Day ONE : Round One

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The 2025 Palm Hills Open got under way today with 12 Round One matches at Palm Hills with the four wildcards in evening action on the glass court.

There was no joy for the wildcards as most of the matches went to seeding – Kenzy Ayman producing the sole women’s upset while Bernat Jaume, Karim El Hammamy and Yahya Elnawasany ousted men’s 9/16 seeds.

Check out the reports and reaction below the results …

Palm Hills Squash Open 2025 : Day ONE, Round ONE

Women’s Round One :
Malak Khafagy (Egy) 3-1 [wc] Habiba Hany (Egy)   7-11, 11-5, 11-6, 11-7 (38m)
Tomato Ho (Hkg) 3-0 Menna Hamed (Egy)   11-7, 11-6, 11-2 (27m)
Melissa Alves (Fra) 3-0 [wc] Ruqayya Salem (Egy)   13-11, 11-6, 11-7 (35m)
Kenzy Ayman (Egy) 3-0 Salma Eltayeb (Egy)   12-10, 11-7, 11-6 (23m)
Hana Ramadan (Egy) 3-1 Emily Whitlock (Wal)   11-6, 12-10, 10-12, 12-10 (57m)
Hana Moataz (Egy) 3-1 Nour Aboulmakarim (Egy)   11-5, 7-11, 11-7, 11-6 (42m)
Zeina Mickawy (Egy) 3-2 Nadine Shahin (Egy)   11-6, 8-11, 6-11, 11-4, 11-6 (43m)
Mariam Metwally (Egy) 3-0 Marie Stephan (Fra)   11-4, 11-8, 11-5 (29m)

Men’s Round One :
Ramit Tandon (Ind) 3-0 Leandro Romiglio (Arg)   11-4, 11-8, 11-5 (43m)
Raphael Kandra (Ger) 3-0 [wc] Eiad Daoud (Egy)   11-8, 11-3, 11-8 (34m)
Karim El Hammamy (Egy) 3-1 Iker Pajares (Esp)   7-11, 11-6, 11-3, 3-0 rtd (56m)
Yahya Elnawasany (Egy) 3-0 Balazs Farkas (Hun)   13-11, 11-8, 11-5 (34m)
Adrian Waller (Eng) 3-0 Omar Mosaad (Egy)   11-7, 11-5, 11-3 (29m)
Curtis Malik (Eng) 3-2 Henry Leung (Hkg)   12-10, 11-8, 10-12, 8-11, 11-6 (68m)
Mohamed ElSherbini (Egy) 3-1 [wc] Mohamed Gohar (Egy)   11-8, 7-11, 11-9, 11-6 (53m)
Bernat Jaume (Esp) 3-0 Nathan Lake (Eng)   11-2, 8-1 rtd (13m)

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