World Champion El Sherbini Excited For Dubai Debut by Nathan Clarke May 18, 2016
- PSA Women's World Champion Nour El Sherbini, the 20-year-old Egyptian
who has dominated the PSA World Tour throughout the past four months,
says she's looking forward to ending a breakthrough year in style at
the 2015/16 PSA Dubai World Series Finals when the event gets underway
next week.
Following impressive tournament wins at January's
J.P. Morgan Tournament of Champions and March's Allam British Open, El
Sherbini soared to the World No.1 ranking for the first time in her
career after winning last month's Women's World Championship in
spectacular fashion in Kuala Lumpur, coming from 2-0 down to defeat
Laura Massaro in the final, and will be favourite to triumph in Dubai
when a record purse will be up for grabs.
El Sherbini
finished second on the Road To Dubai Standings, narrowly behind
Massaro, and will now look to claim a share of a record $160,000 purse
- equal that on offer in the Men's event - and end the season on a high
in front of the stunning Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest building.
"The
World Series Finals venue looks great and the location itself looks
amazing by the huge towers - it's incredible," said El Sherbini.
"I'm
really looking forward to competing at the tournament this year - it's
a great event and everyone is excited to see it back on the calendar
again after a two year absence.
"I have never been to Dubai
before so I'm excited to be going there for the first time and looking
at the pictures of the glass court setup it looks great and exciting -
so hopefully we will enjoy it there and have a good competition."
El
Sherbini will face compatriots Raneem El Welily, Omneya Abdel Kawy and
France's Camille Serme in the best-of-three round robin group stage,
beginning May 24, where a place in the knock-out semi-finals will be at
stake.
Tickets for the 2015/16 PSA Dubai World Series Finals are available to purchase now by visiting Ticketmaster:
https://www.ticketmasteruae.ae/etkinlik-grup/699890/ALL/en
while further information regarding the tournament can be found at:
www.worldseriesfinals.com/dubai
