Peru’s Elias stuns ElShorbagy in last 8

Diego Elias of Peru pulled off a huge upset as he defeated defending champion and world number one Mohamed ElShorbagy of Egypt to reach the semi-finals of the 2018 Qatar Classic – the PSA World Tour Platinum event yesterday.At the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex the eight seed overcame the Egyptian, who was aiming for his fourth title in Qatar, 11-8, 11-13, 13-11, 10-12, 11-7, in 76 minutes.“I’m really happy to be into the semis of a major event for the first time in my career and to do it by beating the World No.1 is special,” Elias said.In the semi-finals, Elias will meet Germany’s Simon Rosner.“I have a big opportunity now and I don’t want to waste it so I will do everything I can to recover for tomorrow and come back and do my best against Rosner. It will be tough against him – we’ve only played once before and he smashed me – but I’m feeling good and hopefully I can play well,” Elias said.Earlier in the day, Rosner defeated New Zealand’s Paul Coll 3-1 (8-11, 11-9, 11-4, 12-10) to book a place in semi-finals.“I’m trying to improve constantly and put in everything that I can.  I have good memories from here last year, it’s good to be back at the semis and it’s time to prepare for a really tough battle tomorrow,” said Rosner.In the second semi-final, Egypt’s Tarek Momen will be against compatriot Ali Farag. Farag defeated 2016 champion Karim Abdel Gawad in straight games (11-9, 11-7, 11-8) in their quarter-finals earlier in the day.Farag was delighted with his maiden semi-final spot.“I’m very, very happy to be into the semis. I haven’t been in the semis in Qatar, so I had my eye on this one but it’s too early to celebrate – hopefully I can go all the way” he said.Third seed Tarek Momen of Egypt won 3-1 (8-11, 11-6, 14-12, 11-6) against Welsh’s Joel Makin in the quarter-finals.RESULTS[4] Simon Rosner (Ger) bt [7] Paul Coll (Nzl) 3-1 (8-11, 11-9, 11-4, 12-10) (64m)[8] Diego Elias (Per) bt [1] Mohamed Elshorbagy (Egy) 3-2 (11-8, 11-13, 13-11, 10-12, 11-7) (76m)[2] Ali Farag (Egy) bt [6] Karim Abdel Gawad (Egy) 3-0 (11-9, 11-7, 11-8) (45m) [3] Tarek Momen (Egy) bt Joel Makin 3-1 (8-11, 11-6, 14-12, 11-6) (Wal)