The
Egyptian, who finished top of the World Series Standings after claiming
four World Series titles this season, has been a force to be reckoned
with on the Women’s
Tour and will be hot favourite to take the title in Dubai.
El
Sherbini finished runner-up to England’s Laura Massaro at last year’s
tournament held at Dubai Opera and the 22-year-old is hoping to go one
better this year as she
looks to claim her first World Series Finals crown.
“I’m really excited to have qualified for Dubai,” said Alexandria-born El Sherbini.
“I see it as a rewarding tournament for us after a long season, it’s always good. Dubai is nice and we all enjoy our time there.
“Playing
against the top eight players is tough but I’m really excited to go
back to Dubai and hopefully the tournament will be good.
“It’s
the last tournament of the season so you always want to keep playing
and winning but you don’t know what will happen. You just play and try
to enjoy it rather
than putting pressure on yourself.
“Two years ago, I lost in the semis and then last year I lost in the final, so maybe this year I can go all the way.”
This
season’s tournament will be held at the Emirates Golf Club and El
Sherbini is looking forward to being able to play in another exciting
venue.
“Every year we have a new venue, a bigger one, and more people are coming,” said the 22-year-old.
“Having
it in Dubai is good because we have local people coming and watching
us. I’m excited for the new venue and hopefully it can be even better
than the year before.”
The
World Series Finals will feature a unique best of three games format
throughout the group stages before reverting back to the traditional
best of five format for
semi-finals and final.
Group stage matches will take place at 3:00pm, 3:45pm, 4:30pm and 5:15pm (Group B) and 8:00pm, 8:45pm, 9:30pm and 10:15pm (Group A) between June 5-7 with the semi-finals
due to take place from 8:00pm on June 8.
The finals will commence at 8:00pm local time on June 9.
Every
match from the tournament will be shown live on SQUASHTV (Rest of
World) and Eurosport Player (Europe only), while the semi-finals and
finals will be broadcast
live on mainstream channels across the globe, including BT Sport, beIN
Sports, Fox Sports Australia and Astro.
Tickets for the World Series Finals can be purchased here:
https://dubai.platinumlist.
Squash fans can follow the tournament via https://worldseriesfinals.
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