Manchester Open RD2: El Hammamy Storms Past Shahin

Egypt’s Hania El Hammamy wasted no time in booking her place in the quarter-finals of the Manchester Open as she swept away compatriot Nadine Shahin in just 22 minutes of action.

El Hammamy was the form player before the suspension of the PSA World Tour after her stunning Black Ball Open win over Nour El Sherbini and the World No.6 shows no signs of slowing down after dismantling Shahin by an 11-4, 11-8, 11-7 victory.

“It’s tough playing against Nadine, we’ve played a few times on PSA but it was a few years ago, so I was a little bit nervous before that match,” said 20-year-old El Hammamy.

“I haven’t played her for some time, so I tried to stick to my game plan as much as I could. Any time you give Nadine an easy shot she does some killing shots, so I’m glad I managed to win in three.

“I tried to warm up a lot, we haven’t played since my last match so I tried to play a little bit of solo so I could just keep going and get myself into the match. I’m glad I managed to take the first quickly.

“I tried as hard as I can to play some tight shots so she would give me opportunities to go short. When I focus on my game plan I think it managed to go very well.”

El Hammamy will play another Egyptian, Salma Hany, in the next round.

“When I focussed on my gameplan and I tried to do it, I managed to go very well!”@HaniaaElHammamy gives her reaction to a stunning performance against @Nadeen_Shaheen #SquashIsBack #MCROpen pic.twitter.com/jmjNXchFj5

— PSA World Tour (@PSAWorldTour) September 18, 2020

Result
[4] Hania El Hammamy (EGY) bt [11] Nadine Shahin (EGY) 3-0: 11-4, 11-8, 11-7 (22m)