Home Favourite Weaver To Headline Carol Weymuller Open 2024

5 January 2024

USA No.2 Olivia Weaver is set to headline the Carol Weymuller Open, PSA World Tour Bronze event, which will take place at The Heights Casino in New York between January 25-29, 2024.

World No.10 Weaver, who finished runner-up to Georgina Kennedy in the 2023 edition of the event will be joined by stars such as Egypt’s Salma Hany and England’s Sarah-Jane Perry, who are seeded at No.2 and No.3, respectively.

Weaver, who captured a gold medal in the singles event at the Pan American Games in November, will receive an opening round bye, before taking on either Spain’s Marta Dominguez or Egypt’s Nadine Shahin in the last 16. From there, the New York-born player could potentially meet Hollie Naughton and Farida Mohamed en route to the final.

World No.11 Hany is in the bottom half of the draw and is set to face one of Mariam Metwally or Menna Hamed in the second round. The Alexandrian has enjoyed a strong start to the 2023/24 season, having reached a pair of quarter-finals as well as a semi-final at the South Western Open, and will be looking to translate this form into a maiden PSA World Tour title.

No.3 seed Perry will hope to continue her fine form from the first half of the season in New York, which saw the Englishwoman reach back-to-back semi-finals at the Singapore Open and the Hong Kong Football Club Open. The 33-year-old will be on the hunt for her 12th PSA World Tour title and will begin her campaign against one of Millie Tomlinson or Nicole Bunyan after receiving a first-round bye.

Egypt’s Mohamed, 21, who hasn’t featured on tour since the Malaysia Cup in November, will be the No.4 seed for the event and take on either compatriot Malik Khafagy or Cindy Merlo in her opening match.

Elsewhere, No.5 seed Naughton will hope to build on her impressive showing at the Platinum-level Hong Kong Open, which included a second-round victory over Weaver in five games, while France’s Melissa Alves has been seeded at No.6.

The seventh and eighth seeds are England’s Lucy Beecroft and Egypt’s Hana Ramadan, and the pair will looking to claim their first Bronze-level titles on the PSA World Tour.

Live action will be streamed on the PSA Live Streaming YouTube channel and the semis and final will be shown on SQUASHTV.

For more information on the Carol Weymuller Open 2024, visit the PSA World Tour website or follow the PSA on X, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube.

Draw:

[1] Olivia Weaver (USA) [bye]

Marta Dominguez (ESP) v [9/16] Nadine Shahin (EGY)

[9/16] Kenzy Ayman (EGY) v [WC] Min Jie Teh (MAS)

[5] Hollie Naughton (CAN) [bye]

[7] Lucy Beecroft (ENG) [bye]

Haya Ali (EGY) v [9/16] Anna Serme (CZE)

[9/16] Malak Khafagy (EGY) v Cindy Merlo (SUI)

[4] Farida Mohamed (EGY) [bye]

[3] Sarah-Jane Perry (ENG) [bye]

Millie Tomlinson (ENG) v [9/16] Nicole Bunyan (CAN)

[9/16] Fayrouz Aboelkheir (EGY) v Jessica Turnbull (AUS)