Sports Bulletin Report
New York (USA): Peru’s Diego Elias and Egypt’s Nour El Sherbini have captured the 2023 J.P. Morgan Tournament of Champions crowns, winning their finals under the chandeliers of Vanderbilt Hall in Grand Central Terminal, New York City.
The ‘Peruvian Puma’ made the final of this event last year, losing out to then-World #1 Ali Farag in an exciting battle. This year, he came up against another Egyptian, in Marwan ElShorbagy, in the final and he was in sublime form, winning the match in straight games to secure his second Platinum title of the season.
“First of all, I am just super excited. I still can’t believe it! It is like a dream come true. This tournament, it has always been my favourite,” Elias said after his win.
“This is such an amazing city, and it’s always full for all the matches. I can’t believe I am here! I just want to thank everyone for making this tournament possible. J.P. Morgan, John Nimick and everyone that has made it possible.
“To Marwan, I think he is playing great squash and I want to congratulate him, and I hope we can play many more finals together!”
The women’s final was unfortunately cut short, with Nour El Sherbini claiming her fourth J.P. Morgan Tournament of Champions crown after top seed Nouran Gohar had to retire early on in the second game.
“There are a lot of people I would like to thank. Firstly, I would like to thank Nouran for what she said,” El Sherbini said.
“As she said, we have had a lot of battles together from a long time ago and I am glad we are still having them now. I wish her a speedy recovery and hopefully she will be back again quickly, recover well and we can play another final at the next Platinum event hopefully.
Results (finals):
[2] Nour El Sherbini (Egypt) beat [1] Nouran Gohar (Egypt) (3-0) 11-9, 3-1 rtd (20m)
[4] Diego Elias (Peru) beat [5] Marwan ElShorbagy (Egypt) (3-0) 11-2, 11-6, 11-4 (50m)
