USA No.1 Olivia Weaver Withdraws From Upcoming CIB Egyptian Open

USA No.1 Olivia Weaver has unfortunately been forced to withdraw from the upcoming CIB Egyptian Open due to suffering a back injury.

The World No.5 has been replaced by the returning New Zealander Joelle King. The former World No.3 missed almost the entirety of last season due to a back and knee injury but returns for her first PSA event since October. King will now face Malaysia’s Sivasangari Subramaniam after they both receive round one byes.

Nada Abbas has now moved to a 9/16 seed and will take on compatriot Salma Hany in the second round. Salma Eltayeb has subsequently moved to a 17/32 seed to take on England’s Alicia Mead whilst Ireland’s Hannah Craig has been allocated the Lucky Loser spot and will take on Zeina Mickawy. Craig will become the first Irish player to feature in the main draw of a major PSA event since Aisling Blake in 2017.

Play starts on Friday at 12:00 (GMT+3) with all action live on SQUASHTV.

Updated women’s draw:

[1] Nour ElSherbini (EGY) Bye
[9/16] Sabrina Sobhy (USA) Bye
[17/32] Hana Moataz (EGY) v [Qualifier]
[9/16] Amina Orfi (EGY) Bye
[9/16] Fayrouz Aboelkheir (EGY) Bye
[Qualifier] v [17/32] Mariam Metwally (EGY)
[17/32] Nour Aboulmakarim (EGY) v Menna Hamed (EGY)
[6] Tinne Gilis (BEL) Bye
[5] Georgina Kennedy (ENG) Bye
Ka Yi Lee (HKG) v [17/32] Melissa Alves (FRA)
[17/32] Sarah-Jane Perry (ENG) v Nicole Bunyan (CAN)
Kenzy Ayman (EGY) v [17/32] Lucy Turmel (ENG)
[17/32] Jasmine Hutton (ENG) v Nadine Shahin (EGY)
[LL] Hannah Craig (IRL) v [17/32] Zeina Mickawy (EGY)
[9/16] Farida Mohamed (EGY) Bye
[3] Hania El Hammamy (EGY) Bye
[4] Nele Gilis (BEL) Bye
Marie Stephan (FRA) v [17/32] Sana Ibrahim (EGY)
[17/32] Malak Khafagy (EGY) v [WC] Nour Megahed (EGY)
[Qualifier] v [17/32] Lucy Beecroft (ENG)
[9/16] Salma Hany (EGY) Bye
[9/16] Nada Abbas (EGY) Bye
[9/16] Sivasangari Subramaniam (MAS) Bye 
[8] Joelle King (NZL) Bye
[7] Rowan Elaraby (EGY) Bye
Alicia Mead (ENG) v [17/32] Salma Eltayeb (EGY)
[17/32] Hana Ramadan (EGY) v Nadine Garas (EGY)
Tsz-Wing Tong (HKG) v [17/32] Georgia Adderley (SCO)
[9/16] Amanda Sobhy (USA) Bye
Grace Gear (ENG) v [17/32] Rachel Arnold (MAS)
[17/32] Tomato Ho (HKG) v [Qualifier]
[2] Nouran Gohar (EGY) Bye