Three weeks ago, Amanda Sobhy, world No. 6, tore her Achilles tendon during a semifinal match in the inaugural Ciudad de Floridablanca tournament in Colombia. She was at match point against her fellow American Olivia Blatchford.
On March 17, Sobhy underwent a successful operation to repair her Achilles.
Outside The Glass, the squash podcast, recently sat down with Sobhy to hear the inside story about the injury. For the first time, she spoke about her health in the lead-up to the match in Colombia, the unusual ordeal she endured getting from the court to the hospital and eventually her flight home and her plans for the long road of recovery. It is a heartfelt, humorous and compelling conversation with one of the stars of squash.
Listen to the episode on SoundCloud here, or on iTunes here.
Outside The Glass is the world’s oldest and largest regular squash podcast. Since the summer of 2015, it has featured some of the most fascinating people from around the globe—legendary players, coaches and leaders. At the start of each month a new OTG podcast comes out at iTunes and at SoundCloud. You can subscribe to Outside The Glass on iTunes or in your favorite listening app for free, so that new episodes will automatically be waiting for you when you are ready to listen. If you enjoy OTG, give us a rating and review in iTunes or wherever you listen: this will help other squash lovers discover the podcasts. You can also read excerpts of OTG podcasts in every issue of Squash Magazine.