South American Diego Elias has climbed to the top of the Professional
Squash Association world rankings, becoming the first from the
continent to do so.
Egypt’s Nour El Sherbini and Ali Farag were crowned British Open champions on Sunday afternoon, and overcoming the challenges of Egypt’s Nouran Gohar and Peru’s Diego Elias, respectively, at The Rep Theatre in Birmingham.
Peru’s Diego Elias, who will become the World No.1 on Monday, is into his first British Open final after getting the better of two-time champion Paul Coll in the last match of semi-finals night, which was played on Saturday evening at The Rep Theatre in Birmingham.