Ashour and ElShorbagy to the second round
Ramy Ashour, the ranked No.1, Quickly dispatches his compatriot world no.10 Omar Mosaad after a great display of squash skills.
Adrian Grant receives the defeat from Borja Golan after an hour of quality squash. James Willstop, World No.4, claims a very tight victory against Stephen Coppinger of South africa.
Mohamed ElShorbagy claimed the final 2nd round ticket after defeating the dangerous Colombian Miguel Angel Rodriguez.
Simon Rosner
The Qualifiers Chris Simpson upsets the No.1 Swissman Nicolas Mueller in the opening match of the 2nd day of the tournament. The young Egyptian qualifier Karim Adbel Gawad makes sure that he has a place in the second round by beating Joe Lee of England.
Cameron Pilley, the Australian No.1, take the 3rd ticket of the day to the second round after overcoming the the Malaysian Ong Beng Hee. The German world No.12 Simon Rosner claimed the final second round ticket of the morning session after wining against the young Englishman Adrian Waller.
Matthew And Darwish makes it to the second round
The 1st Day evening session concluded with no surprises and all seeds preserved. Gregory Gaultier beats Alister Walker in the 1st game of the session. Daryl Selby beats Olli Tuominen adding another Englishman to the 2nd round.
World No.2 Nick Matthew grabs an easy win against Henrik Mustonen and finally Karim Darwish takes out his young compatriot Andrew Wagih at the concluding match of the 1st day of the British Open championship.
World No. 7 Peter Barker
The first day of the British Open has begun. Saurav Ghosal, Tarek Momen, Peter Barker and Laurens Jan Anjema draws first blood and moves to the 16-round.