Joel Makin and Amanda Sobhy had to be at their battling best to navigate five-game scares on day two of the Optasia Championships 2025, prevailing in their matches against New Zealand’s Joelle King and England’s Curtis Malik at the Wimbledon Club.
On a day when all eight seeded players won, top seeds Hania El Hammamy and Mostafa Asal and defending women’s champion Satomi Watanabe kickstarted their quests for silverware in London with emphatic victories.
Local favourite Jasmine Hutton was the sole English winner as wildcards Jonah Bryant and Charlie Lee saw their runs come to an end.
Check out the Match Reports, Quotes and Photos below the results …
Afternoon Matches :
[6] Amanda Sobhy (Usa) 3-2 Joelle King (Nzl) 7-11, 11-9, 6-11, 11-8, 11-5 (52m)
[5] Karim Abdel Gawad (Egy) 3-1 [wc] Jonah Bryant (Eng) 14-12, 5-11, 11-8, 11-8 (50m)
[3] Satomi Watanabe (Jpn) 3-1 Kenzy Ayman (Egy) 11-4, 11-8, 8-11, 11-6 (44m)
[7] Youssef Ibrahim (Egy) 3-0 [wc] Charlie Lee (Eng) 11-5, 11-9, 11-5 (37m)
Evening Matches :
[1] Hania El Hammamy (Egy) 3-0 Salma Eltayeb (Egy) 11-5, 11-3, 11-7 (27m)
[1] Mostafa Asal (Egy) 3-0 Juan Camilo Vargas (Col) 11-3, 11-3, 11-2 (36m)
[7] Jasmine Hutton (Eng) 3-0 Hana Ramadan (Egy) 11-3, 11-5, 11-7 (26m)
[3] Joel Makin (Wal) 3-1 Curtis Malik (Eng) 11-8, 11-9, 9-11, 8-11, 11-4 (77m)
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