include: Raneem El-Weleily and Nour El-Tayeb in the women’s tournament, Ramy Ashour and Ali Farag in the men’s. World Series ranked number two El-Welily made it after a long 67-minute-match against World Series ranker number nine Tesni Evans of Whales, in which El- Welily emerged victorious. As for the men, three time J.P. Morgan Champion Ashour defeated fellow Egyptian Mazen Hesham on his way to the title. Ashour had won the 2011, 2013 and the 2017 J.P Morgan titles. The J.P. Morgan 2017 edition also saw Farag and Ashour compete for the J.P. Morgan China Squash Open title, which Ashour won.

Source: Egypt Independent January 23, 2018 11:37 UTC