World number 3 Mohamed ElShorbagy reached the squash World Championship semi-finals after defeating veteran champion Nick Matthew 3-1 in the tournament's quarters on Thursday. He needed a 53 minutes to overcome the three-time World Champion to set a date with World number one Gregory Gaultier of France in the semis on Saturday. The Frenchman eased-past Paul Coll of New Zealand 3-0 in the quarters on Thursday. In the Women's tournament top seed Nour El Sherbini secured a place in the competition's semis after claiming an easy 3-0 win over compatriot Nouran Gohar in a 30 minutes game. "It's always tough playing someone from your own country," Nour El Sherbini told squash site on Thursday. "Nouran is always a hard opponent, you know she'll make a plan based on the last match, it's like a game of Chess, I try to mix up the pace a lot. "Trying to defend the title there's more pressure, but I try not to think about it, I'll just keep trying to play my best …'' El-Sherbini will face compatriot Nour El-Tayeb in the semis on Saturday.
Results – Quarter-Finals: 2017 Men's AJ Bell PSA World Championships [1] Gregory Gaultier (FRA) bt [8] Paul Coll (NZL) 3-0: 11-6, 11-5, 11-4 (44m) [3] Mohamed ElShorbagy (EGY) bt [5] Nick Matthew (ENG) 3-1: 11-7, 11-6, 5-11, 11-6 (53m) Draw – Men's Quarter-Finals (Bottom Half): To Be Played December 15 [4] Ali Farag (EGY) v Miguel Angel Rodriguez (COL) [6] Marwan ElShorbagy (EGY) v [2] Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY) Draw – Men's Semi-Finals (Top Half): To Be Played December 16 [1] Gregory Gaultier (FRA) v [3] Mohamed ElShorbagy (EGY) Results – Quarter-Finals: 2017 Women's AJ Bell PSA World Championships [1] Nour El Sherbini (EGY) bt [5] Nouran Gohar (EGY) 3-0: 11-7, 11-3, 11-4 (30m) [8] Nour El Tayeb (EGY) bt [16] Tesni Evans (WAL) 3-0: 11-9, 11-7, 11-9 (40m) Draw – Women's Quarter-Finals (Bottom Half): To Be Played December 15 [3] Camille Serme (FRA) v [9] Joelle King (NZL) [6] Nicol David (MAS) v [2] Raneem El Welily (EGY) Draw – Women's Semi-Finals (Top Half): To Be Played December 16 [1] Nour El Sherbini (EGY) v [8] Nour El Tayeb (EGY)
