11/02/2010
DELAWARE STATE OPEN
Teen Sobhy Celebrates Historic Win In Delaware
Delaware
State Open 2010
03-07 Feb, Vicmead Hunt Club,
Wilmington, $6k |
Round One
04 Feb |
Quarters
05 Feb |
Semis
07 Feb |
Final
07 Feb |
[1] Miranda Ranieri (Can)
11-4, 11-8, 11-6
[Q] Alexis Saunders (Usa) |
Miranda Ranieri
11-7, 11-9, 13-11
Amelia Pittock |
Miranda Ranieri
11/2, 5/11, 11/7, 4/11, 11/7
Olivia Blatchford |
Miranda Ranieri
15/13, 11/9, 8/11, 14/12
Amanda Sobhy |
[5] Amelia Pittock (Aus)
9-11, 11-7,11-4,11-2
Pamela Anckermann (Gua) |
[3] Melody Francis (Aus)
11-4, 11-8,11-6
Tina Rix (Eng) |
Melody Francis
11/8, 11/8, 12/10
Olivia Blatchford |
[6] Olivia Blatchford (Usa)
11-8, 11-6, 11-6
Thaisa Serafini (Bra) |
Genevieve Lessard (Can)
11-7, 11-7, 11-6
Samantha Cornett (Can) |
Samantha Cornett
11/6, 4/11, 7/11, 11/7, 11/8
Alexandra Norman |
Alexandra Norman
11/9, 14/12, 9/11, 11/5
Amanda Sobhy |
Mei Lin Ong (Usa)
11-3,11-7,11-4
[4] Alexandra Norman (Can) |
Salma Nassar (Egy)
11-8,11-9,12-10
[8] Carrie Hastings (Eng) |
Salma Nassar
12-10, 11-9, 11-7
Amanda Sobhy |
Marhan Amr Mahmoud (Egy)
11-3,11-7,11-1
[2] Amanda Sobhy (Usa) |
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Teen Sobhy Celebrates Historic Win In Delaware
US teenager Amanda Sobhy became only the second player in
the history of the WISPA World Squash Tour to win a second title as a
16-year-old when she beat Canadian Miranda Ranieri in the final of the
$5,700 Women's Delaware State Open at Vicmead Hunt Club in
Wilmington, USA.
Action in the inaugural WISPA Tour event was postponed for 24
hours after the region was covered by two foot of snow - and a state of
emergency declared!
But once 'normal service' was resumed, the two top seeds made it
through to the anticipated final - favourite Ranieri overcoming USA's sixth seed
Olivia Blatchford in five games and second seed Amanda Sobhy
defeating Canada's fourth seed Alexandra Norman in four.
But Sobhy, the world No50 from New York and the youngest player
in the tournament, was too strong for Ranieri in the final, winning 15-13, 11-9,
8-11, 14-12.
It was only a month ago that the 16-year-old left-hander won her
maiden Tour event at the Liberty Bell Open in Berwyn, Philadelphia -
later sharing the WISPA record with Malaysia's world number one Nicol David,
who won the Finnish Open and KL Open in 2000, aged 16.
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