[4] Amina Orfi (EGY) 3-0 [11] Fayrouz Aboelkheir (EGY) 11-1, 11-3, 11-6 (32m)
Amina didn’t let Fayrouz settle in the match before the middle of the third game.
The Alexandria Princess, one year older, played a lot against Amina in the juniors and in every single local tournament for several years.
She knew what to expect. But I feel that the mental step was just too high for Fayrouz. Playing the semi of a major, after having beaten her idol… Too much.
And Amina knew that could happen. She’s been there, and now, she could write a book about pressure and mental stress!
Far too many errors from Fayrouz to put Amina under any kind of pressure for two games: 4/0, 11/1 in 8m and then 10/2, 11/3. Note that Fayrouz, 10/2 down, still tried to score points and make Amina’s life difficult. It’s not as if she didn’t try…
Still a strong start from Amina in the third, 2/0 but Fayrouz more assertive, finding better lenght and power, from 2/5 to 4/5, 5/6, 6/7.
From that point on, Amina was lethally accurate and scored the next 4 points, 11/6, 12m, the longest game of the match.
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Amina
“This tournament has not gone the way anyone expected, many of the seeds have been knocked out and the players are getting better and better.
“Fayrouz yesterday had a huge win, I knew that even though she beat Nour, she would be a bit overwhelmed but I just had to play my game and focus on what I could do and I’m very happy to be in the final.
“I just told myself that I’m 2-0 up so if she’s going to win then I wouldn’t let it go easy and thankfully I could get over the line.
“Hania had a huge win today, last time we played was back in November so it’s been a while but I’m really looking forward to it.”
