The final match of the day at the National Squash Centre in Manchester saw Egyptian ElShorbagy triumph 11-8, 11-6, 12-10 against England’s George Parker.

The big shock in the men’s draw saw second seed Karim Abdel Gawad of Egypt defeated by compatriot Youssef Ibrahim 15-13, 11-3, 11-9, with the world number 18 claiming only his second ever win against a top ten player.

Men’s third seed Diego Elias had to come from a game down to overcome England’s Patrick Rooney, with the player from Peru winning 10-12, 11-6, 11-8, 11-8.

Fourth seed Joel Makin of Wales also recovered from losing the first game to defeat England’s Adrian Waller 9-11, 11-5, 11-7, 11-5.

The other men’s seed to be eliminated today was fifth seeded Miguel Rodriguez of Colombia who was beaten 11-9, 1-11, 11-8, 11-7 by world number 38 Abdulla Mohd Al Tamimi of Qatar.

In the women’s draw, top seed El Hammamy of Egypt triumphed in straight games 11-5, 11-7, 11-4 against Malaysia’s Rachel Arnold.

Second seed Sarah-Jane Perry made rapid progress against Yasmine Hutton in an all English clash, with Perry winning 11-6, 11-5, 11-3 in just 25 minutes.

Third seed Tesni Evans of Wales was also a straight games winner as she beat Lisa Aitken of Scotland 11-8, 11-7, 11-8.

The highest women’s seed to crash out on the second day of the tournament was fourth seeded Joshna Chinappa of India, who was beaten 8-11, 11-5, 5-11, 11-9, 11-5 in just under an hour by France’s Coline Aumard, who claimed an emotional victory after missing eight months due to a foot injury.

The other women’s seeds defeated today were fifth seeded Rowan Elaraby of Egypt, who lost 11-7, 11-7, 11-3 to Sivasangari Subramaniam of Malaysia and eighth seed Nadine Shahin of Egypt, who was beaten 11-9, 11-13, 11-4, 11-4 by Wales Emily Whitlock, the world number 23.