ISSUE04-2017InternationalSquashMagazine

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INTERNATIONAL
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Karim Abdel Gawad and Nour El Sherbini
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CONTENTS
AJ BELL PSA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS –
MANCHESTER 2017
05 THE AJ BELL PSA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS ARE BACK IN
MANCHESTER THIS DECEMBER. ITS RETURN TO THE CITY, WHICH
LAST HELD THE TOURNAMENT IN 2013, IS SOMETHING OF A
CHRISTMAS PRESENT FOR SQUASH FANS AND FOR PLAYERS, MANY
OF WHOM HAVE STRONG LINKS WITH THE NORTH WEST OF ENGLAND
ASB TPOINT ATTRACTS GLOBAL INTEREST!
08 INTEREST FROM ALL CORNERS OF THE GLOBE IS BEING SHOWN IN
THE RECENTLY-LAUNCHED ASB TPOINT INITIATIVE WHICH IS SET TO
REVOLUTIONISE THE WORLD OF SQUASH
MOHAMED ELSHORBAGY & NOUR EL SHERBINI WIN
HONG KONG OPEN TITLES
10 EGYPTIANS MOHAMED ELSHORBAGY AND NOUR EL SHERBINI
DEFEATED COMPATRIOTS ALI FARAG AND RANEEM EL WELILY
RESPECTIVELY TO TRIUMPH IN THE MEN’S AND WOMEN’S FINALS OF
THE CATHAY PACIFIC SUN HUNG KAI FINANCIAL HONG KONG OPEN
MOHAMED ELSHORBAGY CLAIMS THIRD QATAR
CLASSIC CROWN
13 EGYPT’S MOHAMED ELSHORBAGY WON HIS THIRD QATAR CLASSIC
COURTESY OF AN IMPRESSIVE 11-8 10-12 11-7 11-7 VICTORY OVER
COMPATRIOT AND SURPRISE FINALIST TAREK MOMEN INSIDE DOHA’S
KHALIFA INTERNATIONAL TENNIS AND SQUASH COMPLEX
BARCELONA GLOBAL SQUASH
19 BARCELONA GLOBAL SQUASH WAS ESTABLISHED IN DECEMBER 2015
BY HEAD COACH VICTOR MONTSERRAT AND CEO ADRIAN BLAKEMORE
AND COMPRISES WHAT IS NOW CONSIDERED ONE OF EUROPE’S MOST
PROGRESSIVE SQUASH ACADEMIES. ALONGSIDE ITS PERFORMANCE
ACADEMY, BARCELONA GLOBAL SQUASH ALSO REACHES-OUT TO A WIDE
VARIETY OF PLAYERS, FROM AMATEUR CLUB AND TEAM PLAYERS TO
ELITE JUNIORS AND COLLEGE AND HIGH SCHOOL TEAMS
EXPEDE PERFORMANCE HEADWEAR
21 ENGLAND INTERNATIONAL CHRIS SIMPSON TALKS WITH
INTERNATIONAL SQUASH MAGAZINE ABOUT HIS NEW VENTURE
‘EXPEDE’
MOHAMED ELSHORBAGY WINS CHANNEL VAS
CHAMPIONSHIPS
23 MOHAMED ELSHORBAGY DEFEATED COMPATRIOT ALI FARAG IN THE
FINAL OF THE 2017 CHANNEL VAS CHAMPIONSHIPS TO AVENGE HIS LOSS
TO HIS FELLOW EGYPTIAN IN THE TITLE DECIDER OF THE U.S. OPEN
ALI FARAG & NOUR EL TAYEB SEAL U.S. OPEN TITLES
TO WRITE NAMES INTO SPORTS HISTORY
25 EGYPTIAN COUPLE ALI FARAG AND NOUR EL TAYEB WROTE
THEIR NAMES INTO THE HISTORY BOOKS AS THEY TRIUMPHED AT
THE 2017 U.S. OPEN TO BECOME THE FIRST MARRIED COUPLE IN
SPORTING HISTORY EVER TO WIN THE SAME MAJOR SPORTS TITLE
ON THE SAME DAY
WORLD RANKINGS
29 MEN’S & WOMEN’S WORLD RANKINGS AT A GLANCE
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