The Egyptian dominated proceedings against France’s Mathieu Castagnet at the Professional Squash Association World Tour Gold event at Halle 662 in the Swiss city.

Momen secured an 11-5, 11-7, 11-4 win in his first match of the tournament, having been awarded a bye into the second round.

He will now face the challenge of India’s Saurav Ghosal in the quarter-finals, with their match due to take place tomorrow.

Ghosal earned a 11-7, 12-10, 7-11, 11-5 win over England’s Declan James in his second round match.

Second seed Ali Farag earned his place in the quarter-finals.

The Egyptian star, the reigning world champion, came from a game down to beat Wales’ Joel Makin 8-11, 11-9, 11-6, 11-6.

The world number one will now have a quarter-final match against Mohamed Abouelghar of Egypt, who beat Switzerland’s Nicolas Mueller 11-8, 11-8, 11-9.

Top seed Mohamed ElShorbagy of Egypt reached the quarter-finals yesterday,

He is set to face Colombia's Miguel Rodriquez tomorrow.

Fellow Egyptian Karim Abdel Gawad takes on Simon Rösner of Germany in the last quarter-final.