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What to look for in Today’s Matches Tuesday THE ER January 14, 2020 12:00: [8] Sarah-Jane Perry (England, age 29, rank 8) vs. Sabrina Sobhy (USA, age 23, rank 39) The American is the lowest-ranked player left in the tournament and brimming with confidence after two top- twenty upsets to reach her first career ToC third round. Sobhy will need her shot-making to translate on the glass court after two matches on traditional courts to have a chance at her first career top ten upset against the imposing Englishwoman. 12:45: [4] Nour El Tayeb (Egypt, age 26, rank 4) vs. [14] Salma Hany (Egypt, age 23, rank 14) Hany has enjoyed success in Grand Central in the past, upsetting Laura Massaro last year to reach what was her only Platinum quarterfinal appearance to date. El Tayeb, a 2018 ToC finalist and 2019 semifinalist, will be favored with a 5-0 head-to-head record and two decisive 3-0 victories against her younger compatriot in 2019. 2:00: [6] Joelle King (New Zealand, age 31, rank 6) vs. [12] Joshna Chinappa (India, age 33, rank 12) 2020 TOC APPAREL Both players enjoyed a smooth start to the tournament with 3-0 second round wins, and will be up for the fight. While King holds an 8-3 head-to-head lead, Chinappa has won two of their last three encounters since 2018— ON SALE AT THE TOC including a best-of-three upset during September’s Oracle NetSuite Open. King will look to avenge that loss to PRO SHOP reach her second straight ToC quarterfinals. ¼ Zip Pullover $69 2:45: [2] Nour El Sherbini (Egypt, age 24, rank 2) vs. Olivia Blatchford Clyne (USA, age 26, rank 17) Commemorative T $29 A rematch of the 2019 ToC third round, the world champion understandably enters this match as the heavy GCT Clock T-Shirt $29 favorite to extend her 6-0 record against the Wilton, Connecticut-native. Blatchford Clyne only spent one game ToC Cross® Pen $49 on the glass in the second round due to Tesni Evans’ injury. She looked sharp in that game and will need to Commemorative Pin $10 replicate that pace to push El Sherbini as much as possible. Squash Books $20 5:00: [1] Raneem El Welily (Egypt, age 31, rank 1) vs. [5] Camille Serme (France, age 30, rank 5) Tuesday is the first of two quarterfinal days at the 2020 J.P. Morgan Tournament of Both El Weiliy, the 2015 champion, and Serme, the 2017 champion, have competed in every ToC since 2014, but WELCOME TO have never crossed paths in Grand Central until now. The world No. 1 has been on cruise control so far, unlike Champions with four semifinalists set to be determined during the last two Serme who overcame two difficult matches against young Egyptians. Serme will need to be in her best form to sessions. Only three quarterfinalists defied the seeding to reach the last eight so THE TOC have a chance of notching what would be just her fourth win in their twenty-first PSA match. far, but we’ve now reached the business end of the tournament where anything can happen. Both five seeds, Coll (left) and Serme (right), are the world’s highest Connecticut College 5:45: [4] Tarek Momen (Egypt, age 31, rank 3) vs. Mostafa Asal (Egypt, age 18, rank 21) ranked non-Egyptians and will attempt to stun the two Egyptian world No. 1’s. The eighteen-year-old has been the tournament’s surprise package so far by recording a top ten upset against CitySquash Mohamed Abouelghar and spoiling Gregory Gaultier’s comeback party. The world champion will be his biggest test so far, but based on his ambitious style of attacking squash this week, even the world’s best could be troubled by the starlet. Today’s Matches 7:30: [3] Nouran Gohar (Egypt, age 22, rank 3) vs. [13] Alison Waters (England, age 35, rank 13) Gohar reached the quarterfinals with two clinical performances and will be favored in her recent vein of form. Presented by Waters, the 2015 ToC finalist, did notch two wins over Gohar in 2018, but the Egyptian’s game has developed significantly in the past two years—so much that she is considered a top three title favorite. 