11-Apr:
No nerves for Sobhy ahead of WWC
US #1 Amanda Sobhy insists that she is
not feeling any pressure ahead of the biggest tournament on the
Women’s Tour, the upcoming Women’s World Champs in Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia.
 Since
graduating from Harvard last summer with a degree in Social
Anthropology, Sobhy has committed her full attention to
professional squash and the 2015/16 campaign has proved to be
breakthrough season.
After consolidating her position in the world’s top ten she also
reached her first ever World Series final in the iconic setting
of New York’s Grand Central Terminal - where she narrowly missed
out on lifting the ToC title in front of home support after
losing to Nour El Sherbini. Now recognised as one of the world’s
leading players, Sobhy is heading to Malaysia with a fearless
attitude.
 "I
can't believe this is my first World Championship in over five
years," she said. "The last one I played was in Sharm El Sheikh
back in 2010 and I didn't even qualify, so I'm definitely
looking forward to playing in the most prestigious event on
tour.
"It's always a dream to be crowned the World Champion and the
fact that I can finally compete in it again now that I have
graduated is just a great feeling. I'm not nervous for it since
I am the underdog here and don't really have to prove anything,
so I'm just going to go out there and take in match by match and
give it my best.
"I am pretty content with my performance this season and
cracking into single digits finally. Since this is my first full
season on the Tour now that I have graduated, I managed to live
up to all my seedings or better in every tournament, which I am
happy about.
 “Reaching
the final of the Tournament of Champions was by far my favourite
week to date on the pro circuit and it was a bit of a
breakthrough moment for me in the season to show that I belong
up there in the rankings."
At the age of just 22, Sobhy has firmly established herself as
arguably her country’s greatest ever player and became the first
American-born player to break into the top 10 across both the
Men’s and Women’s game in September 2014, in addition to being
the only American-born female finalist in the Tournament of
Champions.
 "It
would be absolutely amazing to be the first American to win the
World Championship, not only for myself, but also for squash in
the US," she said.
"However, I'm not going to put pressure on myself by thinking
about that during the event, but I may use it to fuel me to push
even harder in my matches. It would mean the world to me to
become the new World Champion. I am speechless just thinking
about it."
First up for Sobhy is a meeting with a qualifier and, if she
progresses she is seeded to meet Raneem El Welily, who she beat
in the New York, in the quarter-finals.
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