Chelsea manager Frank Lampard has said Christian Pulisic's ongoing omission from the team is part of a "harsh" decision-making process.

United States international Pulisic hasn't played in four of his club's last five matches and has spoken of his frustration at not featuring as much as he wants to. He was left out of Chelsea's squad completely for the Champions League win away at Lille.

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Mason Mount, Ross Barkley, Willian and Pedro have all usurped the £58 million signing from Borussia Dortmund, with Callum Hudson-Odoi also preferred following his return from a long term injury.

Lampard said: "Sometimes I have to make harsh decisions and say something that I see can help their game but might not sound that nice because I want them to be the best, all of them. That's what I want them to be. That's part of the process.

"Christian Pulisic has a price tag. Ross Barkley is an international player. Mason Mount is an international player, Callum Hudson-Odoi just signed a new contract, Bayern Munich wanted to buy him last summer. He's an international player.

"We can all focus on Pulisic from the other day but Callum's the same and I have to speak in the real world when I speak to them and sometimes as a manager you want more.

"You have to be honest and the players have to react to that and Callum has now come on with two assists in the games that he's come on and that's what you want to keep pushing. I love the young players. I particularly love the young players because I want them to improve daily."

Pulisic, 21, signed for Chelsea in January and was immediately loaned back to Borussia Dortmund for the remainder of last season. He did not feature for Lampard in the Premier League at all in September, with his last appearance coming in the League Cup against Grimsby.

He has been named in United States national team manager Gregg Berhalter's squad for the Nations League matches against Cuba and Canada.

On the player's difficulties since moving to England, Berhalter said: "This is what happens when you transition into a new team, to new leagues, and it's a common issues that we see. He's going to be just fine. For us, his status is the same as it's always been."

India shot through South Africa on the final day, taking seven wickets in the first session before going on to win by 203 runs, their third consecutive Test win by a margin of greater than 200 runs. Mohammed Shami was central to the collapse, accounting for Temba Bavuma, Faf du Plessis and Quinton de Kock - Nos. 4, 5 and 6 - to open up the lower order, who were softened by Ravindra Jadeja before Shami returned to take the last two wickets.

A 91-run stand between Senuran Muthusamy and Dane Piedt kept India out longer than they would have expected when they reduced South Africa to 70 for 8, but the pair's efforts were not enough to undo the damage caused by the top-order collapse.

South Africa began the day with a potential 98 overs to play out, through which they'd have to score at nearly four an over if they harboured thoughts of a win. In the spirit of positivity that helped them put up 431 in the first innings, they got seven off the first over the day, with Theunis de Bruyn picking up a boundary against Shami. In the next over, that approach - and a similar waft outside off to his first-innings dismissal - turned a relatively innocuous R Ashwin delivery into a wicket-taking one. It stayed low and this time the inside edge went onto the stumps. It was Ashwin's 350th Test wicket, and came shortly after Aiden Markram had been put down by the wicketkeeper.

The third wicket also came from a ball that stayed low, off the very next over, Shami sneaking a length ball under Bavuma's defences and having him tumbling on the floor. Markram delighted with stylish boundaries through the off side and straight down the ground, and captain du Plessis looked comfortable once again. That was until he shouldered arms to an incoming delivery from Shami. To be fair to du Plessis, the ball had started well outside off stump. But Shami got the ball to dip back a long way and, with marginal help from a crack in the pitch, hit the top off of an exposed off stump.

India barely had to break a sweat or rely on cunning strategy for the next few wickets. Shami got another one to come back in, this time to Quinton de Kock, who was rooted to the crease as he looked to push through the off side on angle.

With only the allrounders and lower order to come, at 60 for 5, Markram let loose, using his feet nicely and looking deliberately more compact in defence, having been bowled through the gate in the first innings. His preferred route was to loft the spinners, and that brought him two boundaries and a six over long-on. He was left open-mouthed soon enough, however, trying to drive Jadeja over his head only for the bowler to stick his left-hand up and time his jump to perfection to hold on to it. By the end of that over, Jadeja spun the ball past two batsmen's leading edge, trapped them lbw in front of middle, nearly took a hat-trick and left the visitors on 70 for 8.

