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Mohamed ElShorbagy & Nour El
Sherbini winners of the PSA Dubai
World Series Finals
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CONTENTS
MOHAMED ELSHORBAGY & NOUR EL SHERBINI
CROWNED PSA DUBAI WORLD SERIES FINALS CHAMPIONS
06 EGYPTIANS MOHAMED ELSHORBAGY AND NOUR EL SHERBINI TRIUMPHED ON A
THRILLING FINAL DAY OF ACTION AT THE ATCO PSA DUBAI WORLD SERIES FINALS TO
CLAIM THE PRESTIGIOUS SEASON-ENDING TITLES INSIDE EMIRATES GOLF CLUB
MIGUEL ANGEL RODRIGUEZ & NOUR EL SHERBINI
CROWNED ALLAM BRITISH OPEN CHAMPIONS
10 MIGUEL ANGEL RODRIGUEZ BECAME THE FIRST SOUTH AMERICAN PLAYER EVER TO
WIN A PROFESSIONAL SQUASH ASSOCIATION (PSA) WORLD SERIES TOURNAMENT AFTER
THE UNSEEDED COLOMBIAN STUNNED MOHAMED ELSHORBAGY TO WIN THE MEN’S TITLE
AT THE ALLAM BRITISH OPEN, WHILST NOUR EL SHERBINI DEFEATED WORLD CHAMPION
RANEEM EL WELILY TO WIN HER SECOND TITLE AT THE ‘WIMBLEDON OF SQUASH’
MARWAN ELSHORBAGY & RANEEM EL WELILY
CLAIM EL GOUNA INTERNATIONAL TITLES
13 MARWAN ELSHORBAGY AND RANEEM EL WELILY WERE CROWNED CHAMPIONS AT THE
2018 EL GOUNA INTERNATIONAL WITH RESPECTIVE VICTORIES OVER ALI FARAG AND
NOUR EL SHERBINI IN CONTRASTING ALL-EGYPTIAN FINALS AT THE PSA WORLD SERIES
TOURNAMENT HELD IN EL GOUNA’S MARINA
NEW YORK CITY WELCOMES WORLD’S
FIRST PUBLIC OUTDOOR SQUASH COURT
15 THE RECENT UNVEILING OF THE WORLD’S FIRST PUBLIC SQUASH COURT IN NEW YORK
CITY HAS GENERATED CONSIDERABLE PUBLIC INTEREST IN THE US CITY. THE PIONEERING
PROJECT IS THE INITIATIVE OF THE PUBLIC SQUASH FOUNDATION, WHOSE GOAL IS TO
OFFER FREE ACCESS TO SQUASH IN PUBLIC PLACES. THE INAUGURAL ALL-GLASS COURT,
MANUFACTURED BY ASB SQUASH, IS MODELLED ON THE ASB SHOWGLASSCOURT USED AT
TOP TIER PSA WORLD TOUR EVENTS, WSF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS AND COMMONWEALTH
GAMES AROUND THE WORLD - BUT MODIFIED FOR THE OUTDOORS
JAMES WILLSTROP & JOELLE KING WIN
COMMONWEALTH GAMES GOLD
16 IT WAS THIRD TIME LUCKY FOR TWO TIMES RUNNER-UP JAMES WILLSTROP WHO
WON THE GOLD MEDAL IN THE MEN’S SINGLES AT THE 2018 COMMONWEALTH GAMES AT
OXENFORD STUDIOS IN GOLD COAST, AUSTRALIA, WHILST JOELLE KING ENSURED THAT
ENGLAND AND NEW ZEALAND SHARED THE GLORY WITH VICTORY IN THE FINAL OF THE
WOMEN’S SINGLES
DAVID PALMER & JOELLE KING
SHARE COMMONWEALTH GAMES DOUBLES GLORY
19 IT WAS FITTING THAT THE FINAL MATCH ON THE FINAL DAY OF 11 DAYS OF INTENSE
COMMONWEALTH GAMES SQUASH COMPETITION PRODUCED A SECOND GOLD MEDAL FOR
HOSTS AUSTRALIA - WHEN DAVID PALMER & ZAC ALEXANDER HELD OFF ENGLISH RIVALS
DARYL SELBY & ADRIAN WALLER IN A THRILLING NEAR-HOUR-LONG MEN’S DOUBLES
CLIMAX WHICH WENT THE FULL DISTANCE.
BUT IT WAS NEW ZEALANDER JOELLE KING WHO TOPPED THE INDIVIDUAL MEDALS TABLE
AFTER STRIKING GOLD IN THE WOMEN’S DOUBLES, TO ADD TO HER SINGLES GOLD AND
MIXED DOUBLES BRONZE.
BARCELONA GLOBAL SQUASH
23 BARCELONA GLOBAL SQUASH CONTINUES TO GROW FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH
AND IS INCREASINGLY RECOGNISED AS ONE OF EUROPE’S MOST ATTRACTIVE TRAINING
DESTINATIONS FOR YOUNG PLAYERS WISHING TO MAKE THE TRANSITION ONTO THE
PROFESSIONAL SQUASH ASSOCIATION (PSA) WORLD TOUR OR YOUNG PROFESSIONALS
ALREADY COMPETING ON THE INTERNATIONAL CIRCUIT WHO ARE LOOKING FOR A
PROFESSIONAL FRAMEWORK TO MOVE THEIR GAME FORWARD
BIOMETRIC DATA PROVIDES VALUABLE INSIGHTS
INTO PLAYER FITNESS
24 THE PROFESSIONAL SQUASH ASSOCIATION (PSA) HAS RELEASED NEW DATA
CAPTURED THROUGH INNOVATIVE PARTNERSHIPS WITH SPORTS DATA LABS AND
INTERACTIVESQUASH THAT SUGGESTS SQUASH COULD BE THE MOST PHYSICALLY
DEMANDING RACKET SPORT IN THE WORLD.
QUESTION & ANSWER: GEORGE PARKER
27 RISING ENGLAND STAR GEORGE PARKER TALKS WITH INTERNATIONAL SQUASH
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WORLD RANKINGS
29 MEN’S & WOMEN’S WORLD RANKINGS AT A GLANCE
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