Oracle Netsuite San Fran Open 2017
24-30 Sep, San Francisco, USA, $100k+$50k

29-Sep, Semis:
Gawad and Shorbagy survive in five

Top seeds Karim Abdel Gawad and Mohamed Elshorbagy both came through five game semi-finals to set up an all-Egyptian final in San Francisco.

Gawad was two games down to Diego Elias, finally prevailing in after 90 minutes, while Shorbagy squeezed past James Willstrop 14/12 in the decider after saving a match ball.

Nicol David eased past Dipika Pallikal in the women's semis to set up a final against Sarah-Jane Perry.

Qualifying:

Finals, 25-Sep:

Campbell Grayson (Nzl) 3-0 Lucas Serme (Fra)                     11/2, 11/8, 11/6 (45m)
Miguel Rodriguez (Col) 3-2 Mazen Hesham (Egy)  7/11, 11/9, 6/11,. 11/9, 11/4 (70m)
Alan Clyne (Sco) 3-1 Greg Lobban (Sco)                  11/13, 11/3, 11/5, 14/12 (71m)
Abdulla Al Tamimi (Qat) 3-1 Gregoire Marche (Fra)       11/8, 3/;11, 11/9, 11/6 (49m)

Round One, 24-Sep:  

Campbell Grayson (Nzl) 3-0 Vikram Malhotra (Ind)       11/9, 12/10, 11/6 (37m)
Lucas Serme (Fra) 3-0 Bransten Ming (Usa)               11/7, 11/5, 11/0 (23m)
Mazen Hesham (Egy) 3-0 Mike McCue (Can)               11/6, 11/8, 11/9 (34m)
Miguel Rodriguez (Col) 3-0 Mustafa Nawar (Egy)          11/3, 11/3, 11/5
Alan Clyne (Sco) 3-0 Charlie Johnson (Eng)                11/6, 11/8, 11/5 (39m)
Greg Lobban (Sco) 3-1 Nicolas Talbott (Usa)      11/9, 11/6, 9/11, 11/6 (52m)
Abdulla Al Tamimi (Qat) 3-1 Adam Murrills (Eng)   11/5, 11/8, 9/11, 11/8 (46m)
Gregoire Marche (Fra) 3-0 Ramit Tandon (Ind)                     11/5, 11/3 rtd

Update: [1] Gregory Gaultier withdrew injured 22-Sep

Qualifying:

Finals, 25-Sep:

Nikki Todd (Can)  3-1 Nouran El Torky (Egy)                 6/11, 11/4, 11/7, 11/8 (35m)
Sam Cornett (Can) v Danielle Letourneau (Can)                     11/7, 11/7, 11/7 (33m)
Hollie Naughton (Can) 3-2 Amanda L-Murphy (Nzl) 11/5, 4/11, 11/9, 2/11, 11/9 (46m)
Rachael Grinham (Aus) 3-0 Misaki Kobayashi (Jpn)                 11/9, 11/9, 11/5 (27m)

Round One, 24-Sep:3-0

Nouran El Torky (Egy) 3-2 Coline Aumard (Fra) 9/11, 11/9, 8/11, 11/5, 13/11 (59m)
Nikki Todd (Can) 3-0 Sarah Cardwell (Aus)                        11/7, 11/9, 11/9 (30m)
Danielle Letourneau (Can) 3-0 Latasha Khan (Usa)             11/8, 11/9, 11/8 (22m)
Sam Cornett (Can) 3-0 Reyna Pacheco (Usa)                    11/5, 11/2, 11/2 (18m)
Hollie Naughton (Can) 3-1 Emilia Soini (Fin)               5/11, 11/7, 11/8, 11/4 (33m)
Amanda Landers-Murphy (Nzl) 3-0 Samantha Teran (Mex)   11/8, 11/6, 11/6 (22m)
Misaki Kobayashi (Jpn) 3-1 Catalina Pelaez (Col)      11/4, 9/11, 13/11, 11/3 (29m)
Rachael Grinham (Aus) 3-0 Hebaallah Nossier (Egy)            11/4, 11/2, 11/4 (20m)

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28-Sep, Quarters part two:
Perry and Elias in SF shockers

27-Sep, Quarters part one:
Pallikal powers into SF semis

Dipika Pasllikal recorded a second sussessive upset to beat USA's Olivia Blatchford and join the top three seeds in the women's semis.

The Indian now meets second seed Nicol David, who survived a five game thriller - and a match ball - against Victoria Lust, while Laura Massaro and Sarah-Jane Perry will provide an English finalist from the top half.

Today's two men's quarters saw Mohamed Elshorbagy and James Willstrop claim close three game wins over Daryl Selby and Ryan Cuskelly.

25-Sep, Qualifying Finals:
Tamimi takes out Marche
as Canadian women's trio advance

Qualifying finals in San Francisco saw a trio of Canadians progress to the women's main draw as Nikki Todd, Sam Cornett and Hollie Naughton booked their places, joined by Australia's Rachael Grinham.

In the men's matches three of the top seeds - Campbell Grayson, Miguel Rodriguez and Alan Clyne - made it through, as did Qatar's Adbulla al Tamimi with a four-game win over second seed Gregoire Marche.