International Squash Magazine – March 2019

PSA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
ALIFARAG&NOURELSHERBINI
CROWNEDPSAWORLDCHAMPIONS
Egyptian duo Ali Farag and Nour El Sherbini were crowned World
Champions with victories over compatriots Tarek Momen and Nour El
Tayeb respectively at Chicago’s Union Station to win the 2018-2019 PSA
World Championships presented by the Walter Family.
Just 24 hours after dethroning defending
champion Mohamed ElShorbagy in the
semi-finals, Farag, the newly crowned
World No.1, lifted the sport’s most
iconic title after prevailing 11-5 11-13 13-11
11-3 against an inspired Momen who
matched his compatriot’s tenacity before
eventually falling away in the fourth
game of their 79-minute contest.
Farag and Momen were each appearing
in their first World Championship title
decider, with fourth seeded Momen
defeating both of the 2017 finalists,
brothers Mohamed and Marwan
ElShorbagy, en-route. Farag, meanwhile,
had toppled Germany’s World No.5 Simon
Rösner in the semi-finals to book his
maiden final appearance, having earlier
in the championships fought past Paul
Coll of New Zealand, fellow Egyptians
Mazen Hesham and Mostafa Asal and
England’s Daryl Selby.
In the eagerly anticipated final, Momen
recovered after going a game down to
It was a really tough tournament for me and a lot
of things happened before I came here and behind the
scenes… I was improving match after match and had a lot
of tough matches in the earlier rounds, but I’m really glad
that I managed to get everything together this week
NOUR EL SHERBINI
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