The Peruvian athlete Diego Elias won the title of JP Morgan Squash Tournament of Champions which was held at the Grand Central Terminal sports venue in New York, United States.
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The ‘peruvian puma‘, as they call it, reached the final of this event last year, losing to the then world number one ali farag in a big game. This year, he faced another Egyptian, Marwan ElShorbagyin the final and prevailed by winning the match in straight games to secure his second Platinum title of the season, but the third of his sports career.
The national squash player took the victory with partials of 11-2, 11-6 and 11-4. Although now he is ranked number 5 in the world ranking of the Professional Squash Association (PSA)that position will change after this championship.
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In addition, at the end of the game he commented on how he felt after getting this new victory. “I’m very excited, I still can’t believe it, it’s a dream come true, this tournament has always been my favorite. I love the city, it’s amazing and people would always come to every game and fill it up”, he said after his victory.
Despite the fact that the Egyptian Marwan ElShorbagy arrived without having lost a single game and won all of them by 3 games to 0, our compatriot’s opponent had no answer for his great plays and even in a tense moment of the game, ElShorbagy pushed Elías after losing a point.
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However, Diego Elías also dedicated a few words to him at the end. “For Marwan, I think he is playing very good squash and I want to congratulate him, I hope we can play many more finals together,” he said.
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The squashista ‘incaic‘ advanced to the semi-finals after a hard-fought win over top seed New Zealander paul coll, former number one in the world, who entered this match with a tight advantage of 5 over 4. After 85 minutes and four games, the Peruvian squash player defeated Coll, number 4 in the world, with partials 13/11, 8/11, 11/3 and 11/8. with victory, Elijah reached the final of the championship for the third consecutive PSA World Tour and now he will face Marwan ElShorbagy Of Egipt.
“I always play my best squash in New York. I am not the same player as before, now I resist more when I play top tournaments”, he commented Elijah at the end of his match against Coll.
Later, Diego Elias He will continue his participation in tournaments on the professional circuit. He will attend the Sturbridge Capital Motor City Open (PSA Silver) in Detroit, United States from February 1-5. In the same country, he will participate in the Pittsburg Open 2023, also a PSA Silver, but in the city of Pittsburg from February 8 to 12.
In March, from 2 to 8, he will be present at the CIB Black Ball Open 2023 (PSA Platinum) in Cairo, Egypt. Country to which the first two places in the world ranking belong. Then, from the 12th to the 17th, he will play in the Gillen Markets Canary Wharf Classic (PSA Gold) in London, England. As well as in the Optasia Championships (PSA Gold) in the same city from 21 to 26.
Finally in April and May, respectively, from 9 to 16 he will stay in England to participate in the British Open and Manchester Open (PSA Silver) from May 17 to 21.
Elijah it is ranked number five in the Professional Squash Association (PSA) ranking. He is one of the best South Americans located in the world ranking. His best position was in October 2022, in which he managed to rise to third place. In addition, he has participated in 345 games during his entire career and has only lost 111, he achieved 234 victories.
