Egypt’s Ali Farag Wins Swedish Open.

Egyptian and World No.3, Ali Farag won his first PSA World Tour title since October 2017 after beating Germany’s Simon Rösner, 3-1: 11-7, 6-11, 11-3, 11-5 (51m) in the final of the 2018 UCS Swedish Open in Linköping, Sweden.

Farag was resilient against an in-form Rosner and it eventually paid off as he took three sets out of four within 51 minutes of intense action.

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the 25-year-old said.

“Today, after losing the second game I got some great words from Tarek (Momen) so I have to thank him, and my wife, and family back home for their support because without a full team behind me I wouldn’t have been able to do it,” he added.

Farag’s opponent admitted that the Egyptian’s resilience paid off: “He was too good today. I just tried to hang in there but I didn’t have enough in the tank to make it harder. He was controlling and playing smart,” Rosner said.

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