(MENAFN- Kora) Spanish fourth seed golan suffered a surprise 8-11 11-5 11-8 11-9 loss to egyptian omar mosaad in an hour and eight minutes.
The shock loss means the bottom half of the draw at the psa world tour event is now an all-egyptian one which is sure to please the locals.
Mosaad faces amr shabana in the quarter-finals after the fifth seed comfortably got past countryman tarek momen 11-3 11-8 11-7.
In a battle between the tournament's two former champions 2012 winner ramy ashour will meet karim darwish who beat him in the 2010 decider.
Second seed ashour overcame a slow start before proving too good for german simon rosner 15-13 11-8 11-6.
Darwish the sixth seed was forced into a battle before he edged past dutchman laurens jan anjema 7-11 11-9 6-11 14-12 11-4.
The top half of the draw is far more predictable as the four seeds reached the last eight.
Top-seeded frenchman gregory gaultier eased past south african stephen coppinger 11-6 11-4 11-5 in just 38 minutes.
English eighth seed daryl selby awaits after his 11-9 11-9 11-5 victory over switzerland's nicolas muller.
Egyptian third seed mohamed el shorbagy beat qualifier mazen hesham 11-4 11-4 11-8 and will meet peter barker.
Barker the english seventh seed beat mohamed's brother marwan el shorbagy 11-9 11-8 11-9.
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