Olivia Fiechter ascended to a new career-high ranking of world No. 20 this month--the American's first time in the world's top twenty. The twenty-five-year-old displayed the best form of her career in her last two events. In March, Fiechter reached the third round of the Black Ball Open--her first appearance in a Platinum third round--which propelled her from world No. 33 in March to world No. 24 in April. Two weeks ago, Fiechter made anther Platinum...

World No. 5 Amanda Sobhy advanced to her second consecutive El Gouna International Open semifinal following a four-game victory over world No. 9 Salma Hany Tuesday, May 25, in Egypt. The quarterfinal marked a rematch of the Black Ball Open semifinals two months ago in Cairo. As in March, it was the Egyptian who took an early lead by edging the first game 11-9. Sobhy, the tournament's four seed, then turned the match on its...

World No. 5 Amanda Sobhy is through to the El Gouna International quarterfinals following a convincing three-game victory over England's Lucy Turmel Sunday, May 23, in Egypt. Turmel had reached the third round courtesy of an upset over U.S. teammate Olivia Blatchford Clyne. Making her first tournament appearance on the glass court, Sobhy dispatched Turmel 11-6, 11-7, 11-7 in thirty-three minutes. “She is a feisty up-and-coming player so she is young and hungry and it shows...

Team USA's Olivia Fiechter upset world No. 13 Nele Gilis to cap off a strong start for Team USA in the second round of the PSA Platinum El Gouna Open Friday, May 21, in Egypt. Fiechter, who broke into the world's top twenty-five ranked players for the first time last month, opened up her tournament with a routine three-game win over the Egyptian Wild Card on Thursday. In Friday's second round, Fiechter avenged her 2019...

Team USA's Todd Harrity won the fourth and largest PSA title of his career, upsetting top seed Mahesh Mangaonkar in the $20,000 HCL SRFI Indian Tour Chennai Leg 1 final Friday, April 2. Harrity made a strong start in what was his eleventh career PSA final appearance and first since 2018, taking the first two games 11-9, 11-6. The Indian then mounted a comeback by swiftly winning the third and fourth games 11-7, 11-2. The American...

Amanda Sobhy made history for Team USA by becoming the first American ever to reach the world's top five rankings, ascending to world No. 5 this month following her Black Ball Open final run two weeks ago in Egypt. Sobhy's achieved her previous career high ranking of world No. 6 in 2016, which she lost in April 2017 following her Achilles rupture. Sobhy returned to the tour as world No. 28 in Jaunary 2018 and...