Egypt's Nour El Sherbini and Hania El Hammamy advanced to the quarterfinal of the PSA Women's World Championship that place in Egypt from 24 October to 1 November. Defending Champions and World number 2 El Sherbini eased past Joshna Chinappa 3-0 (11-5, 11-3, 11-6) in the round of 16 to set up a meeting with World number 6 Joelle King of New Zealand on Wednesday. Earlier in the day El Hammamy defeated Sivasangari Subramaniam of Malaysia 3-1 (11-8, 10-12, 11-8, 11-9) in 53 minutes to secure her first ever quarter final berth. "I'm so pleased that I got through this match. I was a little bit nervous at the beginning of the match. We have played so many time throughout our junior careers and I'm sure we're going to have a lot more matches on the PSA Tour," 19-year old El Hammamy said after the game. "I know that Siva likes to hold and make the opponent run all over the court, so I wanted to keep my shots tight and push her into the back corners. I ran out of my plan a little bit in the middle of the match, but I'm glad I managed to win. "It feels great to have my family, friends and coaches all by my side. I'm looking forward to my next match and hopefully I can keep going." On Sunday three Egyptians had already secured their qualification to the quarterfinal as world number 1 Raneem El Welily will face world number 5 Nour El Tayeb in an all Egyptian contest on Tuesday while Nouran Gohar will take on Sarah-Jane Perry of England. Quarter finals Tuesday 29 October Raneem El Welily (Egy) v Nour El Tayeb (Egy) Nouran Gohar (Egy) v Sarah-Jane Perry (Eng) Wednesday 30 October Hania El Hammamy (Egy) v Camille Serme (Fra) / Yathreb Adel (Egy) Nour El Sherbini (Egy) v Joelle King (NZL) (For more sports news and updates, follow Ahram Online Sports on Twitter at @AO_Sports and on Facebook at AhramOnlineSports.)
