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Silverware night
Al Ahram Weekly Published in Al-Ahram Weekly on 18 - 10 - 2018

Reigning Egyptian world champions Mohamed Al-Shorbagi and Raneem Al-Welili claimed the silverware on finals night at the FS Investments US Open Squash Championships after they defeated Germany's Simon Rösner and world No 1 Nour Al-Sherbini respectively at Philadelphia's Drexel University.
2017 runner-up Al-Shorbagi captured his third US Open title after the world No 1 twice recovered from a game down before putting in a superb fifth-game display to overcome world No 5 Rösner by an 8-11, 11-8, 6-11, 11-8, 11-4 margin in the men's final.
The 27-year-old Egyptian, who lost to world No 2 compatriot Ali Farag in last year's final, had beaten Rösner in all 14 of their previous encounters on the PSA Tour and he weathered some attacking squash from the German to extend that record, lifting the 34th PSA Tour title of his career – and his first of the season – in the process.
“I need to give credit to Rösner. He played amazing throughout the whole week,” Al-Shorbagi said.
“I'm pleased we had a fair battle. I'm pleased to win my third US Open title. I lost last year and I was a bit disappointed, but I lost to the better player and had no regrets.
“This year, I wanted to come and try and do one match better and luckily I was able to do that and it came together this week.”
Al-Welili, meanwhile, has become US Open champion for the first time after a scintillating display from the world No 2 saw her beat fellow Egyptian Al-Sherbini in straight games to improve on last year's runner-up finish.
The top two women in the world had met 18 times on the PSA Tour with the players enjoying nine wins apiece coming into the final. They contested six finals during the 2017-18 season.
Al-Welili
And a superb display of attacking squash from Al-Welili saw her dominate the encounter to win in just 33 minutes, with an 11-6, 11-9, 11-8 victory seeing her etch her name into the prestigious trophy for the first time, while she has also closed the gap between herself and Al-Sherbini in the battle for the world No 1 spot.
“Last year I made it to the final and couldn't quite make it to the end,” Al-Welili said after lifting the 19th PSA Tour title of her career.
“I'm very glad that I managed to make it one step further this time. The US Open has been one of the titles that I have always loved and a title that I have wanted to win for a long time now.
“It's definitely a special moment for me. Nour has had a great week and has played really well and I look forward to many more matches this season. I'm sure she will come back fighting and they will be good battles. Hopefully I can get back to world No 1. It's my dream and I will continue to fight for it.”
Al-Shorbagi and Al-Welili will both take home prize money totalling $22,800 each, while they have become the first players to qualify for the season-ending PSA World Tour Finals.
The PSA World Tour Finals features both a men's and women's tournament and brings together the reigning PSA world champions and all seven PSA World Tour Platinum title winners, with any remaining places being allocated to the highest ranked players on the PSA World Tour Finals leader board.

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