(updated 7-feb-10 14:35 )  

Semis delayed by East Coast Snowstorm

American teenage stars Amanda Sobhy and Olivia Blatchford continue on their path of WISPA wave-making, this time both reaching the semi finals of another WISPA event.

While Blatchford was upsetting Australian third-seed Melody Francis, Sobhy was out-pointing Egyptian Salma Nasser.

Blatchford faces Canadian Miranda Ranieri in Sundays semi; while Sobhy faces Canadian Alexandra Norman.\

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Quarter-finals:
[1] Miranda Ranieri (CAN) bt [5] Amelia Pittock (AUS) 11-7, 11-9, 13-11
[6] Olivia Blatchford (USA) bt [3] Melody Francis (AUS) 11-8, 11-8, 12-10
[4] Alexandra Norman (CAN) bt [8] Samantha Cornett (CAN) 11-6, 4-11, 7-11, 11-7, 11-8
[2] Amanda Sobhy (USA) bt Salma Nassar (EGY) 12-10, 11-9, 11-7

1st round:
[1] Miranda Ranieri (CAN) bt [Q] Alexis Saunders (USA) 11-4, 11-8, 11-6
[5] Amelia Pittock (AUS) bt [Q] Pamela Anckermann (GUA) 9-11, 11-7, 11-4, 11-2
[3] Melody Francis (AUS) bt [Q] Tina Rix (ENG) 11-4, 11-8, 11-6
[6] Olivia Blatchford (USA) bt Thaisa Serafini (BRA) 11-8, 11-6, 11-6
[8] Samantha Cornett (CAN) bt Genevieve Lessard (CAN) 11-7, 11-7, 11-6
[4] Alexandra Norman (CAN) bt [Q] Mei Lin Ong (USA) 11-3, 11-7, 11-4
Salma Nassar (EGY) bt [7] Carrie Hastings (ENG) 11-8, 11-9, 12-10
[2] Amanda Sobhy (USA) bt Merhan Amr Mahmoud (EGY) 11-3, 11-2, 11-1