Second seed ElShorbagy will face former world number one and compatriot Karim Abdel Gawad, who he lost to in the 2019 instalment of the Professional Squash Association (PSA) World Tour Gold event, in the last-eight fixture.

"I’ve played a lot of the English players, I think I’ve played all of them now," said ElShorbagy.

"I’ve played George a couple of times now and we’ve actually trained together a few times.

"He’s a great player and I always told him he has great potential, but only when he’s interested to play.

"It’s a great court and a great venue and I’m so happy to be playing here.

"I love playing in England, it’s been a home for me since 2006.

"I always feel at home playing here and I look forward to playing in front of the English crowd for a few more days, hopefully."

Gawad reached the quarter-finals after getting the better of compatriot Youssef Soliman 11-6, 7-11, 11-8, 11-9.

The two players last met at the 2018-19 PSA World Championship when Soliman triumphed.

"Playing Youssef is always very tough," said Gawad after the match.

"Last time I played him in the World Championship I was 2-0 up and then lost 3-2, so I’ve very bad memories of him.

"He’s a complete player and very tough to play.

"He’s pushing up the rankings well, so I had to really focus from the first game.

"I can’t have a slow start against Youssef, so I warmed up very well and focused.

"Luckily, in the last game, when he was 6-1 up, I managed to get back into the game and finish it in four."

In the other quarter-final, Peru’s Diego Elías will take on Egypt’s Mazen Hesham after defeating English wildcard Joe Lee.

Meanwhile, Hesham reached the last eight after a walkover from India’s Saurav Ghosal in round two because of injury.