Shabana escapes upset bid, into last 8

Amr Shabana has found a way through against the upset-minded Daryl Selby, recovering from 1-2 down to take the last two games and earn a spot in the quarterfinals, 11-9, 6-11, 3-11, 11-6, 11-5 in 71 minutes.

#2 Shabana joins fellow Egyptians #1 Karim Darwish, #3 Ramy Ashour and #7 Wael El Hindi in the last eight, as the seedings have completely held to form thus far.

Tomorrow's quarterfinal lineup is as follows:

5 p.m. #1 Karim Darwish vs. #5 David Palmer

6 p.m. #3 Ramy Ashour vs. #6 Thierry Lincou

7 p.m. #7 Wael El Hindi vs. #4 Gregory Gaultier

8 p.m. #8 Nick Matthew vs. #2 Amr Shabana

Look for more tomorrow right here... good night from Richmond...