Day ONE : Pools Round One
The 2022 WSF Women’s World Team Championship kicked off this evening at the Madinaty Sports Club, with five matches across the four Pools.
The top four seeds were all in action in their respective Pools, and all recorded opening victories, Egypt, USA and England all won 3-0 but fourth seeds France had to come from behind to beat Japan.
Match reports and features below the results
POOL A
[1] EGYPT 3-0 SWITZERLAND
Nouran Gohar 3-0 Cindy Merlo 11-4, 11-2, 11-3 (18m)
Nour El Tayeb 3-0 Ambre Allinckx 11-1, 11-2, 11-2 (20m)
Hania Hammamy 3-0 Nadia Pfister 11-8, 11-9, 11-5 (24m)
POOL B
[2] USA 3-0 AUSTRALIA
Amanda Sobhy 3-0 Jess Turnbull 11-4 , 11-6 , 11-7 (21m)
Olivia Blatchford Clyne 3-0 Sarah Cardwell 11-6, 11-8, 11-9 (22m)
Olivia Fiechter 3-0 Alex Haydon 11-4, 11-2, 11-8 (22m)
POOL C
[3] ENGLAND 3-0 SOUTH AFRICA
Jasmine Hutton 3-2 Alexandra Fuller 13-11, 7-11, 5-11, 11-8, 11-4 (44m)
Julianne Courtice 3-0 Cheyna Wood 11-0, 11-3, 11-1 (16m)
Lucy Turmel 3-0 Lizelle Muller 11-1, 11-7, 11-7 (11m)
POOL D
[4] FRANCE 2-1 JAPAN
Melissa Alves 1-3 Satomi Watanabe 4-11, 11-8, 10-12, 5-11 (42m)
Coline Aumard 3-1 Risa Sugimoto 11-4, 6-11, 12-10, 11-6 (40m)
Camille Serme 3-0 Akari Midorikawa 11-4, 11-2, 11-3 (19m)
[5/6] MALAYSIA 3-0 CHINESE TAIPEI
Rachel Arnold 3-0 Lee Yi-Hsuan 11-4, 11-1, 1-2 (15m)
Yee Xin Ying 3-0 Wei-Ting Huang 11-5, 11-4, 11-1 (14m)
Chan Yiwen 3-0 Wang Yuan 11-1, 11-2, 11-5 (13m)
Day ONE Reports and Features

Malaysia 3-0 Finland
A bit of delay in the first match for a contributed injury but still a solid performance from Malaysia […]

England 3-0 South Africa : Not that simple…
The first match was a pretty close affair between Jasmine Hutton and Alex Fuller […]

France 2-1 Japan: “They did it again!” Philippe Signoret
The French view from the Japan/France match… Philippe Signoret comments the French performance […]

Japan 1-2 France : “As a team, we can create an upset :)” Jun Matsumoto
Too close for comfort and a proud coach…. […]

Egypt 3-0 Switzerland : Nouran Gohar on song
No surprise in the opening tie as Egypt sweep Switzerland aside … […]

Chinese Tapei 0-3 Malaysia : “We still need to learn so much”
A strong performance from Malaysia, but a learning experience for China Taipei […]
