Egyptian Squash Player Mohamed El-Shorbagy sealed the 2017 Oracle NetSuite Squash Open to his favor on September 30 in San Francisco, California. Egypt’s El-Shorbagy, who is ranked the third internationally the third, beat his compatriot Karim Abdel Gawad, ranked the second internationally. The final lasted for 45 minutes and the result was 3-0 (11-9/11-6/11-3) to El-Shorbagy. “I am really happy, it is only my first tournament of the season and I think it is the first time in my life that I have won the first tournament,” El-Shorbagy commented on his triumph. In November 2014, EL-Shorbagy ranked the first internationally. Then in April 2017, he dropped to be ranked the third and was replaced by the French champion Gregory Gaultier. In this regards, El-Shorbagy added “I have put in a lot of work this summer and there is nothing in my mind apart from getting back to world number 1 this season. I am going to do everything I can to get back to where I feel I should be.” In addition to El-Shorbagy and Abdel Gawad, two more Egyptians, Fares Dessouky and Tarek Momen, competed in the competition. Dessouky exited the tournament in the first round…
Egypt’s Mohamed El-Shorbagy Wins the 2017 Oracle NetSuite Squash Open
October 2, 2017
