World’s number one, Mohamed El Shorbagy, is set to play head to head tonight with his brother, world number four, Marwan El Shorbagy! The epic showdown is El Gouna International Squash Open’s semi-finals.
After heated matches in the tournament’s first round of quarterfinals during which world number one Mohamed El Shorbagy won a close match against Germany’s best player Simon Rösner 3-1 followed by Marwan El Shorbagy’s match against fellow Egyptian Karim Abdel Gawad leaving El Shorbagy victorious with 3-0, the two brothers are set to play against each other tonight at 19:15 in the iconic glass court.
It is worth mentioning that the El Gouna International Squash Open Tournament is one of the seven biggest international tournaments for professional squash players based on the prize money and points on which International Players are ranked.