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Hampton Squash Week 2013
08-11 Aug, Southampton, NY, USA, $10k |
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Sobhy stands up to Egyptian tide
11-Aug, FINAL:
[1] Amanda Sobhy (Usa) 3-0 [Q] Yathreb Adel (Egy)
11/2, 11/5, 11/3
 Looking
at the draw for the Hampton Squash Week, a WSA $10k event in
Southampton, New York, the thing that immediately struck you was the
amount of young Egyptian players involved.
Considering that Egypt provided all four semi-finalists in the
recent world juniors in Poland, and that they walked away with their
fourth successive team title, it was no surprise that they dominated
the qualifying competition with three winners taking their main draw
tally to six.
It really shouldn't have surprised anyone that they did well in the
main draw too, with Habiba Mohamed, Yathreb Adel and Nouran Gohar,
who all reached the world junior semi-finals, also reaching the
semi-finals in Southampton too.
That left top seed Amanda Sobhy, the only non-Egyptian winner of the
world junior title in the last eight editions, standing alone in the
semi-finals against the Egyptian tide.
Sobhy, looking to claim a second consecutive WSA title after winning
the Buler Challenge Cup in Hong Kong last month, overcame Mohamed in
what was, according to the chat on twitter, a fairly physical and
aggressive match, while Adel won through to the final with a
straight game win over Gohar that apparently required 60-odd
decisions from the referee in the first two games alone.
There's no reason to suppose that the final will be any less a
battle as two talented, determined youngsters vie for the title ...
but it resulted in a 3-0 win for Amanda to make it eight career
titles and two in a row ...
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The Twitter Trail
@itssobhytime
I see myself getting fitter n faster everyday. My body is changing
for the good n I won't stop until I get 2where I want to be!
So.... The lone US player vs the Egyptians. This is exciting!!!
Onto the semis tonight against the 14 year old habiba... Should be
fun.....
Semis in Southampton: @itssobhytime bt habiba 3-1. Never seen Amanda
that aggressive
(Misaki Kobayashi)
when the beast needs to be released, it will come out in full force
Things I learned in my match... Don't listen to my dads coaching
when you are 2-0 up and destroying the girl
First two games between gohar and adel... 60 let decisions later...
How many decisions can we get to?
Won my 8th your title today and 2nd in a row this summer! Beat my
opponent 3-0 in the finals. All this hardwork is paying off..
Thank you to all my supporters who put up with me on a daily basis!
Next stop: DC for my last tourny of the summer #leggo #getitdone
#determined #hardworkpaysoff #wontstop #fitlife #squashlove #howbaddoyouwantit
#hamptonsopen |
  Hampton
Squash Week 2013
08-11 Aug, Southampton, NY, USA, $10k |
Round One
09 Aug |
Quarters
10 Aug |
Semis
10 Aug |
Final
11 Aug |
[1] Amanda Sobhy (Usa)
11/2, 11/4, 11/5
[Q] Cecelia Cortes (Usa) |
[1] Amanda Sobhy
11/2, 11/5, 11/5
[5] Thaisa Serafini |
[1] Amanda Sobhy
11/8, 11/3, 6/11, 11/5
[Q] Habiba Mohamed |
[1] Amanda Sobhy
11/2, 11/5, 11/3
[Q] Yathreb Adel |
[5] Thaisa Serafini (Bra)
11/1, 11/6, 11/7
Katja Amir (Ger) |
[4] Kristen Lange (Usa)
13/11, 11/9, 11/13, 11/8
[Q] Habiba Mohamed (Egy) |
[Q] Habiba Mohamed
11/6, 11/6, 11/2
Olivia Blatchford |
[8] Laura Pomportes (Fra)
11/8, 11/6, 11/7
Olivia Blatchford (Usa) |
Sabrina Sobhy (Usa)
13/15, 11/6, 11/4, 15/13
[8] Kanzy El Dafrawy (Egy) |
[8] Kanzy El Dafrawy
11/9, 11/7, 11/7
[Q] Yathreb Adel |
[Q] Yathreb Adel
11/6, 14/12, 11/2
[7] Nouran Gohar |
[3] Victoria Lust (Eng)
11/5, 11/9, 11/3
[Q] Yathreb Adel (Egy) |
[7] Nouran Gohar (Egy)
11/6, 11/4, 11/2
Salma Nasser (Egy) |
[7] Nouran Gohar
11/5, 11/5, 7/11, 10/12, 11/7
[2] Misaki Kobayashi |
[Q] Salma Hany (Egy)
11/4, 115/, 11/1
[2] Misaki Kobayashi (Jpn) |
08-Aug, Qualifying:
Salma Hany (Egy) 3-1 Antonella Falcione (Arg)
11/4, 5/11, 11/8, 11/7
Habiba Mohamed (Egy) 3-1 Nouran El Torky
(Egy) 11/3, 13/11, 4/11, 11/9
Cecelia Cortes (Usa) 3-1
Ivonne Diaz (Mex)
6/11, 11/9, 11/8, 11/7
Yathreb Adel (Egy) 3-0 Menat Nasser (Egy)
13/11, 11/5, 11/7
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