27/03/2021
PSA Event News
Marwan ElShorbagy Qualifies for 2020-21 CIB World Tour
Finals
Egypt’s Marwan ElShorbagy has qualified for the 2020-21 CIB PSA World
Tour Finals following his CIB Black Ball Squash Open PSA Platinum
victory, while Nour El Sherbini has strengthened her lead at the top of
the women’s standings.
The CIB PSA World Tour Finals includes both a men’s and women’s
tournament featuring eight players each and brings together all PSA
World Tour Platinum title winners. Any remaining places are allocated to
the highest ranked players on the CIB Road to Egypt Standings, with
points on offer at all PSA World Tour events during the season.
ElShorbagy, who won the CIB World Tour Finals title last season, has
moved up to third place and has secured his place at the tournament
following his victory last night over compatriot Fares Dessouky at the
Black Ball Sporting Club in Cairo, Egypt, as he clinched the second
Platinum title of his career.
World No.1 Ali Farag still leads the way at the top of the men’s
standings with 7,625 points and had already secured his place following
Platinum wins at both the CIB Egyptian Open and Qatar Classic earlier in
the season.
Dessouky sits in second place to secure an all-Egyptian top three, while
the rest of the top eight includes Tarek Momen (No.4), New Zealand’s
Paul Coll (No.5), Wales’ Joel Makin (No.6), Egypt’s Mohamed ElShorbagy
(No.7) and Mostafa Asal rounds off the top eight.
Peru’s Diego Elias sits within 430 points of Asal to break the top
eight, while France’s Gregoire Marche and Egypt’s Youssef Ibrahim could
also be potential contenders if any of the players above them slip up.
In the women’s standings, World No.1 El Sherbini remains top with 5,930
points and has strengthened her lead after capturing the CIB Black Ball
Squash Open title.
The Egyptian had already qualified for the World Tour Finals following
her win earlier in the season at the CIB Egyptian Open in front of the
Great Pyramid of Giza and her victory over USA’s Amanda Sobhy this month
made it back-to-back Platinum victories for the 25-year-old.
Last year’s CIB World Tour Finals winner Hania El Hammamy sits in second
place with 3,415 points and is closely followed by England’s Sarah-Jane
Perry, who moves up five places into the top three and has 3,165 points.
USA’s Sobhy moves up to fourth place following her runner-up finish at
the CIB Black Ball Squash Open, with Nouran Gohar (No.5), Camille Serme
(No.6), Joelle King (No.7) and Nour El Tayeb (No.8) completing the top
eight. World No.10 Salma Hany is poised to be the player to crack the
top eight as she sits just 90 points behind El Tayeb, who announced her
pregnancy in December.
The next PSA World Tour event will be the Manchester Open PSA Silver
tournament between 19-25 April.
The 20-21 CIB PSA World Tour Finals are planned to take place June 22-27
in Cairo. For more information, follow the PSA World Tour on Twitter,
Facebook and Instagram.
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