World No.1 Mostafa Asal has captured the men’s title at the PSA World Championships presented by the Walter Family after a dominant victory over World No.2 Ali Farag at Chicago’s Lakeshore Sport & Fitness.
Asal was runner-up at this tournament last season, but dismantled four-time World Champion Farag with a powerhouse performance to get his hands on the men’s trophy at the biggest tournament in professional squash.
Farag had won all three of the previous World Championships held in Chicago but was up against it today against an opponent in red-hot form. Asal had beaten Farag in five of their last six matches and had won both the Optasia Championships and El Gouna International in recent weeks coming into tonight’s contest.
The 24-year-old put in a performance that matched power with guile and stormed to an 11-7, 11-8, 11-3 victory to put his name into the history books without dropping a single game this week.
The win means he now holds both the PSA World Championships and British Open titles as well as the World No.1 spot – a position he would have conceded to Farag had he lost tonight.
What Asal Had to Say
“Emotionally, I feel out of this world,” said Asal following his 21st PSA title win.
“There have been a lot things happening this week mentally, so to regroup is unbelievable. To be World No.1 and the World Champion is amazing.
“I want to thank everyone who has supported me, but the man who has been behind me is my mentor James Willstrop. My father told me after everything that had happened to come back to Egypt, but Jimbo has been having a lot of discussions and chats with me, and here I am, the World Champion.
“Everyone who is successful throws away hate speech and only focuses on the positives. I don’t even have a hotel room tonight! I’ll be staying in the lobby, I guess. I just want to get the trophy and take some pictures.”
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Result
[2] Mostafa Asal (EGY) bt [1] Ali Farag (EGY) 3-0: 11-7, 11-8, 11-3 (41m)