Then came the stand between Muthusamy and Piedt, which kept India on the field well past the 15-minute extension to the first session. In fact, they lasted well past the opening of the second session too, as Piedt's crisp, clean driving down the ground put India on the defensive. At many points, as Piedt and Muthusamy casually drove India's spinners through the line, Kohli had two or three fielders out on the boundary. Muthusamy was as resolute as Piedt was free-flowing, scoring at a strike rate in the 30s while Piedt used the extra pace of Jadeja to notch up some goodness in an otherwise difficult Test for him. His six, a swat over midwicket, was the 36th of the match, a new record for Test cricket.

Driving through the line did end up costing him in the end, when Shami returned and found some late swing in the corridor to take the inside edge onto the stumps. There was some more frustration for India - Rabada had a few successful swings against Jadeja too, and Muthusamy's outside edge drew him closer to the fifty on debut that he eventually did not reach, having run out of partners.

That said, India's frustration perhaps couldn't compare to that felt by South Africa's frontline batsmen, who had to sit through yet another period where batting suddenly seemed to become easier once they had left.

India's 203-run against South Africa was not as straightforward as the scoreline might suggest. South Africa put in a strong performance with the bat in the first innings, and were in with a chance of a draw till the fifth morning, when they blundered against Mohammed Shami and Ravindra Jadeja. Here's what India captain Virat Kohli had to say about his match-winning bowlers, and other key performers from the game, in his post-match chat with host broadcaster Star Sports.

On why India's pacers have been effective in home conditions
"It's all about the attitude. If the fast bowlers step out on the field thinking spinners are going to do all the work, then it doesn't do any justice to them playing in the XI. I think the attitude and the mindset they have created for themselves, it's been outstanding in the last two years. Even in India, they are looking to make a contribution. It's not like it's hot and humid and they give up. They would ask for shorter spells so that they can give 100%, which is communication that's required from both ends. I think they have been brilliant in terms of doing that for the team.

"You see guys like [Mohammed] Shami, Ishant [Sharma], Jasprit [Bumrah] recently and Umesh [Yadav] in the past as well doing those important things in the game, which we want them to do. Even a couple of wickets in a spell help the spinners - who might be dominating from the other end - to get a bit of a breather. So it's all about wanting to make a play for the team that's setting them [the pacers] apart even when the conditions are difficult."

On Ashwin, Jadeja and Shami's performances in Visakhapatnam
"Jaddu and Ash again really, really good. Ash in the first innings was very good given the conditions. The pitch was flat, they got a few boundaries away but you have to accept that because we also got 500. It wasn't like there were any demons in the pitch. We always knew it was always going to be a second-innings game. The fact that he picked up six [seven] in the first was a great effort from his end, and Jadeja in the second making those quick breakthroughs for us in that spell.

"But Shami has been a strike bowler for us in the second innings consistently now. If you see all his four-five-wicket hauls, they come in the second innings invariably when the team needs it, the ball is reversing a bit, that's his strength. All the guys stood up. The batting heroes were obvious but the bowlers had it tougher in this game, to keep going in these conditions. So they deserve a lot of credit."

On the pick of India's batsmen in Visakhapatnam
"Rohit [Sharma] was outstanding in both innings, Mayank [Agarwal] along with him in the first innings was brilliant. And in the second innings as well he started off so well. [Cheteshwar] Pujara played with the tempo that allowed the rest of us to come in and get those extra runs so that we have ten, maybe 12 extra overs to bowl at the opposition. It was a hard grind though, because of the conditions, especially the weather conditions and the pitch slowing down as well."

