Matthew Straight-Sets Elshorbagy for Men's Windy City Open Crown by Nathan Clarke March 5, 2014
- 34-year-old Englishman Nick Matthew produced a squash masterclass to
see off World No.1 Mohamed Elshorbagy 3-0 to win the final of the 2015
Windy City Open presented by Guggenheim Partners and EquiTrust Life
Insurance Company in Chicago earlier today.
The victory sees Matthew become the oldest ever winner of a PSA World
Series event and also sees him collect his 32nd career title – and
first PSA World Series trophy since winning the 2013 Hong Kong Open.
The Sheffield-based man played with precision and determination from
the opening point as he dominated proceedings, absorbing everything the
powerful Egyptian threw at him to secure the title 11-7, 11-2, 11-7 in
62-minutes, with the opening game alone taking 27-minutes.
“You always go into a match with a game plan but it’s another thing
being able to execute it against someone like Mohamed because he plays
at such a fast pace and takes away your thinking time,” said Matthew.
“But I felt I played well when under pressure today. I was patent and
picked my times to attack well and I’m just delighted to get another
World Series win.”
In an display of ultimate precision the three-time World Champion made
just two errors throughout the entire match as he kept up a relentless
pace to win his second tournament inside a month, adding to the CASE
Swedish Open he collected in February.
“I’m really enjoying my squash at the minute,” he said. “I guess I’m in
the twilight of my career – the end is closer than the beginning – but
I managed to take my change tonight against someone who has been in
incredible form recently.
“I’m sure we’re going to have a few more battles to come before I
retire and hopefully I can come back here next year to defend the
title.”
Final [4] Nick Matthew (ENG) bt [1] Mohamed Elshorbagy (EGY) 3-0: 11-7, 11-2, 11-7 (62m)
