Ryan Cuskelly has lived in New York for the last decade ©PSA

Australia's Ryan Cuskelly achieved one of the biggest wins of his career by beating world champion Mohamed Elshorbagy of Egypt in their second round match on day four of the Professional Squash Association (PSA) Tournament of Champions.

Elshorbagy had won 28 of his last 30 matches on the PSA World Tour coming into the match at Grand Central Terminal in New York City, including a run of 21 consecutive wins that saw him collect four consecutive titles.

The world number two, however, could not cope with the 30-year-old Australian's bustling display at the iconic American train station, eventually losing 3-2 after 90 gruelling minutes.

After his win, Cuskelly, whose best performance at a World Series tournament was his semi-final appearance in Qatar in 2015, said: "That's probably the biggest win of my career.

"And winning here in New York in front of family and friends makes it extra special.

"My wife was trying to scout tickets for the day to get everyone in, so I'm really happy to pull the win off and I have to thank everyone for the great support I had today.

"I came in today with a game plan and tried to vary the pace and be aggressive when I could and just hang in there when he got on a roll.

"I managed to get some errors out of him and hit my winners as well so I'm really happy."

Cuskelly will now face another Egyptian in the form of Tarek Momen, who beat Peru's Diego Elias 3-0.

There was more success for Egyptian players in the men's second round event with Ramy Ashour beating eighth seed Paul Coll from New Zealand 4-1 whilst number three seed Ali Farag recorded a comfortable 3-0 win over three-time Pan American Games medallist Miguel Ángel Rodríguez of Colombia in 39 minutes.

Amanda Sobhy ruptured her Achilles in the semi-finals of the Ciudad de Floridablanca last March ©PSA
Amanda Sobhy ruptured her Achilles in the semi-finals of the Ciudad de Floridablanca last March ©PSA

In the women's competition, Amanda Sobhy of the United States, who is making her comeback after ten months out with injury, recorded a 3-1 victory over 2007 world champion Rachael Grinham of Australia.

After her win, Sobhy said: "It feels good to be back.

"When you're out as long as I was, just being on court is a huge accomplishment.

"I've waited for so long and I got pushed, it was my first match and it wasn't easy."

Sobhy will now face US Open champion Nour El Tayeb of Egypt who defeated India's world number 20 Dipika Pallikal 3-0 in just 20 minutes.

Elsewhere, world champion Raneem El Welily of Egypt beat former world number two Jenny Duncalf of England 3-1 while France's number three seed Camille Serme recorded an easy 21-minute victory over US qualifier Sabrina Sobhy, the younger sister of Amanda Sobhy.