Egyptian athlete Nour El-Sherbiny ranked first in the world for squash women, while Karim Abdel-Gawad, ranked No. 17 for men, qualified for the semi-finals of the World Squash Championship, currently being held in Chicago until May 12, with prize money amounting to $500,000 for men and the same for women.
The results of the Egyptians at the end of the quarter-final competitions were as follows:
– Nour El-Sherbiny defeated England’s Georgina Kennedy by 3 points to 0, and the results were: 11-7, 11-2, and 11-4.
Notably, Egyptian champion Nour El-Sherbiny, the Sporting player and the second-ranked in the world for women, and the Egyptian champion Ali Farag, the player of Wadi Degla and the fourth-ranked in the world for men, hold the world championship title in the latest version.
Nour El-Sherbiny owns a record number of world championship crowns, as she previously won 6 titles in the seasons: 2015, 2016, 2018-2019, 2019-2020, 2020-2021, and 2022-2023.
Karim Abdel-Gawad defeated the world number one, Peruvian Diego Elias, 3-0, and the results of the games came: 11-5, 13-11, 14-12.
As a result, Abdel-Gawad gives Mustafa Asal, the player of Al-Ahly club, a golden opportunity to ascend to the throne of the men’s world rankings again next week, if Asal qualifies for the final match of the tournament and wins the title.
Thus, Egypt secured 6 seats in the semi-finals of the World Championship with the qualification of the quartet, Mustafa Asal, player of Al-Ahly club, and the trio of Wadi Degla, Ali Farag, Noran Gohar, and Hania Al-Hamami, during the first day of the quarter-final competitions, in addition to Nour El-Sherbiny and Karim Abdel-Gawad during today’s competitions. the second.
