Remaining US Boys Lose in Round of 32 of World Juniors; Sobhy, Fiechter & Ubina Advance in Girls
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July 17, 2013 - In the boys’ main draw, Devin Mclaughlin and Edward Columbia were both eliminated in the round of 32 Wednesday evening after becoming the only remaining members of Team USA in the main draw after the round of 64 with wins earlier in the day.
Columbia and Mclaughlin faced 5/8 seeds Richie Fallows of England and Yousef Nizar Saleh of Kuwait respectively in their second match of the day.  The soon to be professional Englishman defeated Columbia 11-8, 11-6, 12-14, 6-11 in a fifty minute match, while Mclaughlin was also defeated in four games by the Kuwaiti 9-11, 11-3, 11-7, 11-4.

Earlier on Wednesday in the round of 64, Columbia had defeated Seigo Masuda of Japan 11-6, 11-7, 11-9 while Mclaughlin went into five games to defeat Auguste Dussourd of France 11-8, 11-7, 5-11, 4-11, 11-7.

After a comfortable first round win, Pierson Broadwater was defeated by 5/8 seed Diego Elias of Peru 11-5, 9-11, 11-4, 11-9.  U.S. Junior Champion Dylan Murray lost his first match of the tournament in a tight five game match to Englishman Lyell Fuller 11-6, 9-11, 6-11, 11-4, 11-6.  Hayes Murphy also exited the main draw losing 11-7, 12-10, 11-9 to 13/16 seed Mohamed  El Gwarhy of Egypt.

After first round byes, Sabrina Sobhy, Olivia Fiechter, and Maria Elena Ubina each won their first match of the Individual tournament to advance to round 3 of the girls’ main draw.
Sobhy, a 3/4 seed, defeated Australian Natalie Newton 11-4, 11-6, 11-5 setting up a round 3 match against Colette Sultana of Malta.  Fiechter recovered from losing the opening two games to defeat Eleanore Epke of New Zealand 8-11, 8-11, 11-4, 11-2, 11-7 setting up a round 3 match against Belgian 5/8 seed Nele Gilis.  Ubina defeated Columbian Laura Viviana Tovar Perez 11-3, 12-10, 11-9 and will face Malaysian 9/12 seed Rachel Mae Arnold in round 3.

After opening round wins, Kayley Leonard, Katie Tutrone and Reeham Sedky exited the main draw in round 2.  Sedky was defeated by 9/12 seed Ka Po Ho of Hong Kong 15-13, 11-5, 11-8, while Tutrone lost to Egyptian 9/12 seed Habiba Mohamed 11-9, 11-3, 11-3.  Australian 13/16 seed Jessica Turnbull defeated Leonard 5-11, 11-9, 13-11, 11-5.