Category: ROUNDUPS

PSA World Championships: Story of 2023

May 3, 2024May 9, 2024 Connor

As the 2023/24 PSA World Championships draw nearer, we thought we would take a look back at last years event as we gear up for the biggest event on the PSA World Tour calendar

Karim Abdel Gawad (left) celebrates against Mohamed ElShorbagy (right).

Semis Roundup : Gawad Reaches Final Seven Months After Being in a Wheelchair

May 11, 2023May 12, 2023 Sean Reuthe

Karim Abdel Gawad stunningly took out Mohamed ElShorbagy to reach the final of the PSA World Championships in Chicago, alongside compatriots Ali Farag, Nouran Gohar and Nour El Sherbini

Day Seven Roundup : Gawad Sends Elias Crashing Out

May 10, 2023May 12, 2023 Sean Reuthe

Egypt’s World No.17 Karim Abdel Gawad brought an end to World No.1 Diego Elias’s title challenge to join Mohamed ElShorbagy, Nour El Sherbini and Joelle King in the semi-finals

Day Six Roundup : El Hammamy Ends Home Hopes

May 9, 2023May 9, 2023 Sean Reuthe

Egypt’s Hania El Hammamy produced a devastating performance to eliminate US No.1 Amanda Sobhy as she advanced to the semi-finals alongside Nouran Gohar, Mostafa Asal and Ali Farag

El Sherbini and Farag Crowned CIB PSA World Championships Cairo Champions

May 22, 2022May 23, 2022 Jonathan

Egypt’s World No.2s Nour El Sherbini and Ali Farag have lifted the CIB PSA World Championships Cairo titles after beating compatriots Nouran Gohar and Mohamed ElShorbagy

SEMIS : ElShorbagy Upsets World No.1 Coll as Finalists Confirmed

May 22, 2022May 23, 2022 Jonathan

Egypt’s World No.3 Mohamed ElShorbagy upset New Zealand’s World No.1 Paul Coll in a dramatic and thrilling five-game encounter in the semi-finals, while Farag, Gohar and El Sherbini also progress

ROUNDUP: El Tayeb Downs El Hammamy to Reach Semi-Finals

May 20, 2022May 21, 2022 Jonathan

Egypt’s World No.28 Nour El Tayeb claimed a sensational victory as she defeated compatriot and World No.3 Hania El Hammamy, while there were also wins for Nour El Sherbini, Ali Farag and Mostafa Asal.

ROUNDUP: England’s Perry Avoids Upset to Reach Quarter Finals

May 18, 2022May 18, 2022 Jonathan

England’s Sarah-Jane Perry narrowly avoided a third-round exit as she defeated USA’s Sabrina Sobhy in five games as the Third Round concluded in Cairo

ROUNDUP: Abbas Stuns King to Reach Quarter Finals

May 17, 2022May 18, 2022 Jonathan

Egypt’s Nada Abbas stunned fifth seed Joelle King in four games as the quarter-finalists in the top half of the draws were decided in Cairo

ROUNDUP: El Tayeb Downs Hany to Reach Last 16

May 16, 2022May 17, 2022 Jonathan

Egypt’s World No.28 Nour El Tayeb caused one of the upsets of the day as the last sixteens were finalised at the Club S Allegria

ROUNDUP : Top Seeds Triumph on Day Three

May 15, 2022May 16, 2022 Jonathan

World No.1s Paul Coll and Nouran Gohar led the top seeds into the third round of the PSA World Championships Cairo on an entertaining day of squash at the Club S Allegria in Egypt

ROUNDUP : Defending Champions Claim Round One Wins

May 14, 2022May 16, 2022 Jonathan

Defending champions Nour El Sherbini and Ali Farag got their campaigns off to winning starts with victories over Spain’s Cristina Gomez and Mexico’s Leonel Cardenas at the Club S Allegria

ROUNDUP : Gohar off to winning start in Cairo

May 13, 2022May 16, 2022 Jonathan

World No.1 Nouran Gohar kicked off her attempt for PSA World Championship glory with a win over France’s Enora Villard as the prestigious tournament got under way at the Club S Allegria in Cairo

Record prize money on offer at Cairo 22 World Champs

April 27, 2022May 10, 2022 Sean Reuthe

The upcoming 2021-22 PSA World Championships will become the richest professional squash tournament in history when the best squash players on the planet line up in Cairo, Egypt

2020-21 PSA World Champions Ali Farag (left) and Nour El Sherbini (right)

Farag and El Sherbini are 2020-21 PSA World Champions

July 23, 2021July 23, 2021 Sean Reuthe

Egyptian World No.1s Ali Farag and Nour El Sherbini have lifted the 2020-21 PSA World Championship presented by the Walter Family titles after beating compatriots Mohamed ElShorbagy and Nouran Gohar at the University Club of Chicago

Coll mounts thrilling comeback to send former winner Gawad out

July 21, 2021July 21, 2021 Sean Reuthe

New Zealand’s World No.4 Paul Coll is through to the semi-finals after he mounted a thrilling comeback against 2016 World Champion Karim Abdel Gawad at the University Club of Chicago

Sobhy Becomes First US-Born Player in History to Reach Semis

July 20, 2021July 20, 2021 Sean Reuthe

Boston’s Amanda Sobhy has become the first US-born player in history to reach the semi-finals of the PSA World Championships following her 3-0 victory over Hania El Hammamy on the first day of quarter-final action

ElShorbagy Seals Last Eight Berth

July 19, 2021July 19, 2021 Sean Reuthe

World No.2 Mohamed ElShorbagy has booked his place in the quarter-finals after overcoming Welshman Joel Makin inside the University Club of Chicago’s picturesque Cathedral Hall

USA No.1 Sobhy Reaches PSA World Championship Quarter-Finals

July 18, 2021July 18, 2021 Sean Reuthe

US No.1 Amanda Sobhy advanced to the quarter-finals on home soil as all the seeded players won on the first day of Round Three action in Chicago

Three US Players Reach Last 16 for the First Time

July 17, 2021July 17, 2021 Sean Reuthe

The PSA World Championships will contain three US players for the first time in history after Amanda Sobhy, Olivia Clyne and Olivia Fiechter all secured passage through to the last 16 at the University Club of Chicago.