SQUASH NEWS - For the first time ever, the Professional Squash Association's World Championships Qualifier Africa event was hosted in Mossel Bay from 7 to 10 April.
Players from Egypt, Zimbabwe, Namibia and South Africa participated - including SA's number-one squash player, Dewald van Niekerk, who won the men's finals and secured a spot at the World Championships in Chicago.
The women's final was an all-Egyptian affair, won by Nadien Elhammamy, who showed her class by beating Nour Khafagy 3-0 in 26 minutes.
The men's final saw Aly Hussein (Egypt) facing Van Niekerk for top honours.
It was a tense match in which Van Niekerk had to fight back from 0-2, saving match ball in the fourth game before clinching victory (3-2) in an epic 91-minute final.
Van Niekerk and Elhammamy will now play in the World Championships on 9 to 17 May, when Van Niekerk will face Dimitri Steinmann from Switzerland in the first round.
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