WORLD SQUASH NEWS RESULTS: Women's Texas Open Squash Championship, Dallas, USA 1st round: [1] Carol Owens (NZL) bt Fiona Geaves (ENG) 9-4, 9-0, 9-5 (30m) [8] Rebecca Macree (ENG) bt [Q] Vicky Botwright (ENG) 9-6, 9-5, 6-9, 5-9, 9-1 (65m) [4] Rachael Grinham (AUS) bt [Q] Rebecca Chiu (HKG) 9-2, 9-1, 9-6 (19m) Natalie Grinham (AUS) bt [6] Tania Bailey (ENG) w/o [5] Vanessa Atkinson (NED) bt Stephanie Brind (ENG) 9-1, 9-7, 9-5 (32m) [3] Linda Charman (ENG) bt [Q] Shelley Kitchen (NZL) 9-5, 9-7, 10-8 (37m) [7] Cassie Jackman (ENG) bt Jenny Tranfield (ENG) 10-8, 9-1, 9-4 (35m) [2] Natalie Pohrer (USA) bt [Q] Omneya Abdel Kawy (EGY) 9-4, 9-1, 9-5 (23m) President Pohrer In Powerful Plaza Opener Natalie Pohrer led domestic interest in the opening round of the Women's Texas Open Squash Championship in Dallas, USA, in powerful style as she crushed Egyptian qualifier Omneya Abdel Kawy in straight games 24 hours after being elected the first US President of the Women's International Squash Players' Association (WISPA). Office workers and shoppers looked down from the balconies and windows of the levels on all four sides of the Plaza of the Americas in downtown Dallas, where the first WISPA Grand Prix event of the year is being staged on WISPA's all-glass showcourt on the atrium ice rink - a highly innovative and public setting for the high-level competition between the world's top women squash players. Second seed Pohrer, the 25-year-old world No2 from St Louis, took just 23 minutes to beat 17-year-old Kawy, the world No13, 9-4 9-1 9-5 to earn a place in the quarter-finals. Pohrer, raised in South Africa but born in England, next faces former compatriot Cassie Jackman, the seventh seed who survived an all-English first round clash with unseeded Jenny Tranfield. Tranfield, who boasts a PhD in Sports Psychology, scurried to an 8-3 lead in the opening game, but Jackman - winner of the Las Vegas Open four days earlier - fought back to claim a 10-8 9-1 9-4 victory in 35 minutes. Another all-English battle went the full distance when qualifier Vicky Botwright pulled back from 2-0 down to level the match against 8th seed Rebecca Macree. The Lancastrian had little left in reserve at this point, and Macree stormed to a 9-6 9-5 6-9 5-9 9-1 win in 65 minutes to move into the last eight where she faces top-seeded New Zealander Carol Owens. Title-holder Owens, playing in her first event since becoming world No1, beat England's Fiona Geaves 9-4 9-0 9-5 in 30 minutes. "I've come over here feeling good after having some good hits at home and getting to a few local men's event finals," said the confident favourite afterwards. The most disheartened competitor was undoubtedly England's sixth seed Tania Bailey, hoping to resume her playing career after resting completely for more than two weeks trying to shake off a mystery virus. The world No4 from Lincolnshire withdrew after practice in the morning, feeling "sick and shaky" again after the workout. "I thought it had cleared my body as my practice went okay yesterday and my heart rate was fine. Now I feel bad again so need to get some more tests done," said the disconsolate 23-year-old. Australia's unseeded Natalie Grinham was the beneficiary of the walkover and will now face her sister Rachael Grinham in the quarter-finals. Fourth-seeded Rachael took just 19 minutes to conquer Hong Kong qualifier Rebecca Chiu 9-2 9-1 9-6 to set up the siblings' first WISPA World Tour clash since the British Open last April, when the older Rachael won in straight games.