Subramaniam, Azman, Fuller and Ho produce quartet of upsets
Malaysian youngsters Sivasangari Subramaniam and Aifa Azman produced the biggest upsets on the opening day of the event at Cairo’s Shooting Club, Subramaniam beating a top ten player for the first time as she ousted USA’s Amanda Sobhy while qualifier Azman beat 16th seed Joey Chan, both in five games.
South Africa’s Alexandra Fuller and Hong Kong’s Ho-Tze Lok also beat seeds as they beat Emily Whitlock and Mariam Metwally, and there were narrow escapes for Millie Tomlinson and Hollie Naughton as the day drew to a close.
Earlier in the day the top seven seeds all won comfortably enough, Nouran Gohar the only one to drop a game as she turned on the power to beat Low Wee Wern in four.
Defending Champion Nour El Sherbini powered on after a close opening game against Rachael Chadwick, while top seed Raneem El Welily and 3rd and 4th seeds Camille Serme and Nour El Tayeb all won in three quick games.
Reports and quotes below the results …
12.00
[10] Annie Au (Hkg) 3-1 Olivia Fiechter (Usa) 11-9, 4-11, 11-3, 11-7 (36m)
[14] Hania El Hammamy (Egy) 3-0 Jasmine Hutton (Eng) 11-6, 11-6, 11-3 (27m)
[13] Salma Hany (Egy) 3-0 Rachel Arnold (Mas) 11-6, 11-9, 11-9 (26m)
[9] Tesni Evans (Wal) 3-0 Nicole Bunyan (Can) 11-1, 11-3, 11-2 (19m)
12.45
[22] Nadine Shahin (Egy) 3-0 Cindy Merlo (Sui) 12-10, 11-3, 11-7 (20m)
[27] Donna Lobban (Aus) 3-0 Ineta Mackevica (Lat) 11-2, 11-6, 11-9 (21m)
Alexandra Fuller (Rsa) 3-0 [20] Emily Whitlock (Eng) 13-11, 11-8, 16-14 (37m)
[31] Coline Aumard (Fra) 3-1 Danielle Letourneau (Can) 11-9, 12-10, 5-11, 11-6 (42m)
13.30
[19] Zeina Mickawy (Egy) 3-1 Emilia Soini (Fin) 13-11, 5-11, 11-3, 12-10 (32m)
[30] Milou van der Heijden (Ned) 3-1 Menna Nasser (Egy) 9-11, 11-8, 11-8, 11-7 (37m)
[25] Rowan Elaraby (Egy) 3-0 Lucy Turmel (Eng) 11-7, 11-3, 11-0 (27m)
[24] Rachael Grinham (Aus) 3-0 Sarah Cardwell (Aus) 11-8, 11-9, 11-6 (25m)
14.15
[6] Joelle King (Nzl) 3-0 Tsz-Wing Tong (Hkg) 11-5, 11-9, 11-3 (27m)
Sivasangari Subramaniam (Mas) 3-2 [8] Amanda Sobhy (Usa) 9-11, 11-9, 6-11, 12-10, 11-6 (51m)
[5] Nour El Tayeb (Egy) 3-0 Melissa Alves (Fra) 11-4, 11-3, 11-7 (22m)
[7] Sarah-Jane Perry (Eng) 3-0 [Q] Jemyca Aribado (Phi) 11-5, 11-8, 11-6 (25m)
15.00
[2] Nour El Sherbini (Egy) 3-0 Rachael Chadwick (Eng) 11-6, 11-5, 11-4 (25m)
[3] Camille Serme (Fra) 3-0 Salma Youssef (Egy) 11-6, 11-2, 11-2 (22m)
[1] Raneem El Welily (Egy) 3-0 [wc] Sana Ibrahim (Egy) 11-3, 11-5, 11-4 (23m)
[4] Nouran Gohar (Egy) 3-1 Low Wee Wern (Mas) 11-13, 11-5, 11-1, 11-0 (37m)
16.00
[15] Yathreb Adel (Egy) 3-0 Lisa Aitken (Sco) 11-5, 11-3, 11-6 (21m)
[12] Joshna Chinappa (Ind) 3-2 Haley Mendez (Usa) 9-11, 12-10, 8-11, 11-6, 11-6 (49m)
[11] Alison Waters (Eng) 3-0 [Q] Marina Stefanoni (Usa) 11-8, 17-15, 11-7 (36m)
[Q] Aifa Azman (Mas) 3-2 [16] Joey Chan (Hkg) 14-12, 7-11, 11-6, 7-11, 11-8 (48m)
16.45
[32] Nada Abbas (Egy) 3-0 [Q] Milnay Louw (Rsa) 11-5, 11-5, 11-6 (21m)
Ho Tze-Lok (Hkg) 3-1 [23] Mariam Metwally (Egy) 8-11, 11-5, 11-6, 12-10 (41m)
[29] Julianne Courtice (Eng) 3-0 Liu Tsz-Ling (Hkg) 11-6, 11-3, 11-5 (25m)
[26] Tinne Gilis (Bel) 3-0 Enora Villard (Fra) 11-5, 11-3, 11-5 (28m)
17.30
[28] Hollie Naughton (Can) 3-2 Farida Mohamed (Egy) 13-11, 10-12, 7-11, 11-4, 11-7 (60m)
[21] Millie Tomlinson (Eng) 3-2 Lee Ka Yi (Hkg) 9-11, 11-4, 9-11, 11-9, 11-8 (52m)
[18] Olivia Blatchford Clyne (Usa) 3-0 Menna Hamed (Egy) 11-5, 11-6, 11-5 (31m)
[17] Nele Gilis (Bel) 3-1 [Q] Sunayna Kuruvilla (Ind) 8-11, 11-7, 11-4, 11-5 (40m)
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Day Two features 16 men’s first round matches and 8 women’s second round (top half) clashes.
