RESULTS: Women's Delaware State Squash Open, Wilmington, Delaware, USA
1st round:
[1] Miranda Ranieri (CAN) bt [Q] Alexis Saunders (USA) 11-4, 11-8, 11-6
[5] Amelia Pittock (AUS) bt [Q] Pamela Anckermann (GUA) 9-11, 11-7, 11-4, 11-2
[3] Melody Francis (AUS) bt [Q] Tina Rix (ENG) 11-4, 11-8, 11-6
[6] Olivia Blatchford (USA) bt Thaisa Serafini (BRA) 11-8, 11-6, 11-6
[8] Samantha Cornett (CAN) bt Genevieve Lessard (CAN) 11-7, 11-7, 11-6
[4] Alexandra Norman (CAN) bt [Q] Mei Lin Ong (USA) 11-3, 11-7, 11-4
Salma Nassar (EGY) bt [7] Carrie Hastings (ENG) 11-8, 11-9, 12-10
[2] Amanda Sobhy (USA) bt Merhan Amr Mahmoud (EGY) 11-3, 11-2, 11-1
Quarter-finals:
[1] Miranda Ranieri (CAN) bt [5] Amelia Pittock (AUS) 11-7, 11-9, 13-11
[6] Olivia Blatchford (USA) bt [3] Melody Francis (AUS) 11-8, 11-8, 12-10
[4] Alexandra Norman (CAN) bt [8] Samantha Cornett (CAN) 11-6, 4-11, 7-11, 11-7, 11-8
[2] Amanda Sobhy (USA) bt Salma Nassar (EGY) 12-10, 11-9, 11-7
Semi-finals:
[1] Miranda Ranieri (CAN) bt [6] Olivia Blatchford (USA) 11-2, 5-11, 11-7, 4-11, 11-7
[2] Amanda Sobhy (USA) bt [4] Alexandra Norman (CAN) 11-9, 14-12, 9-11, 11-5
Final:
[2] Amanda Sobhy (USA) bt [1] Miranda Ranieri (CAN) 15-13, 11-9, 8-11, 14-12
US teenager Amanda Sobhy became only the second player in the history of the WISPA World Squash Tour to win a second title as a 16-year-old when she beat Canadian Miranda Ranieri in the final of the $5,700 Women's Delaware State Open at Vicmead Hunt Club in Wilmington, USA.
Action in the inaugural WISPA Tour event was postponed for 24 hours after the region was covered by two foot of snow - and a state of emergency declared!
But once 'normal service' was resumed, the two top seeds made it through to the anticipated final - favourite Ranieri overcoming USA's sixth seed Olivia Blatchford in five games and second seed Amanda Sobhy defeating Canada's fourth seed Alexandra Norman in four.
But Sobhy, the world No50 from New York and the youngest player in the tournament, was too strong for Ranieri in the final, winning 15-13, 11-9, 8-11, 14-12.
It was only a month ago that the 16-year-old left-hander won her maiden Tour event at the Liberty Bell Open in Berwyn, Philadelphia - later sharing the WISPA record with Malaysia's world number one Nicol David, who won the Finnish Open and KL Open in 2000, aged 16.