Surprise Mendez Joins Americans Sobhy and Blatchford in World Juniors Round of 16
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July 22, 2011 - Haley Mendez of New York City joins US teammates Amanda Sobhy and Olivia Blatchford in the World Juniors round-of-16 after a stunning straight-set win (11-8 12-10 11-9) yesterday over #1 Australian junior Tamika Saxby.

Defending champion and second -seed Sobhy demolished Ho Tze-Lok of Hong Kong (11-2 11-2 11-2), while Blatchford, the 3/4 seed, battled through a tight three (11-9 12-10 11-8) against Ka-Yi Lee, also from Hong Kong.

#1 Canadian Danielle Letourneau lost a lengthy crowd-pleaser to 9/16 seed Tesni Evans of Wales (11-9 8-11 12-10 11-8), and a nice comeback run ended for Winnepeg’s Alix Younger, playing unattached in her final junior tournament, as she fell to 9/16 seed Anaka Alankamony of India (11-8 11-4 11-8).

In an intriguing contest that US team manager and former world #1 Natalie Grainger said “might be the match of the day for the US”,  young Sabrina Sobhy was overcome by the experienced #1 English junior and WISPA performer Emily Whitlock, the 5/8 seed (11-5, 11-1, 11-3).

And American Maria Ubina, after winning both her qualifying and first round match in straight games, was ousted by 9/16 seed Megan Craig of New Zealand (11-6 11-5 11-1).

RESULTS - Women's World Juniors, Boston MA

Day Two

Round of 32

[9/16] Anaka Alankamony (Ind) bt Alix Younger (Can)   11/8, 11/4, 11/8

Haley Mendez (Usa) bt [5/8] Tamika Saxby (Aus)     11/8, 12/10, 11/9

[1] Nour El Tayeb (Egy) bt Celine Yeap (Mas)     11/1, 11/3, 11/2

[3/4] Olivia Blatchford (Usa) bt Ka-Yi Lee (Hkg)      11/9, 12/10, 11/8

[9/16] Melissa Alves (Fra) bt Caroline Sayegh (Ger)   11/6, 3/11, 11/5, 11/6

[5/8] Emily Whitlock (Eng) bt Sabrina Sobhy (Usa)     11/5, 11/1, 11/3

[9/16] Megan Craig (Nzl) bt Maria Elena Ubina (Usa)   11/6, 11/5, 11/1

[9/16] Tesni Evans (Wal) bt Danielle Letourneau (Can)  11/9, 8/11, 12/10, 11/8

[9/16] Ho Ka Po (Hkg) bt Sue Ann Yong (Mas)      11/6, 11/9, 11/5

[5/8] Nouran El Torky (Egy) bt Chloe Pearson (Eng)   11/0, 11/1, 11/4

[3/4] Nour El Sherbini (Egy) bt Aparajitha Balamurukan (Ind)   11/6, 11/5, 11/6

Mariam Ibrahim Metwally (Egy) bt Risa Sugimoto (Jpn)   11/5, 11/4, 11/3

[5/8] Kanzy El-Dafrawy (Egy) bt Danielle Fourie (Nzl)    11/3, 11/6, 11/4

[9/16] Tan Yan Xin (Mas) bt Steffi Rosner (Ger)            11/3, 11/3, 11/3

[2] Amanda Sobhy (Usa) bt Ho Tze-Lok (Hkg)                   11/2, 11/2, 11/2

[9/16] Salma Hany (Egy) bt Vanessa Raj (Mas) w/o injured








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