Word: helal
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Wilkins, seeded seventh, met a similar fate in the quarterfinals, coming up against the virtual impasse of Amina Helal of Trinity, the No. 1 player in the country and two-time Individuals champion...
...obviously had aspirations to reach the final,” said Wilkins, who was playing Helal for the first time in her career. Overcoming scheduling confusion that almost caused her to default her first match of the day, Wilkins did not drop a game in her first two matches but was unable to get through to Helal, losing...
...Helal kept cruising in the fourth game, taking a 6-0 lead before Hall clawed back to 6-3. Helal then took two points to set up match ball, but Hall saved three straight—including one on a controversial stroke call—and pulled within one at 8-7 before Helal closed...
Hall then came out for the second game and picked Helal apart, blanking her to even the score...
That proved true in the third game, when Helal ran the table after Hall took the first point. Several times during the game, Helal caught Hall guessing or leaning one way and sent the ball in the other direction to win the point...