OTTAWA – Egypt’s Yahya El-Nawasany claimed his biggest title to date last night at the 2026 McMillan squash Classic as he defeated compatriot Mohamed El-Sherbini in four games to win the Copper level event.
The 24-year-old has downed top seed Greg Lobban in the semi-finals to reach the title decider, looking strong and full of confidence as he eyed a first title since 2021.
El-Sherbini’s court craft saw him get over the line in his semi-final match with Miguel Rodriguez and the same skills saw him take a 1-0 lead in the final, winning 11-6.
El-Nawasany responded in style as he stormed through the second game, barely putting a foot wrong to take the game emphatically 11-1 and equalise. The third game was the closest of the four, with the younger player eventually taking it in a tiebreak 12-10.
The result of the third game seemed to take the wind out of El-Sherbini’s sails as El-Nawasany motored on. He ran through to win the fourth game 11-3, making no errors and making himself extremely hard to beat.
A worthy winner of the event and a result that is sure to stand the Egyptian in good stead for the rest of the season.
