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.

While Malaysian Nicol David and Egypt’s Raneem El Welily retain the top two spots in the April Rankings, Londoner Alison Waters leaps to No.3 to become the highest-ranked Englishwoman in the list for the first time for more than five years.

Bahria Town in Rawalpindi will host the first WSA World Tour event in Pakistan for almost seven years. The WSA Challenger 10 Bahria Town International Women’s Squash Tournament, which boasts a $10,000 prize-fund and has attracted players from seven countries, will take place at the Safari Club from 1-4 April.

Whilst today’s all Hong Kong final of the Women’s Malaysian Squash Tour Leg 1 was predicted, Liu Tsz-Ling’s title triumph was not - as the second seed overpowered favourite Tong Tsz-Wing to win the WSA Challenger 5 event at the Royal Sri Menanti Golf & Country Club in Seremban, Malaysia.

Hania El Hammamy became the first squash player born this Millennium to win a Tour title when she stormed to victory in the Women’s Geneva Open, clinching her maiden title without dropping a game in the WSA Challenger 5 squash event in Geneva, Switzerland.

The surprise all-French climax of the Women’s Montreal Open in Canada went the full distance as compatriots Marie Stephan and Melissa Alves battled to secure success in their first ever WSA World Tour final.

England’s 21-year-old Emily Whitlock claimed the biggest WSA World Tour squash title of her career when she upset top-seeded Australian Rachael Grinham, the defending champion, in the final of the Calgary CFO Consulting Services WSA Women’s Squash Week, the WSA Challenger 15 event at Calgary Winter Club in Calgary, Canada.

Dr. Allam and the world’s top squash players showed their support to International Women’s Day this weekend with the powerful message of #MakeItHappen for equal prize money in sport.

Malaysia’s Nicol David is seeded to win her sixth British Open title in Hull later this year according to the women’s draw for the 2015 Allam British Open Squash Championships which was announced today.

Australia’s Donna Urquhart, a former world No.13 plagued by injuries for the past two years, marked her comeback in sensational style in the USA by winning the Women’s Stratos Seattle Open, the WSA Challenger 5 squash event at the Seattle Athletic Club in Seattle.

England’s Emma Beddoes celebrated the tenth - and biggest - WSA World Tour squash title of her career when she beat Egypt’s Kanzy Emad El-Defrawy in tonight’s final of the Women’s Emerson RC Pro Series in St Louis, USA.