Al Tamimi reaches QSF 5 quarterfinals
Doha: Qatar’s Abdullah Al Tamimi saw off France’s Macéo Levy 3-0 to reach the quarter-finals the QSF 5 in Doha yesterday.
Finnlay Withington upset No.7 seed Rui Soares to reach his first 30k quarter final. The 19-year-old needed just three games and 33 minutes to knock out the experienced Portuguese player, winning 11-7, 11-7, 11-8 to set up a last-eight matchup with Juan Camilo Vargas.
Vargas will come into that match on the back of a comeback win over James Peach, who held a 2-1 lead before the Colombian turned things around, dominating the last two games by dropping only four points.
Egypt’s El Hammamy came through a tricky test against former World No.1 James Willstrop, winning 11-7, 8-11, 11-7, 11-8 in 41 minutes.
Fellow Egyptians Seif El-Shenawy and Aly Hussein also progressed, albeit in contrasting styles. El-Shenawy beat the in-form Bernat Jaume 3-2 in just shy of an hour, while Hussein was on court for just 24 minutes before his opponent Lucas Serme retired.
English duo Simon Herbert and George Parker are also into the last eight after beating Declan James and Ivan Perez Saavedra respectively.
Herbert overturned a one-game deficit to down compatriot James 3-1, before Parker knocked out the Spaniard 3-0 in the following match.
The pair will meet in the semi-finals should both win in the quarter-finals, though Herbert will have to upset the odds to do so, with Altamimi standing in his way.
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