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Egyptian squash players' journey during the Canary Wharf Classic 2017
Fares Dessoky was the second Egyptian to reach a final at this tournament, while the first champion was Omar Mosaad
Maydaa El Nadar Published in Daily News Egypt on 13 - 03 - 2017

The Canary Wharf Classic 2017 took place from 6 to 10 March in London, and its price was $70,000.
Egypt's Mazen Gamal and Mohamed Reda failed to qualify for the tournament, as the first lost to France's Lucas Serme, by 3-0 (11-6/11-3/11-5), in the first qualifying round; whilst the second lost in the final qualifying round, to England's Declan James (11-9/9-11/11-8/15-13). The qualifying rounds take place before the start of the tournament in order to give lower ranked players a chance to take part in the championship.
Another two Egyptians competed in the tournaments: Marwan El-Shobragy, ranked seventh internationally and seeded second at the championship; and Fares Dessoky, ranked eleventh and seeded fourth.
El-Shorbagy exited the tournament after losing in the first round's match to Serme by 3-1 (11-9/11-9/7-11/11-7).
Dessoky defeated England's Tom Richards in the first round by 3-0 (11-9/11-5/11-5); and France's Matthieu Castagnet 3-1 (11-7/9-11/11-3/11-6) in the quarterfinals.
The semifinals saw a very exciting five games match, which lasted 124 minutes, between Dessoky and Spain's Borja Golan, ranked 21st and seeded 7th.
Dessoky won the first game by 12-10. Borja was determined to compensate his loss by winning the second game. Borja made it and won this game, which was remarkably long, ending 17-15. Dessoky took revenge, winning the third game 13-11. Borja balanced the match's result to 2-2 after he won the fourth game 13-11. Dessoky, however, finally snatched the victory and won the match by 3-2, after he won the fifth and decisive game 11-5.
22 year-old Dessoky qualified for the final, which took place against England's 36 year-old Nick Matthew, ranked the fourth and seeded the first.
This is the second time for an Egyptian player to reach the final of this tournament since it launched its first edition in 2004.
The first one was Egypt's Omar Mosaad, known as the "Hammer of Thor". At the tournament's final in 2016, despite winning the final's first game, Mosaad lost to Castagnet by 3-1 (6-11/11-7/11-8/11-5).
At the 2017 final, Dessoky lost to Matthew by 3-1. The English champion led the match thanks to winning the first games, 11-9 and 11-7. Dessoky did not lose hope and became more active in the third game, which he won 12-10. However, the English champion won the fifth game by 11-8.
This is the sixth Canary Wharf Classic title for the English champion, as he previously won the finals in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, and 2015. This is the thirty-fifth Professional Squash Association title for Matthew.
In this regard, Matthew stated, "I don't want any thanks or personal gain for doing it."

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