On the quality of SG balls
"This lot is much better than the last lot we played with. So some improvement has been made. We would like the ball to be hard and consistent throughout the 80 overs. If it softens up after 40-45 overs, you have nothing happening in the game, which is not ideal for Test cricket. The hard ball obviously kicks a bit more, makes it difficult for batsmen.

"We would like to see that happen on a consistent basis, the ball remaining hard for at least 60 overs, if not 80. So that we are [all] in the game through and through, that's the fun of Test cricket. Bowlers keep coming at you and trouble you, you need to be able to score runs then, and both teams are in the game. That's the whole fun and essence of Test cricket."

HOUSTON -- The scariest thing about Gerrit Cole is not his fastball, which is saying something, seeing as the video ribbon at Minute Maid Park spent the eighth inning in Game 2 of the American League Division Series flashing three digits. It is not his slider, either, or his dastardly curveball, which bites with the mercilessness of a mosquito in these parts, or even his Houdini changeup.

"His biggest strength," Houston Astros manager AJ Hinch said, "is his mind."

On Saturday, Hinch basked in the afterglow of Cole's latest tour de force, a 15-strikeout humbling of the Tampa Bay Rays in a 3-1 victory that staked the Astros to a 2-0 lead in the best-of-five series in the MLB playoffs. But really, there is no shame in it for the Rays. This is what Cole does, who he is, how he operates -- a mind among boys.

It is easy to fixate on the pitches that come from Cole's right hand because of what they do in both action and result. They move so explicitly they should be rated TV-MA. They cause the kinds of swing-and-misses -- 33 on Saturday, his career best among a number of other career bests, including the 118 pitches he threw -- that leave hitters mumbling to themselves. They also do not exist in a vacuum.

Cole's excellence germinates from purpose, and his purpose sprouts from curiosity and his curiosity is a function of wanting to be excellent -- and it's all one big loop that marries the physical with the mental and breeds a super-pitcher. On talent alone, Cole could be very good, and on guile alone, Cole could be very good. With both, he borders on unhittable, which the Rays learned over 7⅔ innings in Game 2.

All nine Rays hitters struck out at least once. Five of the punchouts came on fastballs, five on sliders and five on curveballs. It was artistry, but it didn't seem that way, because the title of "artist" is so often ceded to pitchers without Cole's repertoire. Do not fall prey to that. This is what it looks like when the tenets of modern pitching theory and one man's physical gifts smash together like the Big Bang and make a whole new world.

Cole is often asked what allows him to throw a 100 mph fastball late in games, as he did on his 116th pitch, and his answer isn't meant to be flip: "God," he said, and, well, sure, that is as good an answer as any, seeing as he has been able to do this since he was a teenager. That was a dozen years ago. Now 29, Cole has spent thousands of hours talking about pitching, learning about pitching, studying pitching, mastering pitching so as not to take that which God or DNA or whatever it was gave him and let even an ounce of it go to waste.

On the mound, Cole is a con man. He relishes playing the long game. He throws a pitch in the second inning to set up one in the seventh. He realizes that the superiority of his pitches affords him the ability to toy with hitters' minds, to bait them so he can switch them. His favorite pitch of the night was rather nondescript: a 99 mph 1-1 fastball in Ji-Man Choi's second at-bat. Choi swung through it.

"I felt like it surprised him a bit," Cole said. "I felt like it bought us some leverage throughout the zone."

When Hinch is talking about Cole's mind, this is what he means. Cole struck out Choi swinging on a high outside fastball in his first at-bat. He could have recognized that as a vulnerability and pounded it again. But Cole believed Choi might be looking for that pitch. Going back inside -- challenging him on a pitch already difficult for left-handers to hit, in a moment when Choi presumably wouldn't be looking there -- illustrates the nexus of might and mind.

"You can never underestimate the 95 to 100 [velocity], the power that comes with his game, the pure dominance," Hinch said. "That's what people think of when they think big, power, physical, ace, starter. He goes to areas of the strike zone whenever he needs to, whenever he wants to, whenever he sees something. That's creative. When we talk about creative, we often talk about guys that don't have elite stuff like this. He can execute virtually any game plan for a reason.

