Fares Mohamed Dessouky (born September 29, 1994 in
Alexandria
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) is a professional
squash
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player who represented
Egypt
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. He reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 11 in March 2017.
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He made his first big splash on the PSA World Series
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during the 2014 British Open where he reached the quarter-finals. He beat Karim Abdel Gawad
Karim Abdel Gawad (born July 30, 1991, in Alexandria) is a professional squash player who has represented Egypt. He reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 1 in May 2017.
In November 2016, he won the 2016 World Open Squash Championshi ...
3-2 in the first round, Karim Darwish 3-2 in the second round and lost out to Nick Matthew
Nicholas Matthew (born 25 July 1980 in Sheffield) is a former English professional squash player who has won the two most prestigious tournaments in the professional game, the British Open and the World Open, three times each. He reached a c ...
0-3 in the quarter-final match.
He won his first major PSA
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title in December 2020 at the CIB Black Ball Open in Egypt defeating Ali Farag in five games.
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Egyptian male squash players
Living people
1994 births
21st-century Egyptian people
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