US Women Square Off Against India Today In World Juniors Semifinal
from DailySquashReport.com
July 29, 2011 - The US junior women’s team will take on India today at 4:30pm EST for a spot in the finals of the 2011 World Juniors in Boston.
The Americans got past a stubborn New Zealand team yesterday, two matches to one, with #1 Amanda Sobhy and #2 Olivia Blatchford each winning in three. India ground out a two-love victory over England.
The other semi-final will pit defending champion Egypt against Hong Kong China.
The US will make a line-up change for the India match, elevating alternate Haley Mendez into the #3 slot. Mendez scored an upset win over the #1 Australian junior Tamika Saxby in the round-of-32 of last week’s World Individuals.
US Head Coach Jack Wyant told DailySquashReport.com:
“Sabrina (Sobhy) had a tough, hard, long 4 game match tonight vs New Zealand so we're continuing our plan to rotate our 3 & 4.
Haley (Mendez) is playing tomorrow versus India.
She's very experienced, super fit and is ready to shine--as all of our team members have this tournament.
We are very excited to take on India in the semi-final.”
Quarterfinal Results:
INDIA 2-0 ENGLAND
Anaka Alankamony 3-1 Emily Whitlock 11/7, 11/5, 9/11, 11/9 (39m)
Aparajitha Balamurukan 3-2 Victoria Temple-Murray 7/11, 6/11, 11/8, 12/10, 11/4 (44m)
Saumya Karki v Katie Smith not played
MALAYSIAa 1-2 HONG KONG
Yan Xin Tan 3-1 Ka-Yi Lee 11/5, 3/11, 11/6, 11/9 (33m)
Vanessa Raj 0-3 Uen-Shan Choi 8/11, 11/13, 9/11 (27m)
Sue Ann Yong 1-3 Tze-Lok Ho 5/11, 3/11, 12/10, 4/11 (34m)
USA 2-1 NEW ZEALAND
#1 Amanda Sobhy 3-0 Megan Craig 11/6, 11/2, 11/7 (20m)
#3 Sabrina Sobhy 1-3 Danielle Fourie 11/6, 11/13, 7/11, 12/14 (36m)
#2 Olivia Blatchford 3-0 Rebecca Barnet 11/3, 11/7, 11/8 (22m)
EGYPT 3-0 WALES
Nour El Tayeb 3-0 Tesni Evans 11/3, 11/3, 11/8 (24m)
Kanzy El Dafrawy 3-0 Fiona Murphy 11/2, 11/4, 11/3 (17m)
Nouran El Torky 2-1 Hannah Davies 8/11, 11/7, 11/6 (15m)
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