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30/09/2016
OCTOBER - WOMEN'S PLAYER OF THE MONTH
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El Welily wins Squash Player’s Player of the
Month award
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 Raneem
El Welily has been named Squash Player’s Female
Player of the Month for October after becoming the first
Egyptian woman to win the $100,000 Al-Ahram Open.
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The world no.5 ended a PSA Tour title drought lasting six
months by edging out her top-seeded compatriot, Nour El
Sherbini, 3/2 in a thrilling final lasting just over an hour in
front of the Giza pyramids.
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27-year-old from Cairo looked to be cruising to victory
when she opened up a 2/0 lead, but El Sherbini battled
back to level, before El Welily claimed the decider in an 11-
5, 11-9, 9-11, 9-11, 11-7 success.
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- She said
afterwards: “Nour is the best player out there at
the moment in women’s squash. She played a great match
and really pushed hard until the end.
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- “I think
we both gave it everything we had – which is fitting
for this final in this amazing location.”
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- El Welily
now moves on to the U.S. Open, where she will be bidding for her
first World Series triumph since the Windy City Open in March.
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