Amanda Sobhy Into US Open 2nd Round, All Other North Americans Out Steve Cubbins Reports October 12, 2013
- The first round of the Delaware Investments U.S. Open concluded on
day four at Drexel University in Philadelphia with a lone American
reaching the last sixteen on a day which saw a few narrow escapes but
only one major upset. Amanda Sobhy was the only one of seven U.S.
players - four on the day -to progress while New Zealand's Campbell
Grayson was the sole qualifier to survive.
Day Four Roundup:
Grayson opened
proceeding on the Drexel University athletic centre courts with a
straight-games upset over Switzerland's Nicolas Mueller while James
Willstrop and Nick Matthew, seeded two and three, were joined by Peter
Barker and Joe Lee as England provided half the men's winners on the
day.
Egyptians Tarek Momen
and Karim Abdel Gawad both recovered from deficits to claim their last
sixteen places while Germany's Simon Rosner ended home interest in the
men's draw with a straight-games win over Julian Illingworth.
Sobhy recovered from a
game down to dominate the rest of her match against Guyana's Nicolette
Fernandes, but her sister Sabrina and wildcard Kristen Lange couldn't
add to the U.S. success as they both lost out to much higher-ranked
opponents Nour El Tayeb and Jenny Duncalf.
Tayeb was joined by
fellow Egyptians Raneem El Weleily, the third seed, and Omneya Abdel
Kawy, who won a thrilling all-Egyptian five-setter aghainst Kanzy El
Defrawy.
Malaysian sixthe seed
Low Wee Wern and 2011 finalists Kasey Brown from Australia and
England's second seed Laura Massaro completed the women's last sixteen,
all three winning in straight games.
PSA World Series Men's Round One (bottom half):
[3] Nick Matthew (Eng) bt [Q] Abdullah Al Mezayen (Kuw) 11-0, 12-10, 14-12 (52m)
[Q] Campbell Grayson (Nzl) bt Nicolas Mueller (Sui) 13-11, 11-7, 13-11 (52m)
Joe Lee (Eng) bt Henrik Mustonen (Fin) 11-0, 11-5, 11-4 (36m)
[6] Peter Barker (Eng) bt [Q] Mohamed Abouelghar (Egy) 11-9, 11-5, 4-11, 115 (54m)
[8] Tarek Momen (Egy) bt [Q] Matthew Karwalski (Aus) 6-11, 5-11 11-5, 11-4, 11-3
Simon Rosner (Ger) bt Julian Illingworth (Usa) 11-6, 11-8, 11-4 (42m)
Karim Abdel Gawad (Egy) bt [Q] Eddie Charlton (Eng) 8-11, 11-5, 11-7, 11-8
[2] James Willstrop (Eng) bt Chris Simpson (Eng) 11-7, 11-2, 11-7 (42m)
WSA World Series Women's Round One (bottom half):
[6] Low Wee Wern (Mas) bt [Q] Sarah Cardwell (Aus) 11-4, 11-4, 11-4 (30m)
Amanda Sobhy (Usa) bt Nicolette Fernandes (Guy) 10-12, 11-4, 11-1, 11-8 (47m)
[7] Jenny Duncalf (Eng) bt Kristen Lange (Usa) 11-5, 11-6, 11-4 (22m)
Kasey Brown (Aus) bt [Q] Lisa Aitken (Eng) 11-8, 11-6, 11-6 (42m)
