被誉为“野兽”的穆罕穆德•舒巴基,于1991年1月12日在埃及亚历山大港出生。他于2014年11月问鼎壁球男子世界排名第一,目前仍保持着这个排名。 Mohamed Elshorbagy, also known as ‘The Beast’, was born on January 12, 1991 in Alexandria, Egypt. He is currently ranked as the number one player in the world, a position he achieved during November 2014.
2007年,17岁的他,首次亮相便在PSA五星世界巡回赛中把冠军奖杯收入囊中。仅仅两年后,他成为世界第二位在世界青年壁球锦标赛中蝉联两连冠的运动员。但这位年轻的埃及人并不满足于此。在2014年赢得5个主要世界大赛冠军,让他逐步登上世界壁球顶峰 。 He made his first debut in 2007, where 17-year-old Elshorbagy secured his first title at a five-star PSA World Tour event. Only two years later, he became the second person in the world to win two back-to-back World Junior Squash Championship titles. But the young Egyptian was hungry for more. Winning five major World Series tournaments in 2014 helped propel Elshorbagy up the ranks, eventually helping him land on the summit world squash.
除了壁球,舒巴基还热衷网球、电视节目和阅读。作为今年中国壁球公开赛的头号种子选手,舒巴基希望再次冲击冠军来保持他当前作为世界头号选手的地位。 Besides Squash, Elshorbagy also enjoys Tennis, TV shows, and reading (optional). Currently the number one seed of the China Squash Open, Elshorbagy is hoping to secure another victory to extend his copious lead and maintain his status as the world’s number one squash player.
壁球届大名鼎鼎的格雷戈里•戈蒂埃,出生于1982年12月23日。33岁的他是职业壁球届老将之一。 Gregory Gaultier is no stranger to squash. Born on the 23rd of December, 1982, age 33, Gaultier is one of the most experienced squash players in the professional scene.
引人注目的不仅是他比赛时的英姿飒爽,更是他骁勇善战的球风。当他在2000年世界青年公开赛决赛的时候,他展现了在他的职业生涯初期的潜力。然后他分别在2006年、2007年、2011年和2013年的世界锦标赛中入围决赛。在2009年11月,戈蒂埃第一次问鼎世界第一。可惜持续了一个月就被打破了。 He is known for his eye-catching physical and pugnacious play style. He showed potential at the start of his squash career when he reached the World Junior Squash Open finals in 2000. He then reached the finals of the World Championships in 2006, 2007, 2011, and 2013. In November 2009, Gaultier managed to secure his title as the World number one squash player for the first time in his life, a title that unfortunately for him, only lasted one month.
五年后,在2014年2月,他又成功地成为世界第一。2015年的世界锦标赛是他职业生涯中的高潮。在他第五次打进世锦赛决赛时,他拼尽全力,顽强拼搏,最终取得胜利,成为第二个拿到世锦赛冠军奖杯的法国籍运动员。 Five years later, in February of 2014, he again managed to get to the same position, only to have his title. It was during the 2015 World Championships where Gaultier had his career highlight. On his fifth time as a finalist in the World Championships, he had managed to clench a victory and become the second Frenchman to have the honor to raise the trophy of a world champion.
劳拉-马萨洛是英格兰史上最优秀的球员之一。她于1983年11月2号出生于英格兰大雅茅斯。2000年毕业后,劳拉转战职业赛场。她花了两年时间挤进世界排名前50,并在2005年德国公开赛上获得第一个世界职业壁球协会排名。 Laura Massaro is known to be one of England’s greatest players of all time. She was born on November the 2nd, 1983 in Great Yarmouth, England. She turned professional after graduating in 2000. It took her two years to break into the world top 50 and she lifted her first PSA title in 2005 at the German Open.
