The Egyptian star proved too strong for New Zealand's Paul Coll at the Drexel University Daskalakis Athletic Center.

ElShorbagy edged the opening game 12-10 and approached victory by securing the second 14-12.

The loss of the second game appeared to break Coll's resistance, with ElShorbagy then completing a straight games win by taking the third 11-5.

ElShorbagy has never lost to Coll, with the duo having played five matches against each other to date.

"Playing Paul is always going to be tough," said ElShorbagy.

"You have to accept before you go on court with him that you are going to go through a physical war with him before you can try to beat him.

"I think the first and second game were crucial, he had his leads in the first game, I had my leads in the second – we both lost focus when each one of us was leading, but I think a little bit of experience got me through them.

"It was difficult because I came in with a game plan before the match, then I came to the court and it was so hot today, the ball was really bouncy compared to other days and I had to adapt and change my game plan.

"It kind of suited him, but any of the top guys you have to adapt and I did that well today."

ElShorbagy will now face his compatriot Tarek Momen in the semi-finals.

The third seed was forced to come from a game down in his match against Germany's Simon Rösner.

Momen recovered from the early setback to win 8-11, 11-8, 11-3, 11-3 to reach the last four.

Peru's Diego Elias and Egypt's Ali Farag will meet in the second men's semi-final at the PSA World Tour Platinum event, after they won matches yesterday.

American hopes were extinguished in the women's competition as Amanda Sobhy suffered a straight games defeat.

France's Camille Serme dominated the match to win 11-2, 11-4, 11-5 to reach the semi-finals.

Serme will now face Egypt's Nouran Gohar, as the third seed beat Wales' Tesni Evans 11-8, 11-5, 11-5.

Raneem El Welily and Nour El Tayeb will compete in an all-Egyptian women’s semi-final tomorrow.