Elshorbagy Re-writes Ranking Points Record, Harvard Grad Ali Farag into Top 10 by Nathan Clarke May 1, 2016
- World No.1 Mohamed Elshorbagy has broken his own record for the
highest ever points average as he extended his reign atop the PSA Men's
World Rankings to a fifth consecutive month courtesy of victory at the
recent El Gouna International - his sixth consecutive PSA World Series
title.
The 25-year-old Egyptian has dominated the PSA World
Tour during the 2015/16 season, taking six of seven possible World
Series crowns, to record a points average of 2,240.000 - eclipsing the
previous record of 2,150.000 he set just last month - and remain number
one amongst a top ten that contains an unprecedented six Egyptian
players.
Joining Elshorbagy inside the top ten are Omar
Mosaad (4), younger brother Marwan ElShorbagy (7), Tarek Momen (8),
Karim Abdel Gawad (9) and Ali Farag (10), the 24-year-old Harvard
graduate who joins the world's elite top ten for the first time in his
career after a breakthrough season.
"To be in the top ten is a great feeling," said Farag.
"I've
grown up looking up to the top ten players and I think I can even name
each top ten player there has been over the past 15-20 years.
"It is a huge step towards the dream goal and it will motivate me even more to work harder and harder to ultimately reach it."
While
Farag moves into the top ten three-time World Champion and former World
No.1 Ramy Ashour has dropped out of the top ten for the first time
since 2006, to World No.12, after his El Gouna International campaign
ended prematurely due to injury.
Elsewhere Egyptian
youngsters Fares Dessouki, a semi-finalist in El Gouna, and Mazen
Heshem, both move back into the top twenty to occupy the No.15 and
No.17 positions, respectively.
