Ashraf Hanafi

Ali Farag: A Champion’s Legacy

# Ali Ali Ali #

Your retirement from professional squash marks the end of an era for fans around the world.
As a dominant force on the court, you rose to the pinnacle of the sport, claiming the world number 1 ranking and inspiring a generation of squash enthusiasts.

With your exceptional skill, best foot work, strategic brilliance, and best defense plan you left an indelible mark on the sport. Your numerous titles, including 4 Times world champion are a testament to your hard work and perseverance.

Beyond your impressive achievements,

Your sportsmanship, humility, and passion for the game have made you a beloved figure in the squash community, inspiring all generations.

Your message to me one day before your retirement telling me your decision and remind me with our time in hard training which make you sometimes crying, jumping from school bus to training in Heliopolis club and Cairo stadium all the foot work, intensive trainig for improving your lob all mental pressure and talk made you solid in court, you passed it and later on you did your work in a perfect way.

I was promising you and Nour together not to cross no 3 in Ranking but you both succeeded in reaching no 4 (you No 1 & Nour No 3).

All of that success and famous you still Allosh the humble and a nice guy who we talk in our matches commentary about his great behavior in and off court may be more than his great skills and success.
I am so proud to have you in my life with some other great players but you were a son to me than a player.

I am not surprised by your decision but loved to discuss it with you.

All love and respect for what you have done for yourself, your country and squash fans all over the world.