Elaraby Headlines Carol Weymuller Open Draw

The draw has been released for the upcoming Carol Weymuller Open, a women’s PSA World Tour Bronze level event that will take place from April 20-24, with Egypt’s Rowan Elaraby and home hope Olivia Clyne leading the way.

The Heights Casino will play host to the tournament, which was postponed from its original dates in February due to a spike in the number of COVID-19 cases in the region, where World No.9 Elaraby will be the top seed for the competition.

The young Egyptian will receive a bye through to the second round of the tournament, where she will face either USA’s Sabrina Sobhy, or wildcard Akanksha Salunkhe, the Indian who has reached the finals of her last two events on the PSA Challenger Tour. Possible meetings with Canada’s Hollie Naughton, and compatriot Nadine Shahin would lie in wait.

Clyne will be the leading lady in the bottom half of the draw, and the American will take on either Australian No.1 Donna Lobban or Egypt’s Menna Nasser in the second round. The World No.12 could then face another Egyptian in No.7 seed Farida Mohamed in the quarter finals, before doing battle with Indian No.1 Joshna Chinappa in the last four.

Apart from wildcard Salunkhe, the rest of the 24-strong field will all be members of the world’s top 60, and there will be 12 nationalities involved in the Bronze level event, including the Scottish duo of Lisa Aitken and Georgia Adderley and Hong Kong’s trio of Tze Lok Ho, Tsz-Wing Tong and Ka Yi Lee.

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First Round Draw: Carol Weymuller Open
[1] Rowan Elaraby (EGY) – [Bye]
[WC] Akanksha Salunkhe (IND) v [9/16] Sabrina Sobhy (USA)
[9/16] Ineta Mackevica (LAT) v Georgia Adderley (SCO)
[5] Hollie Naughton (CAN) – [Bye]
[6] Melissa Alves (FRA) – [Bye]
Tessa ter Sluis (NED) v [9/16] Lisa Aitken (SCO)
[9/16] Yathreb Adel (EGY) v Ka Yi Lee (HKG)
[4] Nadine Shahin (EGY) – [Bye]
[3] Joshna Chinappa (IND) – [Bye]
Lily Taylor (ENG) v [9/16] Nicole Bunyan (CAN)
[9/16] Sana Ibrahim (EGY) v Hana Moataz (EGY)
[8] Sivasangari Subramaniam (MAS) – [Bye]
[7] Farida Mohamed (EGY) – [Bye]
Tsz Wing-Tong (HKG) v [9/16] Tze Lok Ho (HKG)
[9/16] Donna Lobban (AUS) v Menna Nasser (EGY)
[2] Olivia Clyne (USA) – [Bye]