WSA World Tour

New York-born Amanda Sobhy claimed the biggest WSA World Tour title of her career - and became the first home winner of the Women’s Texas Open for seven years - when she upset top-seeded Egyptian Nour El Tayeb in the final of the WSA International 35 squash event at Life Time Fitness in Plano, USA.

The top two seeds Nour El Tayeb and Amanda Sobhy set up a mouth-watering final of the 2015 Women’s Texas Open after prevailing in the semi-finals of the WSA International 35 squash event at Life Time Fitness in Plano, USA.

The top four seeds secured places in the semi-finals of the Women’s Texas Open - but achieved their quarter-final successes in the WSA International 35 squash event in contrasting styles at Life Time Fitness in Plano, USA.

Australian qualifier Donna Urquhart provided the sole upset in the first round of the Women’s Texas Open when she defeated eighth seed Joshana Chinappa to claim a place in the quarter-finals of the WSA International 35 squash event at Life Time Fitness in Plano, USA.

Madeline Perry, the most successful Irish squash player of all-time, will make her farewell WSA World Tourappearance at the GillenMarkets Irish Open later this month in Dublin

Competing for the first time as a full-time squash professional after concluding her studies at Harvard University,Amanda Sobhy is bidding for success at this week’s Women’s Texas Open in the USA where she is hoping to become the event’s first home winner for seven years.

Simon Arnold, Managing Director of Hallmark Events Group, today announced that the Women’s Squash Association (WSA), in conjunction with the World Squash Federation (WSF), has awarded the rights to Malaysia to host the next three editions of the Women’s World Squash Championship. The inaugural event will be held from 11-18 December 2015.

The first WSA World Tour squash event to be held in Pakistan for almost seven years produced the dream result when Peshawar powerhouse Maria Toorpakai Wazir won the title against expectations after overcoming the event’s top two seeds.