Seven Egyptian squash players remain in the second round of the men's competition of the J.P. Morgan Tournament of Champions. The second round is being held from 14-16 January, and the winners will move on to the quarterfinals. The J.P. Morgan Tournament of Champions started on 12 January in New York, with 10 Egyptian players competing in the men's competition. These 10 players were: Omar Abdel Meguid, Mohamed El-Shorbagy, Marwan El-Shorbagy, Omar Mosaad, Mohamed Aboul Ghar, Tarek Momen, Fares Dessouky, Ali Farag, Zahed Mohamed, and Karim Abdel Gawad. Qatar was represented by Abdullah Mohamed Al-Tamimi. Two qualifying rounds were held from10-11 January prior to the start of the tournament. Al-Tamimi lost in the first qualifying round to Botswana's Alister Walker by 3-0 (11-2/11-7/11-5). Abdel Meguid defeated US player David Cromwell by 3-0 (11-7/11-2/11-6) and qualified to the second qualifying round. However, his ambitions in the tournament ended there after he lost to Scottish Alan Clyne by 3-0 (11-8/12-10/11-4). The first round of the competition took place from12-13 January. Mohamed El-Shorbagy won against England's Declan James by 3-0 (16-14/11-5/11-6). His brother, Marwan El-Shorbagy, defeated England's Daryl Selby with a score of 3-1 (11-6/11-7/6-11/11-8). Aboul Ghar lost to his compatriot Mosaad by 3-0 (11-6/11-6/11-7). Also, Mohamed lost to his fellow compatriot Abdel Gawad by 3-1 (10-12/11-8/11-5/11-7). Momen won against England's Tom Richards by 3-1 (11-6/8-11/11-5/11-2). In the match between Dessouky and America's Todd Harrity, Dessouky snatched the victory with a 3-0 score (11-9/11-4/11-6). After a competitive match against Hong Kong's Tsz Fung Yip, Farag managed to win by 3-2. Farag lost the first game by 11-13. Howeve, he turned the following two games in his favour, winning both by11-6 and 11-5, respectively. Yip made a comeback in the fourth game, winning by 8-11 and setting the score at 2-2. Farag won the fifth game by 11-6.