"When you see five punchouts on the fastball, five punchouts on the breaking ball chase, five punchouts on the hard slider -- that is pure dominance across the board. Very rarely in the big leagues can you go to the same area at-bat after at-bat after at-bat. He pitches deep enough into games to get to face these guys three, sometimes four times. His mind and his ability to trust his adjustments set him apart."

Never did the Rays figure out Cole because never did he offer them a discernible pattern to do so. It wasn't just the 5-5-5 breakdown among his three strikeout pitches. It also was how cunning he was in ending at-bats with them. In order, the strikeouts came on: curve, fastball, slider, curve, slider, curve, fastball, slider, fastball, curve, fastball, slider, fastball, curve, slider. Fifteen punchouts, 14 swinging, never two in a row on the same pitch.

Sometimes there will be nights when Cole will rely on one pitch more than another. Nights such as Saturday, when everything worked, are to be savored. Cole generated 14 swing-and-misses with his fastball, 10 with his curve (out of 19 curves thrown), eight on the slider and one on the changeup, which he threw sparingly because he didn't really need it.

"He was majestic," Rays shortstop Willy Adames said. And that was a perfect way to put it: Gerrit Cole, at his apex, is almost ethereal, a see-it-to-believe-it experience, Bigfoot riding a unicorn. If he is this -- and if his rotation mate and Cy Young competition Justin Verlander is what he was in Game 1 -- keeping the Astros from the World Series will take a feat of strength seen only on Festivus.

In spring training this year, as Cole prepared for the season, he set a goal for his first few starts: no bad reps. A bad rep is a changeup that doesn't start in the strike zone or a breaking ball accidentally loosed toward a hitter's head or a fastball spiked 55 feet. It was the sort of pragmatic approach a pitcher with full control of his abilities would take -- laser-focused, purpose-oriented.

It also was the sort of thing intended for the playoffs, when one bad pitch can end a season. Cole had a couple: the double he surrendered in the eighth, the walk that followed and finished his night.

Neither turned into runs, and as he walked off the field to a raucous ovation, Gerrit Cole, at the beginning of the biggest October of his life, knew he had given the Rays everything his arm had. Even scarier, he had given them a piece of his mind too.

‘Fans helped me through’ says delighted Douglas
By SEAN REUTHE – Squash Mad Correspondent

The opening day of the 2019 FS Investments U.S. Open Squash Championships saw an American quartet – Andrew Douglas, Olivia Blatchford Clyne, Sabrina Sobhy and Olivia Fiechter – claim victories to move into round two of the PSA Platinum tournament taking place in Philadelphia.

Today’s matches were split between the glass court inside Drexel University’s Daskalakis Athletic Center, the traditional ‘side court’ located at the same university and also the Racquet Club of Philadelphia. And it was at the glass court that Brooklyn-based wildcard Andrew Douglas claimed his biggest win on the PSA Tour as he scalped Frenchman Lucas Serme.

Douglas, ranked at World No.119, had never made it past the first round of a Platinum event before but the University of Pennsylvania junior played with poise and control to defeat the World No.36 by an 11-6, 11-9, 7-11, 11-5 scoreline after 75 minutes, and he will face New Zealand’s Campbell Grayson for a place in the third round.

“I didn’t expect to be here, but it’s an amazing feeling,” said 21-year-old Douglas afterwards.

“I have to thank everybody that has come to cheer me on. It means a lot for them to come out and support me and undoubtedly I wouldn’t have been able to do it without them.

“I think he was probably a bit nervous, so I wanted to put pressure on him and I wanted to really enjoy the last game without thinking too much about the score and that’s what ended up helping me win the match and maybe helping him feel a bit on edge. I just tried to enjoy every minute on this court and I played well.”

