09/09/2020
CIB PSA World Tour Finals NEWS
World’s Best Squash Players to Line up at Mall of
Arabia for CIB PSA World Tour Finals
Cairo’s
Mall of Arabia will host the world’s leading squash players for a second
year in succession when the 2019-20 CIB PSA World Tour Finals take place
between September 28 to October 3.
Egyptian duo Ali Farag and Nour El Sherbini will be the top seeds for
the tournament which has been rescheduled from its original dates in
June due to the global COVID-19 pandemic.
To qualify for the World Tour Finals, players must have either finished
in the top eight of the CIB Road to Egypt Standings - where points were
on offer at all PSA World Tour events during the 2019-20 season - or
have won a prestigious PSA World Tour Platinum title.
Farag won both the FS Investments U.S. Open Squash Championships and the
Windy City Open presented by the Walter Family during the 2019-20 season
and finished second on the men’s Road to Egypt Standings. However, he
will be the top seed for the men’s event, with Road to Egypt Standings
leader Mohamed ElShorbagy choosing not to take up his qualification spot
due to personal reasons.
Farag will be joined in Cairo by reigning World Champion Tarek Momen,
World Championship runner-up Paul Coll, defending champion Karim Abdel
Gawad, Marwan ElShorbagy, Diego Elias and Joel Makin.
Meanwhile, Germany’s Simon Rösner, who finished ninth on the Road to
Egypt Standings, comes into the draw as a result of Mohamed ElShorbagy’s
absence.
Wins at the World Championship and Windy City Open saw El Sherbini
finish top of the women’s Road to Egypt Standings. Former World No.1
Raneem El Welily came second, but will not line up in Cairo following
her retirement from the sport this summer.
That means China Open winner Nour El Tayeb moves up to second and is
followed by new World No.1 Nouran Gohar. Tournament of Champions winner
Camille Serme, Black Ball Open winner Hania El Hammamy, England’s
Sarah-Jane Perry, USA’s Amanda Sobhy and New Zealand’s Joelle King make
up the rest of the women’s draw.
King secures her place in the draw following El Welily’s retirement.
The World Tour Finals work differently to any other event on the PSA
World Tour. The top eight men and top eight women are split into two
groups of four, with a round robin, best-of-three games format used over
the first four days of the tournament.
The top two from each group qualify for the best of three semi-finals,
with the winners then going on to face off in the title deciders, which
will revert to the best-of-five games scoring used at most tournaments
on the PSA World Tour.
All matches will be held at Cairo’s Mall of Arabia and fixtures will be
streamed live on SQUASHTV (rest of world), Eurosport Player (Europe
only) and the
official Facebook page of the PSA World Tour.
The tournament will abide by strict protocols with relation to health
and safety, international travel policies and social distancing
guidelines.
For more information on the CIB PSA World Tour Finals, visit the
official
tournament website or follow the PSA World Tour on
Twitter,
Facebook and
Instagram.
CIB PSA World Tour Finals - Men’s Entry List
1) Ali Farag (EGY)
2) Tarek Momen (EGY)
3) Paul Coll (NZL)
4) Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY)
5) Marwan ElShorbagy (EGY)
6) Diego Elias (PER)
7) Joel Makin (WAL)
8) Simon Rösner (GER)
CIB PSA World Tour Finals - Women’s Entry List
1) Nour El Sherbini (EGY)
2) Nour El Tayeb (EGY)
3) Nouran Gohar (EGY)
4) Camille Serme (FRA)
5) Hania El Hammamy (EGY)
6) Sarah-Jane Perry (ENG)
7) Amanda Sobhy (USA)
8) Joelle King (NZL)
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