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Watanabe beats Sobhy in five games to reach Optasia semifinals
The Japanese player advanced to a third consecutive semifinal at the Wimbledon tournament.
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Satomi Watanabe defeated Amanda Sobhy 3–2 in the Optasia Championships quarterfinals at Wimbledon. The Japanese world number seven won 8–11, 14–12, 11–6, 6–11, 11–7 in sixty-two minutes, reaching her third consecutive semifinal at the event she won in 2024.
Watanabe reversed a recent Chicago defeat to Sobhy and earned a meeting with Hania El Hammamy. The defending champion beat Rachel Arnold in three games. Nour ElSherbini and Georgina Kennedy also advanced, maintaining the possibility of a final with the world number one ranking at stake.
Mostafa Asal beat Mohamed ElShorbagy 3–0, extending his streak to twenty-one consecutive matches without dropping a game. Joel Makin eliminated Marwan ElShorbagy, while Diego Elias and Karim Gawad won in straight games to set the other men’s semifinal meeting at the tournament.
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