Sobhy Beats Perry to Claim Inaugural Women's NetSuite Crown by Nathan Clarke 29TH SEP 2015
- American number one Amanda Sobhy delighted a capacity crowd in San
Francisco when she defeated England’s Sarah-Jane Perry to claim the
2015 NetSuite Open, PSA W25 title.
Sobhy stormed her way through the draw to reach the final, dropping
just one game en route, to line up against second seeded Perry who had
triumphed in their only previous meeting on the PSA World Tour but in
what proved to be a compelling battle it was the World No.19 who took
the spoils.
Sobhy started strongly, applying her trademark attacking style, to take
the opening game before Perry responded to level the scores at one game
apiece. 22-year-old Sobhy again reasserted her status as one of the
sport’s most promising talents to take the third and despite watching
two match balls go to waste, she regrouped to take the forth game and
the championship 11-5, 4-11, 11-5, 12-10.
“I’m feeling great right now and I’m just really happy to get the win here tonight,” said Sobhy.
“It was a big goal of mine to come here and perform well, especially
leading up to the US Open – I’m playing SJ again there in the first
round and I know she’ll come back stronger.
“Thanks to all the organisers for putting on a really great women’s
event – it’s been fantastic to play here and hopefully we can keep
growing this event in the future.”
