Gregoire Marche and Sabrina Sobhy named February’s PSA Players of the Month

Frenchman Gregoire Marche and Sabrina Sobhy of the United States have been names as the men’s and women’s PSA Players of the Month, respectively, for February.

Marche moved up 13 places in the March rankings after his performances in February, which included winning the biggest prize of his career to date.

The Frenchman is now the World No.17, the highest ranking of his career, after he won the Three Rivers Capital Pittsburgh Open last month.

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He was the No.6 seed for the tournament, and beat two higher ranked players on his way to victory.

Marche defeated Zahed Salem in an 83 minute final, which saw the Egyptian come from two games down to tie the match, before the Frenchman won the final game to take the title.

The women’s PSA Player of the Month is Sabrina Sobhy, who won the E.M. Noll Classic in February.

The American, who is the younger sister of World No.13 Amanda, was taking part in her first tournament of 2019, and only her second since February 2018.

She beat Menna Nasser with ease in the final, defeating the Egyptian in 11-2, 11-3, 11-4 in 23 minutes.

After securing the second PSA Tour title, and the biggest of her career, Sobhy has moved back up the rankings, and currently sits 85th in the world.