Massaro And ElShorbagy Reign In China Open by Nathan Clarke
photo PSA
September 4, 2016
- A virtuoso performance from England's Laura Massaro in the finale of
the 2016 China Squash Open saw her power to the title in straight games
and gain revenge for defeat to opponent Nouran Gohar at last month's
Hong Kong Open.
Massaro fell to the 18-year-old Egyptian in a bruising quarter-final in
Hong Kong but made amends on the edge of Shanghai's breathtaking Bund
as she halted Gohar's 8-match winning streak, playing accurate and
disciplined squash to take the honours and claim her first PSA World
Tour title since winning the 2015/16 season-ending Dubai PSA World
Series Finals in May.
The World No.2 came through 11-9, 11-5, 11-3 in just 36 minutes to
secure the silverware while Men's World No.1 Mohamed ElShorbagy bounced
back from his shock second round exit in Hong Kong to defeat World No.2
Gregory Gaultier and claim the men's title - winning 3-0 in three
minutes less than Massaro - and improve on his first round defeat here
last year.
ElShorbagy lost out to Australian Cameron Pilley in Hong Kong last
month but looked back to the form that saw him claim six of seven PSA
World Series titles last season as he overpowered Gaultier, the
Frenchman who was hoping to defend the crown he won ahead of
ElShorbagy's younger brother, Marwan, twelve months ago, to win 11-5,
11-3, 11-3.
2016 China Squash Open - Women's Final:
[1] Laura Massaro (ENG) bt [3] Nouran Gohar (EGY) 3-0: 11-9, 11-5, 11-3 (36m)
