Carol Weymuller Open 2025 : It’s Fayrouz

Carol Weymuller Open 2025 : FINAL
[1] Fayrouz Aboelkheir (Egy) 3-0 [4] Nada Abbas (Egy)   11-7, 11-9, 12-10 (32m)

Aboelkheir claims her biggest title to date

Fayrouz Aboelkheir claimed the biggest title of her career so far, clinching the Carol Weymuller Open  crown with a 3-0 win over fellow Egyptian Nada Abbas at The Heights Casino in Brooklyn, New York.

18-year-old Aboelkheir was a beaten finalist in this event 12 months ago, losing to Farida Mohamed, but she came into the event as top seed and avenged that defeat by beating Mohamed 3-0 in the semi-finals this year, setting up this final showdown with fourth seed Abbas.

Abbas had got past the experienced Sarah-Jane Perry in the final four and was playing in her first World event final, with a packed crowd in the house to watch.

Victory secures Aboelkheir her fourth PSA Tour title and her first in a Bronze-level event, as well as adding her name to an illustrious list of players to have won this tournament over the years, including Nour ElSherbini, Nicol David and Michelle Martin.

“I’m just over the moon right now,” she said after collecting her trophy. “To win my biggest title so far and in my favourite club, the club where last year, I broke into the top 20 and also made my first final on the World Tour. It’s very special here for me and I’m very happy.

“Nada is definitely one of the best players on Tour so I’m very happy to get through today and win the title. “I got very nervous after being 10-8 up [in the third]. I just visualised the big moment and didn’t take it easy on myself, that’s why I maybe zoomed out for two points, but then I just took it point-by-point and I think that’s what made it so much easier on my mind and on myself.”

Semis : Aboelkheir and Abbas set up all-Egyptian final

Egyptian duo Fayrouz Aboelkheir and Nada Abbas will contest the Carol Weymuller Open 2025 final, after beating Farida Mohamed and Sarah-Jane Perry on semi-finals day at The Heights Casino in Brooklyn.

 

Quarters : Perry downs second seed Hany

Sarah-Jane Perry knocked out second seed Salma Hany to reach the Carol Weymuller Open semi-finals, where Farida Mohamed and Fayrouz Aboelkheir will meet in a rematch of last year’s final.

From 2-1 down, 34 year-old Perry raced into a 10-3 lead – with Hany perhaps feeling the effects of her time away from the court – taking her first match ball to reach her first Bronze event semi-final since 2023.

“She’s really dangerous when she’s got any time, anywhere on the court,” Perry said. “I had to try and take time away from her but not rush myself. In that first game she just picked me off. I left some loose and she’s not been top 10 in the world for no reason, she’s very, very dangerous and she beat me the last two times we played.

Perry will now face fourth seed Nada Abbas, who beat Canada’s Hollie Naughton in the last quarter-final, while the other semi-final will see top seed and last year’s runner-up, Aboelkheir, take on defending champion Mohamed.

Round Two : Top eight seeds through to Quarters

Defending champion Farida Mohamed survived a scare on day two of the Carol Weymuller Open, coming from 2-1 down to beat Lee Ka Yi as the top eight seeds all progressed into the quarter-finals.

Round One : Beecroft and Metwally fight back to reach R2

Lucy Beecroft and Mariam Metwally both battled back from the brink of defeat to win as action got underway at the Carol Weymuller Open 2025 in Brooklyn, New York.

Eight first-round matches were taking place at The Heights Casino, with England’s Beecroft taking on compatriot Grace Gear on the unique Court West, which features a glass left-hand wall and three solid walls around the rest of the court. Beecroft, who lives and trains in New York and had coach Peter Nicol in her corner, recovered from two games and 8-10 down to deny Gear.

That was one of three five-game battles in an action-packed second half of the day, with Ki Ya Lee and Mariam Metwally also winning 3-2. Lee came out on top of a topsy-turvy duel with Finland’s Emilia Sonia, winning 11-9 in the fifth, while Metwally and Hong Kong’s Tong Tsz-Wing went toe-to-toe for over an hour, with Metwally utlimately saving a match ball before triumphing 15-13 in the fifth.