06 - 07赛季,马萨洛持续表现良好,她的排名一直处于世界前列并迅速跻身世界前20. 在2008年,她夺得了蒙特卡洛经典赛冠军从而让她进入世界前10。三年后,她在美国公开赛力夺第一个四大赛冠军,从而以世界第三的排名结束那个赛季。2013年,马萨洛创造历史,成为第一个自1991年以后夺得英国公开赛冠军的英国籍球员。一年过后,她又突破历史,成为第一个同时拥有世锦赛冠军和英国公开赛冠军的英国选手。 Massaro had a smooth 2006-2007 seasons, consistently placing in top spots to see a swift rise into the top 20. 2008 saw Massaro lift the Monte Carlo Classic title, a title that also helped her enter the top 10. Three years later, she managed to secure her first crown at a World Series event, the US Open, which allowed her to finish at number 3 in the world. She made history in 2013 by becoming the only British player to win the British Open title since 1991. She did the same a year later, by becoming the first British player to hold both the British Open and World Championship titles under her name.
经历了艰苦的2015赛季,马萨洛终于在2016赛季加冕世界最佳女子选手。她的职业生涯是坚不可摧的意志力的回报的典型例子和对壁球运动无止尽热爱。她当前居住于普勒斯顿,闲暇之余热爱看电影,烹饪和旅行。 Massaro, after a tough 2015 season, had finally in January 2016, managed to be crowned as the world’s best female player. Her career is a shining example of the payoffs of resilience and an interminable love for a sport. She currently resides in Preston, where she enjoys watching movies, cooking and travelling.
拉尼姆•韦莱利从青少年时期就以她技术一流的比赛风格被人们所熟知。她生于1989年1月1日,埃及亚历山大港。 El Welily 于2002年13岁时第一次进入世界职业壁球协会(PSA)。Ever since she was a junior, Raneem El Welily has been known for her skillful playstyle. Born in Alexandria, Egypt on January 1st, 1989, El Welily first joined the PSA in 2002 at the young age of 13.
她初期重要成就之一是于分别于2005年和2007年夺得两次世界青年锦标赛冠军。在2009年,在黑里欧波里斯公开赛上,她夺得了第一个PSA赛事冠军,从而帮助她挤进世界前20。她在马来西亚公开赛打入四强后迅速进入世界前10名,尽管她仅仅是资格赛选手。在赢得了第一个冠军头衔后2年,她在Carol Weymuller公开赛上一路打败许多世界排名前五的选手并豪取夺冠。 One of her first major accomplishments is winning the World Junior Championships twice, once in 2005 and twice in 2007. She lifted her first PSA World title at the Heliopolis Open in 2009, a win that helped her enter the world top 20. She promptly rose to the top 10 after a semifinal finish at the Malaysian Open, despite being only a qualifier. Two years after she won her first title, El Welily managed to seize a second in 2011 at the Carol Weymuller Open beating many of the top 5 players along the way.
2012年是El Welily重要的一年,她拿下其第一个四大赛冠军,即马来西亚CIMB公开赛冠军,并以此排名提升至世界第二。她在2014年打进世锦赛决赛,并在2015年达到其职业生涯巅峰。她在赛季初连拿四个PSA世界巡回赛冠军帮助她离世界第一的位置越来越近。 2012 was a big year for El Welily, she won her first World Series title at the Malaysian CIMB Open, which allowed her to become the world number 2. She also reached the World Championship finals in 2014. 2015 was El Welily’s highlight year. Starting off with four consecutive victories at four PSA World Tour events helped her get closer to the number one spot that she seemed to inevitably get.
在同年9月,即2015年中国壁球公开赛决赛开打前,她完成了一项伟大的成就,成为第一位将蝉联9年世界女子冠军排名第一席位的妮可•大卫拉下宝座的运动员 。她现居住于开罗,闲暇之余喜欢解码谜题和听音乐。 In September, before the final match of 2015 China Squash Open, she became the first woman to dethrone then-world number one Nicol David in nine years, a spectacular feat. She currently lives in Cairo, where she spends her free time decoding enigmatic puzzles and listening to music.