ELSHORBAGY Beats GAULTIER TO Win Qatar Classic
Mohamed Elshorbagy claimed his second Qatar Classic, PSA World Series title with an 3-1 win over Gregory Gaultier in Doha, Qatar.
The 24-year-old Egyptian came into the final without dropping a single game, but it looked like Gaultier was feeling the effects of playing an extra three games.
Elshorbagy raced into a one-game lead after starting the match with a punishing pace. Things looked to be going from bad to worse for the ‘French General’ in the second as Elshorbagy doubled his advantage with relative ease.
Gaultier won the 3rd and in the 4th built up another strong lead after Mohamed struggled to deal with the change of pace but the number one seed battled back to force the match into a tense tie-break and edge a hard-fought 11-5, 11-7, 5-11, 12-10 title.