12:00 PM SESSION 5:00 PM SESSION 8:15: [1] Ali Farag (Egypt, age 27, rank 1) vs. [5] Paul Coll (New Zealand, age 27, rank 5) [8] Sarah-Jane Perry (ENG) vs. Sabrina Sobhy (USA) [1] Raneem El Welily (EGY) vs. [5] Camille Serme (FRA) Last year, Farag tamed ‘Superman’ in three games and fifty-minutes during his title run in the quarterfinals. [4] Nour El Tayeb (EGY) vs. [14] Salma Hany (EGY) Mostafa Asal (EGY) vs. [4] Tarek Momen (EGY) Coll—then world No. 7—now sits at a career high world No. 5 as the highest-ranked non-Egyptian. After reaching the World Championship final in November, Coll could be on the verge of making a breakthrough 2:00 PM SESSION 7:30 PM SESSION against the world’s top four and winning his first Platinum title. The Kiwi’s only career win against Farag took [12] Joshna Chinappa (IND) vs. [6] Joelle King (NZL) [3] Nouran Gohar (EGY) vs. [13] Alison Waters (ENG) place in Grand Central in 2017, but he has lost all ten encounters since. Olivia Blatchford Clyne (USA) vs. [2] Nour El Sherbini (EGY) [1] Ali Farag (EGY) vs. [5] Paul Coll (NZL) @tocsquash tocsquash.com #ToC20 . Coline Aumard (FRA) [1] Raneem El Welily (EGY) Round 3 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Alan Clyne (SCO) [1] Ali Farag (EGY) Round 3 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Fri. 1/10 – 4:45 NYAC Sat. 1/11 – 5:00 GCT [1] El Welily (EGY) Thurs. 1/9 – 5:30 HC Fri. 1/10 - 7:30 GCT [1] Farag (EGY) [17/32] Hollie Naughton (CAN) Aumard (FRA) 6, (11), 7, 3 6, 1, 2 [1] El Welily (EGY) [17/32] Mezan Hesham (EGY) Hesham (EGY) 6, 9, 7 3,(6),(8),8,3 [1] Farag (EGY) [17/32] Millie Tomlinson (ENG) Tomlinson (ENG) 8, 1, (7), 8 Mon. 1/13 – 2:45 GCT 9, 6, 5 [17/32] Nicolas Mueller (SUI) Soliman (EGY) 3, 9, (8), 5 Sun. 1/12 - 12:45 GCT 9, 9, 7 Fri. 1/10 – 6:15 NYAC Sat. 1/11 – 5:30 PC [11] Au (HKG) Thurs. 1/9 – 12:00 GCT Fri. 1/10 – 2:00 GCT Soliman (EGY) [WC] Marina Stefanoni (USA) [11] Annie Au (HKG) 5, 5, 7 Youssef Soliman (EGY) Masotti (FRA) (11), 7, 8, 4 6, 6, 5 Melissa Alves (FRA) Mickawy (EGY) 12, (5), 9, 6 Tues. 1/14 – 5:00 GCT Baptiste Masotti (FRA) Richards (ENG) 2, (9), 1, 3 Tues. 1/14 – 8:15 GCT Fri. 1/10 - 5:30 NYAC Sat. 1/11 – 1:45 HC [16] Adel (EGY) Thurs. 1/9 – 4:45 HC Fri. 1/10 – 5:00 GCT Richards (ENG) [17/32] Zeina Mickawy (EGY) [16] Yathreb Adel (EGY) 3, 7, 6 [17/32] Adrian Waller (ENG) Au (HKG) 5, (7), 7, (6), 8 6, 6, (10), (8), 9 [17/32] Rowan Elaraby (EGY) Elaraby (EGY) 2, (7), (5), 7, 4 Mon. 1/13 – 2:00 GCT [5] Serme (FRA) [17/32] Tom Richards (ENG) Al Tamimi (QAT) (4), (11), 4, 9, 7 Sun. 1/12 – 2:00 GCT [5] Coll (NZL) Fri. 1/10 – 4:00 NYAC Sat. 1/11 – 2:00 GCT [5] Serme (FRA) 7, 11, (6), 9 Thurs. 1/9 – 7:00 HC Fri. 1/10 12:45 GCT [5] Coll (NZL) 5, 10, 1 Liu Tsz-Ling (HKG) [5] Camille Serme (FRA) 8,(3),6,(9),7 Thur. 1/16 – 5:00 Karim El Hammamy (EGY) [5] Paul Coll (NZL) 3, (6), 6, 6 Thur. 1/16 – 8:00 Tze Lok Ho (HKG) [7] Amanda Sobhy (USA) GCT Todd Harrity (USA) [8] Mohamed Abouelghar (EGY) GCT Fri. 1/10 – 12:15 HC Sat. 1/11 – 7:30 GCT Whitlock (ENG) Thurs. 1/9 – 7:45 GCT Fri. 1/10 – 2:45 GCT Asal (EGY) [17/32] Emily Whitlock (ENG) Whitlock (ENG) 7,7, 8 (5),(1),4,8,7 [13] Waters (ENG) [17/32] Leo Au (HKG) Asal (EGY) 8, 3, 7 (4), 8, 8, 7 Asal (EGY) [17/32] Nada Abbas (EGY) Abbas (EGY) (10), 8, (7), 4, 4 Mon. 1/13 – 8:15 GCT 7, 5, 7 [17/32] Lucas Serme (FRA) Grégory Gaultier (FRA) Sun. 1/12 – 5:00 GCT (5), 11, 10, (10), 5 Fri. 1/10 – 1:00 HC Sat. 1/11 – 12:15 HC [13] Waters (ENG] Thurs. 1/9 – 12:45 GCT Fri. 1/10 – 8:15 GCT Gaultier (FRA) Rachel Arnold (MAS) [13] Alison Waters (ENG) (9), 4, 8, 4 Abdulla Al Tamimi Omar Mosaad (EGY) 7,(8),(10),5,9 Danielle Letourneau (CAN) [10] Hania El Hammamy (EGY) Tues. 1/14 – 7:30 GCT Ramit Tandon (IND) Eain Yow (MAS) 6, 9, 7 Tues. 1/14 – 5:45 GCT Fri. 1/10 – 2:45 HC Sat. 1/11 – 1:00 HC [10] El Hammamy (EGY) Thurs. 1/9 – 4:00 GCT Fri. 1/10 – 12:00 GCT Eain Yow (MAS) [17/32] Mariam Metwally (EGY) Metwally (EGY) 11, 6, 7 (9), 4, 8, 4 Women’s [17/32] Mostafa Asal (EGY) Castagnet (FRA) 7, 2, 3 (9), 5, 8, (7), 7 Men’s [17/32] Rachael Grinham Fuller (RSA) 7, 5,6 Mon. 1/13 – 4:00 GCT [3] Gohar (EGY) Championship [17/32] Eain Yow Ng (MAS) Marwan ElShorbagy (EGY) Sun.