Egyptian duo Nouran Gohar and Salma Hany, France’s Camille Serme and American Amanda Sobhy, who are among the top eight seeds, dispatched their second round opponents with relative ease in the Professional Squash Association World Tour event.

Third seed Serme took just 25 minutes to see off Egypt’s Mayar Hany in straight sets as she prevailed 11-6, 11-6, 11-1 despite admitting she was not fully fit.

"It was quite demanding physically and mentally as well," said Serme.

"I’ve been at home, struggling a bit with a small injury, so I’m not 100 per cent fit yet but I’m happy to be competing again and we’ll see what happens this week."

World number two Gohar also produced a professional performance to claim an 11-8, 11-3, 11-4 win over England’s Alison Waters in 32 minutes.

Eighth seed Hany was on top form as she dispatched Belgium's world number 12 Nele Gilis with an 11-9, 11-6, 11-6 victory.

Hany overturned a 7-2 deficit in the first game to produce a formidable display to prevail in three games at her home club.

"It's an exciting first round for me," said Hany.

"Nele is an amazing athlete and she keeps improving her squash every tournament.

"I had a game plan and I'm glad I stuck to it.

"I just had to accept that in some rallies, I'm going to have to run and dig deep but I enjoyed it all the way and really happy I managed to get through in three."

Sixth seed Amanda Sobhy also came through in straight sets as she beat England’s Julianne Courtice 11-5, 11-7, 11-3.

Olivia Clyne joined fellow American Sobhy in the next round after defeating Malaysia's Sivasangari Subramaniam 7-11, 11-9, 11-9, 11-8 in 47 minutes.

Egypt’s world number 34 Farida Mohamed progressed to the last 16 for the second time after overcoming England’s Millie Tomlinson with a 15-13, 5-11, 11-6, 11-4 victory.

Canada’s Hollie Naughton overcame an ankle injury sustained in the opening game to get the better of Egypt’s Zeina Mickawy in four games.

The world number 20 required treatment during the first game and in between games but recovered to register a 10-12, 14-12, 11-8, 11-5 win.

"I’m trying not to think about that [the injury] right now," said Naughton.

"We’ll assess it after I’m done and I’ll try to prepare as best as I can for the next match.

"These things happen, you’ve just got to find a way and I guess adrenaline takes over and you forget about it for the time being."

Competition is scheduled to continue tomorrow with women’s last 16 matches.

The women's event is scheduled to run until March 18 and is set to be followed by the men’s competition from March 19 to 25.