A quick “dead rubber” as already-out Tarek beats already-qualified Marwan …
PSA Day Four Roundup
New Zealand’s Joelle King sent World #1 Nouran Gohar out of the tournament to book her place in the semi-finals …
R3: Hania in, Nour waiting…
Hania El Hammamy takes the first game to qualify for the semis, Nour El Tayeb takes the next two to keep her hopes alive…
R3: Karim needs to lose to win….
Defending Champion Karim Abdel Gawad beats Simon Rosner in two close games to reach the semis …
R3: A game of two halves between Joelle and Nouran…
First half, Nouran, calm, relaxed, playing her powerful and accurate game, but Joelle fought back to reach the semis …
R3: Marwan makes the semis
Marwan ElShorbagy beats Joel Makin to clinch a semi-final spot …
R3: Nour takes revenge for last year…
Nour El Sherbini makes it three out of three as she beats Sarah-Jane Perry to avenge last year’s defeat …
Day THREE : Semi-Finals shaping up
The third day of Group matches at the Mall of Arabia saw Ali Farag and Marwan ElShorbagy clinch semi-final places as Nour El Sherbini wins three out of three …
PSA Day Three Roundup
Egyptian duo Ali Farag and Marwan ElShorbagy have become the first men to book their spots in the semi-finals …
R3: Ali weathers the Diego Storm…
Ali Farag comes from a game down to deny Diego Elias …
R2: Hania confirms against Amanda
Hania El Hammamy make it two wins out of two as she beats Amanda Sobhy in a close two games …
R2: Paul much more relaxed, Tarek, not that much…
Paul Coll keeps his hopes of progress alive with a two game win over Tarek Momen …
R2: Camille expeditive, Nour not there…
The French Panthère will be delighted with that victory as she hadn’t beaten CatWoman Nour El Tayeb since 2017!
R2: Simon keeps his head a bit better at the end…
Another game that was more of a mental one than a physical one…
Day TWO : Night of upsets in Cairo
Day Two of the 2020 CIB PSA World Tour Finals saw Nour El Sherbini qualify for the semis on a night of seeding upsets …
R2: Joelle – didn’t want to win, I just wanted to play well…
“That’s the beauty of this format, you can forget about a loss and get a do-over …”
PSA Day Two Roundup
Reigning World Champion Nour El Sherbini has become the first player to qualify for the semi-finals of the CIB PSA World Tour Finals …
R2: Gawad keeps his hopes alive
Strange match. One thing is sure. If some players like to run the race in front, Karim doesn’t …
R2: Nour El Sherbini Imperial
Nour Sherbini on fire, stringing nicks and volley nicks from all over the court as she beats World #1 Nouran …
R1: Paul never showed up, Marwan clinical
A bit of a strange match, with Paul not attacking at all but the “New Marwan” was on fire …
R1: Hania Camille, for the nth time ….
What a match, again… I cannot believe the quality of the squash those two keep producing …
Before the storm – Fram and the new setup
Fram explains the unusual setup for this year’s CIB PSA World Tour Finals …
Day ONE : Elias and Makin in opening upsets
The 2020 CIB PSA World Tour Finals is under way at the Mall of Arabia : Diego Elias and Joel Makin in three game upsets ….
Day One PSA Roundup
Peru’s Diego Elias and Welshman Joel Makin caused upsets on day one of the 2019-20 CIB PSA World Tour Finals …
R1: Makin upsets Momen to end Day One
A big upset to finish Day One as Makin recovers to beat Momen …
R1: Diego beats defending champ Karim
It was a good start for the defending champion, who took a close first game, but thereafter it was Diego Elias calling the shots …
R1: Nour El Tayeb on fire against Amanda
If people thought that Nour’s victory in Manchester was a bit of “end of lockdown” luck … think again
R1: Second WTF win in a row against SJ for Nouran
Obviously, The Mall of Arabia conditions suit Nouran against SJ as she won last year at the same stage of the competition …
R1: It’s Ali again against Simon 2-0…
Simon, far too many errors as top seed Ali takes the win …
R1: Nour expeditive against Joelle
If the lockdown period meant a few of us put a nice cushion of softness around our bones, boy, that is not the case for Nour and Joelle
2020 Groups and Schedule
Check out who’s playing who and when …
World Tour Finals return to Cairo
Cairo’s Mall of Arabia will host the world’s leading squash players for a second year in succession for the CIB PSA World Tour Finals at the end of this month …
2019 FINALS : Welily and Gawad crowned in Cairo
Raneem El Welily and Karim Abdel Gawad claim the titles in five game showdowns …
PSA Finals Roundup
Egypt’s Raneem El Welily and Karim Abdel Gawad are the 2018-2019 CIB PSA World Tour Finals champions …
Karim Abdel Gawad wins a 5 setter. Who knew.
Fram reports on the final match of the 2018/19 season, yet another five game thriller for Karim Abdel Gawad …
Raneem reduces her mum to tears …
Fram reports on the superb 5 setter between the Enigma and La Panthère …
What They Said
What the Players, Promoter and Sponsor said after the finals …
When the Godfather of Egyptian Squash played Raneem….
CIB Hussein Abaza, aka the Godfather of Egyptian Squash, came with colleague Farhan Farooqi to play with Raneem El Welily and Joelle King…
Semi-Finals Reports
Semi-Final match reports as Gawad, ElShorbagy, Welily and Serme win through to the finals …
Day Five : Semi-Finals
Finalists decided at the event enters the knockout stage at the Mall of Arabia …