Sobhy Falls Just Short Against World No 4 Serme in Qatar Round of 16 from PSA Media 3RD NOV 2015
- Camille Serme booked her place in a 12th consecutive PSA World Tour
quarter-final courtesy of a gutsy five-game win over American number
one Amanda Sobhy in the 2015 Qatar Classic.
The Frenchwomen has made it to the semi-finals in all of her last three
PSA World Series tournaments, including triumphing at the prestigious
British Open, and she put in the performance of a genuine title
contender in Doha as she managed to find a way past the dangerous
left-hander in 57-minutes.
Sobhy had won their past two meetings on the PSA World Tour and got off
to the perfect start by taking the first game 11-4. Serme levelled
after taking the second 13-11 in a gritty tie-break before the duo
traded games again in the third and fourth as momentum swing back and
forth. With little between them they traded points in a succession of
intense rallies in the fifth before Serme sealed it 11-9 to move into
the last four to face Nour El Sherbini.
“Amanda beat me that last two times we played, so mentally, I really wanted my revenge today,” said Serme.
“But in the first game, her length was so good and she won it easily so
I thought I was on the way to a defeat again but I didn’t panic. She
had nothing to lose and went for it but I tried to get in front of her
on the court and luckily it worked.”
