PHILADELPHIA — Egypt’s world No. 1 Amina Orfi has captured the US Open Squash Championships title after a resounding win over compatriot Nouran Gohar, the world No. 55, in a thrilling final in Philadelphia.
Orfi has become the youngest women’s US Open champion in history after a sublime performance saw the 19-year-old beat Gohar 11-7, 11-3, 11-6 to go one better than last year’s runner-up spot.
Orfi has now won 17 PSA titles and holds the record for being the youngest women’s World No.1, World Champion, British Open champion and now US Open champion, psasquashtour.com reported.
Gohar was appearing in her first major final since giving birth to her daughter just seven months ago and came into the title decider off the back of a 107-minute victory over Hania El-Hammamy in the previous round, the longest women’s match in US Open history.
“It feels good, I’m really enjoying my squash at the moment,” said Orfi afterwards.
“I feel that’s what really matters, if you enjoy it you play well and you win titles. I’m really happy with how I’m performing,” she said.
“I still have two tournaments left for the rest of this half of the season, so hopefully I can do well in those. I then have the World Teams and that will be exciting because it’s my first time playing at No.1. I’ll then relax and get ready for the second half of the season.”
Meanwhile, world No. 2 Paul Coll has claimed the men’s Platinum-level title for the second time, and for the first time since 2023, after coming from a game down to beat world No. 3 Diego Elias, the 2022 champion, 8-11, 11-5, 11-6, 11-8.
The 34-year-old would have surrendered the World No.2 spot to Elias had he lost and it was the Peruvian who started strongly 24 hours after sending World No.1 and defending champion Mostafa Asal out of the tournament.
However, Coll responded brilliantly and showed a number of different layers to his game as he punished his opponent in the front of the court. The victory means that Coll has now won his 35th PSA title, his second of the season.
