World No.6 Nour El Tayeb Withdraws From Upcoming British Open

World No.6 Nour El Tayeb has been forced to withdraw from the upcoming British Open due to an ongoing injury that she hasn’t been able to recover from in time for the event.

England’s Georgina Kennedy now replaces El Tayeb as a top eight seed and receives a bye in round one and will now play the winner of an all-Egyptian battle between Zeina Mickawy and Hana Ramadan.

Egypt’s Farida Mohamed has moved to a 9/16 seed and also receives a bye in the opening round and will now face a round two clash against either Wales’ Emily Whitlock or India’s Joshna Chinappa for a place in the third round.

Fellow Egyptian Yathreb Adel has become a 17/32 seed and faces England’s Lucy Beecroft in the first round. Whilst, Finland’s Emilia Soini enters the draw and will play Malaysia’s Aifa Azman for a spot in the second round.

You will be able to watch all the RD1 and RD2 action from the traditional courts on the British Open website, before action from the Rep for the third round onwards will be streamed live on SQUASHTV.

Updated British Open Women’s Draw:

[1] Nouran Gohar (EGY) [Bye]
Cindy Merlo (SUI) v [17/32] Melissa Alves (FRA)
[17/32] Mariam Metwally (EGY) v Ka Yi Lee (HKG)
[9/16] Nele Gilis (BEL) [Bye]
[17/32] Nada Abbas (EGY) v Tsz-Wing Tong (HKG)
Nour Aboulmakarim (EGY) v [17/32] Lucy Turmel (ENG)
[17/32] Sivasangari Subramaniam (MAS) v Chan Sin Yuk (HKG)
[7] Sarah-Jane Perry (ENG) [Bye]
[8] Rowan Elaraby (EGY) v [Bye]
Lucy Beecroft (ENG) v [17/32] Yathreb Adel (EGY)
[17/32] Jasmine Hutton (ENG) v Fayrouz Aboelkheir (EGY)
Hana Moataz (EGY) v [17/32] Tomato Ho (HKG)
[9/16] Olivia Fiechter (USA) [Bye]
Enora Villard (FRA) v [17/32] Hollie Naughton (CAN)
[17/32] Rachel Arnold (MAS) v [WC] Katie Malliff (ENG)
[4] Joelle King (NZL) [Bye]
[3] Hania El Hammamy (EGY) v [Bye]
Danielle Letourneau (CAN) v [17/32] Alexandra Fuller (RSA)
[9/16] Farida Mohamed (EGY) [Bye]
Joshna Chinappa (IND) v [17/32] Emily Whitlock (WAL)
[17/32] Aifa Azman (MAS) v Emilia Soini (FIN)
[9/16] Salma Hany (EGY) [Bye]
[9/16] Olivia Clyne (USA) [Bye]
[5] Amanda Sobhy (USA) [Bye]
[8] Georgina Kennedy (ENG) [Bye]
Zeina Mickawy (EGY) v [17/32] Hana Ramadan (EGY)
[9/16] Tinne Gilis (BEL) [Bye]
[9/16] Tesni Evans (WAL) [Bye]
[17/32] Nadine Shahin (EGY) v Sana Ibrahim (EGY)
[9/16] Sabrina Sobhy (USA) [Bye]
[17/32] Satomi Watanabe (JPN) v [WC] Torrie Malik (ENG)
[2] Nour El Sherbini (EGY) [Bye]