Grayson, meanwhile, got the better of Egypt’s Youssef Soliman at the Racquet Club of Philadelphia in what was the longest match of the day at 107 minutes.

Fireworks as Parker beats Richards
England’s George Parker came through a stormy four-game battle with compatriot Tom Richards at the university to complete what he regards as the biggest win of his career to date.

The World No.40 from Leicester produced a focused performance to get the better of Richards, winning 11-3, 9-11, 11-3, 15-13, despite Richards having three game ball opportunities in the fourth.

“Some people might not understand it, but confidence-wise that’s the biggest win of my career so far,” Parker said.

“When it was 10-10, I felt a bit sick deep down in my stomach because I lost so many 3-2s last year to people like [Daryl] Selby, against [Adrian] Waller I was 10-9 up in the fifth and had match balls, so I had that in my mind when I was playing.

“I was probably a bit aggressive with him and it got a bit heated, but when you’re fighting at the bottom for scraps at No.40 in the world like me, it means everything.” Parker now meet’s No.7 seed Diego Elias from Peru.

In an all-English battle in the second round, Adrian Waller meets Declan James, while Daryl Selby tackles top seed Ali Farag after beating Karim Ali Fathi in four games. 

Connecticut-based Spencer Lovejoy was the other US player in action in the men’s draw, and he went down in straight games to Egypt’s Mazen Hesham. 

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In the women’s draw, wildcard Sabrina Sobhy marked her return to the U.S. Open for the first time since 2016 with a 3-1 victory over Egypt’s Mayar Hany to reach round two in Philadelphia for the first time.

The first two games were nip and tuck as Sobhy edged the opener 13-11, before Hany came back to take the second 11-8. Sobhy, playing in front of home support, steadied her nerves in the third to restore her lead, and she was in complete control in the fourth as she attacked with vigour to earn a round two spot against No.2 seed Camille Serme.

“I was happy with my performance today, the first match of any tournament is always a little nerve-wracking,” Sobhy said.

“Especially with it being in the US, I have family and so many friends that have come out to watch me, so I didn’t want to underperform and lose in 20 minutes after they’ve come out here all the way. I found my game, felt comfortable and enjoyed it out there. I’m looking forward to it [playing on the glass court] a lot. I haven’t really processed it a lot yet. Any tournament on the glass court is a fantastic experience and I’m really looking forward to it.”

Philadelphia’s own World No.40 Olivia Fiechter was another home heroine as she dispatched England’s Emily Whitlock in four games … and she will clash with the USA’s No.1 player, Amanda Sobhy, in the next round.

After splitting the first two games 11-9, 4-11, Fiechter gained control of the match, outplaying her opponent in the remaining two games 11-4, 11-3 in 37 minutes.

“I don’t have words,” the Princeton graduate said. “I have my coach, my family and a million friends here and I can’t imagine anything more special than getting a win here. I’m just over the moon and can’t believe it.”

Last year Fiechter, coached by former world No. 1 Peter Nicol, rose more than 100 places in the world rankings, finishing inside of the world’s top 40.

“Compared to last year, the player I am today is completely different,” Fiechter said. “Going through my first season on the pro tour last year, I learned so much and my game is constantly evolving. I’ve put in a lot of hard work over the summer and I definitely felt more confident coming into this tournament and wanted to play well.” 

US No.2 Olivia Blatchford Clyne was also in action as she came up against England’s Lucy Turmel, with the match going the way of the American by an 11-6, 5-11, 11-9, 11-7 scoreline.

She will now take on New Zealand’s No.5 seed Joelle King for a place in round three.

“It feels fantastic, it definitely wasn’t an easy day at the office,” said Blatchford Clyne afterwards.

“Lucy is a fantastic young player and these young ones come and nip at your heels. I’m used to being the young one and trying to nip at other people’s heels! It’s a new experience with someone trying to hunt you, but I’m very happy to be through today.”

