Egypt Defeats US Women To Capture 3rd Straight World Juniors Title
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July 31, 2011 - US #1 Amanda Sobhy beat newly-crowned world junior champion Nour El Tayeb in the showcase match before a raucous, pro-USA crowd at Harvard University yesterday, but Egypt proved too strong at #2 and #3 and captured the 2011 World JuniorTeam Championship final by two matches to one.
It was Egypt’s third consecutive world championship.
The US was positioned to win a title for the first time in 31 years. In March of 1980, the Alicia McConnell-led US team struck gold, winning the ISRF World Junior Championship in Sweden.
The US coaches opted to go with talented 14-year-old Sabrina Sobhy in the #3 slot against Egypt. Alternate Haley Mendez won Friday’s deciding match against India.
Results: 2011 World Women's Junior Team Championship, Boston MA
Finals:
1st Match: #3 Sabrina Sobhy loses 0-3 v Nouran El Torky
9-11 3-11 3-11
2nd Match: #1 Amanda Sobhy wins 3-1 v Nour El Tayeb
11-9 6-11 11-6 11-9
3rd Match: #2 Olivia Blatchford loses 0-3 v Nour El Sherbini 8-11 3-11 8-11
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