Life Time Chicago Open 2023: Poleshchuk & Walsh Gatecrash Quarters in Chicago

There were two upsets on day two of the Life Time Chicago Open 2023 – The Hussain Family 30k event yesterday as Israel’s Daniel Poleshchuk and England’s Tom Walsh made their way through to the last eight in Chicago.

The former, Poleshchuk, put in an impressive performance to overcome seventh seeded Czech Martin Svec to reach the last eight, winning in 35 minutes. Whilst Walsh was handed victory due to compatriot and No.3 seed Nathan Lake being forced to withdraw from the contest early due to an injury.

Top seeded Egyptians Mohamed ElSherbini and Aly Abou Eleinen recorded straight games victories in their respective matches. El Sherbini was in complete control in his clash with Malaysia’s Sanjay Jeeva and won in 24 minutes, whilst Eleinen had a close match with Austrian veteran Aqeel Rehman, edging the elder statesman out 11-9 in each game.

There was more Egyptian success on day two as Mazen Gamal and Aly Hussein progressed to the next round after beating America’s duo Alejandro Reyes and Jeremías Azaña to advance. Gamal needed just the three games to move into the quarters whilst compatriot Hussein dropped the third game to Azaña but recovered strongly to win game four.

Results: Round 2
[1] Mohamed ElSherbini (EGY) bt Sanjay Jeeva (MAS) 3-0: 11-2, 11-7, 11-1 (24m)
[6] Mazen Gamal (EGY) bt [9/16] Alejandro Reyes (MEX) 3-0: 11-4, 11-9, 11-5 (40m)
[8] Aly Hussein (EGY) bt [9/16] Jeremías Azaña (ARG) 3-1: 11-4, 11-6, 9-11, 11-5 (60m)
[4] Cesar Salazar (MEX) bt [9/16] Joseph White (AUS) 3-0: 11-7, 11-4, 11-6 (28m)
[9/16] Tom Walsh (ENG) bt [3] Nathan Lake (ENG) 3-0: 9-8 ret. (16m)
[9/16] Daniel Poleshchuk (ISR) bt [7] Martin Svec (CZE) 3-0: 11-9, 11-5, 11-8 (35m)
[5] Faraz Khan (USA) bt [9/16] Yannik Omlor (GER) 3-0: 12-10, 11-9, 17-19, 11-6 (66m)
[2] Aly Abou Eleinen (EGY) bt Aqeel Rehman (AUT) 3-0: 11-9, 11-9, 11-9 (31m)

Draw: QFs
[1] Mohamed ElSherbini (EGY) v [6] Mazen Gamal (EGY)
[4] Cesar Salazar (MEX) v [8] Aly Hussein (EGY)
[9/16] Tom Walsh (ENG) v [9/16] Daniel Poleshchuk (ISR)
[2] Aly Abou Eleinen (EGY) v [5] Faraz Khan (USA)