Egyptian young player Mohamed Zakaria has reached the semifinals of the Swedish Open Squash Championship, held in Stockholm from September 30 to October 4, with prize money totaling $90,000 for both men and women.
Mohamed Zakaria, ranked sixth in the world, defeated Jamaican Declan James in the quarterfinals with a score of 3-0, with the game scores being 11-5, 11-9, 11-6.
The tournament featured notable Egyptian participation, with the following players in the men's category: Mostafa El Sirty, Karim El Hammamy, Mohamed Zakaria, Karim Turk, Yahya El Nossani, and Mohamed Abouelghar.
In the women's category, the participants included: Nadine El Hammamy, Habiba Hany, Nour Abou El Makarem, Menna Hamid, Haya Ali, Nadine Shaheen, Rawan Al Arabi, Hena Ramadan, Mariam Metwally, and Firoz Abou El Kheir.
In related news, the Professional Squash Association announced the new world rankings for September, with promising Egyptian player Amina El Araby, from Al Jazeera Club, maintaining her lead in the women's rankings, while Egyptian champion Mostafa Assal held onto the top spot in the men's rankings.
1. Amina El Araby
2. Hania El Hammamy
3. Nour El Sherbini
4. American Olivia Weaver
5. Malaysian Siva Singari Subramaniam
6. Japanese Satomi Watanabe
7. Firoz Abou El Kheir
8. English Georgina Kennedy
9. Belgian Tine Gless
10. American Amanda Sobhi
1. Mostafa Assal
2. New Zealander Paul Coll
3. Peruvian Diego Elias
4. Karim Abdel Gawad
5. French Victor Crouin
6. Mohamed Zakaria
7. Youssef Ibrahim
8. Welsh Joel Makin
9. English Marwan El Shorbagy
10. Ali Abou El Ainain