Haley Mendez came close to making it five Americans in the last 32, but she narrowly went down 3-2 to Australia’s former World Champion Rachael Grinham, despite fighting back from five match balls down in the decider.

Round two action begins today (Sunday October 6) at 12:00 (GMT-4), with seeded players such as defending champions Mohamed ElShorbagy and Raneem El Welily getting their tournaments under way.

Fixtures from the glass court will be broadcast on SQUASHTV (rest of world), Eurosport Player (Europe only) and the official Facebook page of the PSA World Tour.
 
FS Investments US Open 2019, Daskalakis Athletic Center, Philadelphia, USA.

$185k PSA World Tour Platinum Men’s First Round:
Daryl Selby (ENG) bt Karim Ali Fathi (EGY) 3-1: 9-11, 11-7, 11-7, 11-6 (56m)
Adrian Waller (ENG) bt Karim El Hammamy (EGY) 3-1: 8-11, 12-10, 11-2, 11-5 (54m)
Mathieu Castagnet (FRA) bt Youssef Ibrahim (EGY) 3-0: 11-9, 11-9, 11-7 (48m)
Ryan Cuskelly (AUS) bt Vikram Malhotra (IND) 3-0: 11-7, 11-7, 11-7 (31m)
Cameron Pilley (AUS) bt Greg Lobban (SCO) 3-1: 11-7, 11-9, 7-11, 11-6 (56m)
George Parker (ENG) bt Tom Richards (ENG) 3-1: 11-3, 9-11, 11-3, 15-13 (60m)
Iker Pajares Bernabeu (ESP) bt Tsz Fung Yip (HKG) 3-1: 13-11, 6-11, 11-8, 12-10 (58m)
Cesar Salazar (MEX) bt Alan Clyne (SCO) 3-1: 11-9, 11-8, 7-11, 11-8 (48m)
Mostafa Asal (EGY) bt Ramit Tandon (IND) 3-0: 11-5, 11-3, 11-9 (42m)
Abdulla Mohd Al Tamimi (QAT) bt Leo Au (HKG) 3-0: 12-10, 11-7, 11-3 (39m)
Raphael Kandra (GER) bt Tayyab Aslam (PAK) 3-2: 8-11, 11-3, 6-11, 11-7, 11-3 (47m)
Nicolas Mueller (SUI) bt Richie Fallows (ENG) 3-1: 11-4, 11-13, 13-11, 11-4 (50m)
Mazen Hesham (EGY) bt [WC] Spencer Lovejoy (USA) 3-0: 11-4, 11-3, 11-9 (27m)
Campbell Grayson (NZL) bt Youssef Soliman (EGY) 3-2: 11-5, 13-15, 11-7, 6-11, 12-10 (107m)
Borja Golan (ESP) bt Arturo Salazar (MEX) 3-0: 11-7, 11-5, 11-7 (35m)

Men’s Second Round:
[1] Ali Farag (EGY) v Daryl Selby (ENG)
Adrian Waller (ENG) v Declan James (ENG)
Mathieu Castagnet (FRA) v Ryan Cuskelly (AUS)
Cameron Pilley (AUS) v [8] Miguel Rodriguez (COL)
[7] Diego Elias (PER) v George Parker (ENG)
Joel Makin (WAL) v Iker Pajares Bernabeu (ESP)
Cesar Salazar (MEX) v Gregoire Marche (FRA)
Mostafa Asal (EGY) v [4] Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY)
[3] Tarek Momen (EGY) v Abdulla Mohd Al Tamimi (QAT)
Fares Dessouky (EGY) v Raphael Kandra (GER)
Marwan ElShorbagy (EGY) v Zahed Salem (EGY)
Nicolas Mueller (SUI) v [5] Simon Rösner (GER)
[6] Paul Coll (NZL) v Saurav Ghosal (IND)
Mazen Hesham (EGY) v Omar Mosaad (EGY)
Campbell Grayson (NZL) v [WC] Andrew Douglas (USA)
Borja Golan (ESP) v [2] Mohamed ElShorbagy (EGY)

