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Salma Hany and Leonel Cardenas both triumphed in five games over the top seeds in today’s finals

Gina Kennedy, Salma Hany, Aly Abou Eleinen and Leonel Cardenas booked their places in Sunday’s finals …

Jasmine Hutton and Katie Malliff produced quarter-final upsets as five English players reached the semi-finals in Manchester

Sixteen second round matches today at the NSC as Nick Wall, Grace Gear and Abhay Singh gatecrash the quarter-finals

The seventh edition of the Manchester Open got under way today at the National Squash Centre with sixteen first round matches

Defending women’s champion Nour El Tayeb got the better of the opening all-Egyptian match, but then Scotland’s Greg Lobban, England’s Gina Kennedy and Wales’ Joel Makin all overcame Egyptian opponents to reach the finals

Quarter-Finals Friday at the National Squash Centre as British Trio Makin, Kennedy and Lobban join a Quintet of Egyptians in the semi-finals …

The quarter-finalists were decided on Day Two in Manchester, as France’s Gregoire Marche came from two down to topple top seed Marwan ElShorbagy and wildcard Saran Nghiem beat SJ Perry

The sixth edition of the Manchester Open gets under way today at the National Squash Centre with sixteen Round One matches on two Glass Courts

Nelw Gilis joins Egyptian trio Nour El Tayeb, Ali Farag and Karim Abdel Gawad in the finals in Manchester

Semi-Final lineups settled in Manchester with big upsets in the women’s draw while the men’s matches went to form if not quite seeding

Four upsets in Round Two as Sivasangari Subramaniam, Satomi Watanabe, Emily Whitlock and Patrick Rooney take out seeds to reach the quarter-finals

A busy opening day of the Manchester Open saw sixteen Round One matches on two glass courts, with just two seeding upsets as players booked their spots against the seeds in Round Two

A mammoth semi-finals day at the National Squash Centre as top remaining seeds Joelle King, Mohamed ElShorbagy, Sarah-Jane Perry and Joel Makin reach the finals