PSA World Series Finals 2012/13

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The 19th PSA World Series Men's Finals took place from January 2nd to 6th 2013 at the Queen's Club in London , England . The squash tournament was part of the PSA World Tour 2012/13 and endowed with 110,000 US dollars.

The defending champion was Amr Shabana , who also won the tournament this season. Shabana was the only player who could win all games in the group stage. In the semifinals, he then defeated the top seeded Englishman James Willstrop before he met Nick Matthew in the final , against whom he won in the group stage. He also defeated Matthew in the final, this time with 4:11, 11: 2, 11: 4 and 11: 7.

qualification

The eight best-placed players in the PSA World Series in the 2012/13 season qualified for this competition.

PSA World Series
# player Points Tournaments
1 EgyptEgypt Ramy Ashour 530 6th
2 EnglandEngland James Willstrop 415 7th
3 EnglandEngland Nick Matthew 400 7th
4th FranceFrance Grégory Gaultier 245 7th
5 EgyptEgypt Mohamed Elshorbagy 180 6th
6th EgyptEgypt Amr Shabana 165 7th
6th EgyptEgypt Karim Darwish 165 6th
8th EnglandEngland Peter Barker 130 5
9 GermanyGermany Simon Rösner 95 7th
9 EnglandEngland Adrian Grant 95 7th
9 AustraliaAustralia Cameron Pilley 95 7th
9 EnglandEngland Daryl Selby 95 5

With Nick Matthew (2010), Amr Shabana (2010, 2011) and Grégory Gaultier (2008, 2009) three former winners of the tournament took part in this year's event. Ramy Ashour , 2007 winner, canceled his participation on December 23, 2012 due to an injury. Simon Rösner succeeded him , making him the first German ever to take part in this competition.

Final round

Group A

Results

player player Result
EnglandEngland Peter Barker EgyptEgypt Mohamed Elshorbagy 6:11, 7:11
EnglandEngland Nick Matthew EgyptEgypt Amr Shabana 6:11, 6:11
EgyptEgypt Amr Shabana EnglandEngland Peter Barker 11: 8, 11: 6
EgyptEgypt Mohamed Elshorbagy EnglandEngland Nick Matthew 5:11, 6:11
EgyptEgypt Amr Shabana EgyptEgypt Mohamed Elshorbagy 11: 7, 8:11, 11: 9
EnglandEngland Nick Matthew EnglandEngland Peter Barker 11: 2, 12:10

table

Item Seeding list player Games sentences Points
1 5 EgyptEgypt Amr Shabana 3-0 6: 1 74:53
2 2 EnglandEngland Nick Matthew 2: 1 4: 2 57:45
3 4th EgyptEgypt Mohamed Elshorbagy 1: 2 3: 4 60:54
4th 7th EnglandEngland Peter Barker 0: 3 0: 6 39:67

Group B

Results

player player Result
EnglandEngland James Willstrop EgyptEgypt Karim Darwish 11: 9, 11: 5
FranceFrance Grégory Gaultier GermanyGermany Simon Rösner 10:12, 11: 4, 11: 7
EnglandEngland James Willstrop FranceFrance Grégory Gaultier 6:11, 11:13
GermanyGermany Simon Rösner EgyptEgypt Karim Darwish 11: 4, 11: 8
EnglandEngland James Willstrop GermanyGermany Simon Rösner 11: 4, 11: 8
FranceFrance Grégory Gaultier EgyptEgypt Karim Darwish 3:11, 10:12

table

Item Seeding list player Games sentences Points
1 3 FranceFrance Grégory Gaultier 2: 1 4: 3 69:63
2 1 EnglandEngland James Willstrop 2: 1 4: 2 51:50
3 8th GermanyGermany Simon Rösner 1: 2 3: 4 57:66
4th 6th EgyptEgypt Karim Darwish 1: 2 2: 4 49:57

Semifinals

player player Result
EgyptEgypt Amr Shabana EnglandEngland James Willstrop 11: 7, 8:11, 11: 7
FranceFrance Grégory Gaultier EnglandEngland Nick Matthew 12:10, 9:11, 8:11

final

player player Result
EgyptEgypt Amr Shabana EnglandEngland Nick Matthew 4:11, 11: 2, 11: 4, 11: 7

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