$185k PSA World Tour Platinum Women’s First Round:
Nadine Shahin (EGY) bt [WC] Laila Sedky (USA) 3-0: 11-2, 11-6, 11-6 (21m)
Julianne Courtice (ENG) bt Danielle Letourneau (CAN) 3-0: 11-3, 11-9, 12-10 (31m)
Sivasangari Subramaniam (MAS) bt Coline Aumard (FRA) 3-2: 9-11, 11-3, 11-6, 7-11, 11-9 (55m)
Hollie Naughton (CAN) bt Alexandra Fuller (RSA) 3-0: 11-5, 11-7, 11-7 (29m)
Olivia Blatchford Clyne (USA) bt Lucy Turmel (ENG) 3-1: 11-6, 5-11, 11-9, 11-7 (45m)
Rowan Elaraby (EGY) bt Ho Tze-Lok (HKG) 3-0: 11-5, 11-8, 11-8 (30m)
Nada Abbas (EGY) bt Zeina Mickawy (EGY) 3-2: 5-11, 11-7, 11-9, 5-11, 11-6 (61m)
Tinne Gilis (BEL) bt Lisa Aitken (SCO) 3-0: 11-5, 11-8, 11-7 (31m)
Nele Gilis (BEL) bt Tsz-Wing Tong (HKG) 3-0: 11-5, 11-7, 11-6 (36m)
Low Wee Wern (MAS) bt Mariam Metwally (EGY) 3-2: 11-8, 9-11, 11-8, 7-11, 14-12 (59m)
Lee Ka Yi (HKG) bt Millie Tomlinson (ENG) 3-0: 11-7, 11-2, 11-4 (26m)
Melissa Alves (FRA) bt Milou van der Heijden (NED) 3-1: 12-10, 11-5, 9-11, 11-7 (42m)
Olivia Fiechter (USA) bt Emily Whitlock (ENG) 3-1: 11-9, 4-11, 11-4, 11-3 (37m)
Donna Lobban (AUS) bt Liu Tsz-Ling (HKG) 3-0: 11-4, 11-2, 11-5 (19m)
Rachael Grinham (AUS) bt Haley Mendez (USA) 3-2: 6-11, 11-7, 4-11, 11-4, 13-11 (46m)
[WC] Sabrina Sobhy (USA) bt Mayar Hany (EGY) 3-1: 13-11, 8-11, 11-9, 11-3 (48m)

Women’s Second Round:
[1] Raneem El Welily (EGY) v Nadine Shahin (EGY)
Julianne Courtice (ENG) v 15] Yathreb Adel (EGY)
[10] Alison Waters (ENG) v Sivasangari Subramaniam (MAS)
Hollie Naughton (CAN) v [6] Sarah-Jane Perry (ENG)
[5] Joelle King (NZL) v Olivia Blatchford Clyne (USA)
Rowan Elaraby (EGY) v [11] Victoria Lust (ENG)
[14] Hania El Hammamy (EGY) v Nada Abbas (EGY)
Tinne Gilis (BEL) v [4] Nour El Tayeb (EGY)
[3] Nouran Gohar (EGY) v Nele Gilis (BEL)
Low Wee Wern (MAS) v [13] Salma Hany (EGY)
[16] Joey Chan (HKG) v Lee Ka Yi (HKG)
Melissa Alves (FRA) v [8] Tesni Evans (WAL)
[7] Amanda Sobhy (USA) v Olivia Fiechter (USA)
Donna Lobban (AUS) v [12] Joshna Chinappa (IND)
[9] Annie Au (HKG) v Rachael Grinham (AUS)
[WC] Sabrina Sobhy (USA) v [2] Camille Serme (FRA) 

Report by  SEAN REUTHE (PSA). Edited by  ALAN THATCHER

Pictures courtesy of PSA