Home Star Sobhy Shines In San Fran by Nathan Clarke September 27, 2015 -
American number one Amanda Sobhy lived up to her billing as the number
one seed at the 2015 NetSuite Open PSA W25 tournament as she
emphatically saw of Welsh challenger Tesni Evans in the marquee
match-up of the quarter-finals in San Francisco.
Recent Harvard-graduate Sobhy, World No.19, dispatched the World No.28
3-0 after just 26-minutes to the delight of the partisan crowd and
cruise into the semi-finals where she will be hoping to overcome Danish
challenger Line Hansen and move into the finale.
“I love playing in the US because the crowd is so amazing and when
people come and support me it makes me want to push harder and play my
best and to play at this venue is amazing,” said Sobhy.
“I’ve finally finished with school so this year my focus is to try and
enjoy being a full-time pro and not to try and squeeze in all the
events I haven’t played due to studying.
“If I can stay injury free and keep pushing hopefully I can crack the
single digits in the rankings and put in some good performances in the
bigger tournaments and see how it all goes.”
The bottom half of the draw will be an all-English affair between
number two seed Sarah-Jane Perry and Victoria Lust after the latter
knocked out fourth seed Habiba Mohamed 3-1.
