Egyptian Marwan Elshorbagy, the 22-year-old younger brother of current
World No.1 Mohamed Elshorbagy, has today moved into the world’s top ten
for the first time in his career - occupying the No.10 ranking position
after a superb start to the 2015/16 PSA World Tour season.
Elshorbagy reached the final at both the Stars On The Bund China Open
and Kolkata International tournaments in September and despite narrowly
missing out on the title on both occasions he has jumped up two places
to become the fifth Egyptian player to rank in the top ten.
His elevation to the No.10 position means that the Elshorbagy brothers
have become the first siblings since Australians Rodney and Brett Martin
in 1995 to rank inside the top ten at the same time.
“Making the top ten has always been a dream of mine and I have been
working hard every day to try and improve my game,” said Elshorbagy.
“I have been putting in a lot of effort during the off season so to get
inside the top ten at the start of season, while this generation of
players is still competing at the top, gives me a lot of confidence.
“It’s been a tough journey to the top ten but I am sure that I will only
get tougher from now on and I feel ready and excited for the challenge.
“My brother has been the youngest player in the top ten for the last
five years and I’m so happy to join him and make our parents proud.
Making the top ten can go some way to repaying them for everything they
have sacrificed for both of us - for me they’re the true champions.”
After winning the AJ Bell British Squash Grand Prix Mohamed Elshorbagy
maintains his hold on the World No.1 ranking for a 12th consecutive
month while Omar Mosaad, Tarek Momen and Ramy Ashour - who moves up one
place to fourth after winning the NetSuite Open - complete the Egyptian
contingent.
Hong Kong’s Max Lee is the biggest riser inside the top twenty, moving
up five places to No.13 courtesy of his victory at the Macau Open while
the man he beat in the final, 20-year-old Egyptian Fares Dessouki, moves
back to a career-best-equalling World No.19.
