ElShorbagy Defeats Elias to Win Men’s Singapore Open

World No.3 Mohamed ElShorbagy has captured his fourth PSA title of the season after he defeated Peru’s Diego Elias to win the men’s MARIGOLD Singapore Squash Open, PSA World Tour Gold event.

Four of the last five matches between the pair had gone the way of Elias, but ElShorbagy continued the red-hot form which has already seen him win the Qatar Classic, Oracle NetSuite Open and New Zealand Open this season to claim an 11-6, 11-6, 11-8 victory in 45 minutes.

It was a highly-impressive performance from the Englishman, who picked up where he left off following his stunning victory over World No.2 Paul Coll in the New Zealand Open final just last week.

‘The Beast’ overpowered and outmanoeuvred Elias, playing at an incredible pace which left the Peruvian struggling to keep up. The win marks ElShorbagy’s 48th PSA title, whilst he has won back-to-back titles for the first time since 2020.

“I’m feeling very happy to have this tournament for the first time in so many years and to put my name on that prestigious trophy which has the names of a lot of greats from the past, it’s such an honour for me,” said ElShorbagy.

“I’m very happy to win this title, I’m very happy to back it up after last week in New Zealand, and I’m very happy that this is my fourth title this season out of my first six events. I remember last season there were many people that were saying that I could not play four tough matches in a row, but here I am winning my fourth tournament of the season. I’m far from done.

“Lots of people thought that they understood me, they knew who I am, that they knew ‘The Beast’. They don’t know who I am and what I can do when I’m angry. I’m really happy to come back and win events again and I’m very happy to play in front of such a great crowd.

“Diego and myself, before this match our head-to-head was 5-5. You couldn’t get any closer. He’s definitely not my favourite player to play against, but every time you play someone, you have to learn something new.

“He beat me at the U.S. Open last month, he killed me 3-0 actually. He controlled the whole match, so I think it was my turn to learn something. Next time he will probably learn something from today, and that’s how you improve as rivals.

“Before this match, I had to speak to my team, to Greg [Gaultier] and my brother as well. He just played Diego a couple of weeks ago, so I made a point of calling him last night to understand what he did against him in Switzerland. Luckily, I have a brother who is playing at the top of the rankings and we can think together sometimes against opponents. 

“He taught me so much about what I could do today. I think I did everything that he told me last night, and he’s going to be a proud brother, definitely.”

Result

[4] Mohamed ElShorbagy (ENG) bt [3] Diego Elias (PER) 3-0: 11-6, 11-6, 11-8 (45m)