ElShorbagy Pulls Out of British Open Third Round Due to Illness

England’s Mohamed ElShorbagy has pulled of this evening’s British Open third round match against USA’s Timothy Brownell due to illness.

The three-time champion’s withdrawal means that Brownell is awarded a walkover and he will now become the first man from the United States to compete in the quarter-finals of the British Open.

Brownell will play either World No.4 Mostafa Asal or ElShorbagy’s younger brother, Marwan, in the last eight.

This evening’s schedule has been amended as a result, with the match between World Champion Nouran Gohar and Hong Kong’s Tomato Ho being pushed back to 18:00 (GMT+1).

New Schedule

18:00 [3] Nouran Gohar (EGY) v Tomato Ho (HKG)

19:30 Fayrouz Aboelkheir (EGY) v [6] Georgina Kennedy (ENG)

20:15 [4] Mostafa Asal (EGY) v Marwan Elshorbagy (ENG)

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