Amina Orfi and Paul Coll lifted the British Open titles following victories over Nour ElSherbini and Mostafa Asal at the Rep Theatre in Birmingham.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
World Champion Orfi etched her name into the history books once again after becoming the youngest women\u2019s British Open champion following her 3-1 triumph against ElSherbini. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The 18-year-old, who became the youngest women\u2019s World Champion a couple of weeks ago where she defeated ElSherbini, overcame the World No.2 again to break a 94-year record by becoming the youngest women\u2019s champion of the British Open.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The record was previously held by Susan Noel, who was 19 years and eight months old when she lifted the British Open title in 1932. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Orfi \u2013 who contested the longest women\u2019s match in British Open history yesterday \u2013 the joint fourth longest women\u2019s match of all time \u2013 overturned a 1-0 deficit to down ElSherbini 7-11, 11-8, 11-5, 11-8 for a record-breaking win at the Diamond-level event. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI feel very happy with these two results back-to-back after the World Champs, and I was very tired and it was a great match there,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cComing here today, I saw Nour [ElSherbini] throughout the tournament and she was looking very sharp and getting through the earlier rounds easily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2018I knew I had to be in it from the beginning and I didn\u2019t like the start that I had, but I told myself this is the same thing that happened at World Champs and I knew I could come back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cShe hit some errors and that gave me an extra boost as today I wasn\u2019t feeling that well, and obviously my ankle was hurting and it was weird to move weirdly and incorrectly \u2013 but I am just happy it paid off how it did.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meanwhile in the men\u2019s event, Coll secured his third British Open title after beating World No.1 Asal 3-1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Coll, who won back-to-back British Open crowns in 2021 and 2022, battled back from 1-0 down to make it a hat-trick of successes at this event. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Asal, who came through a monumental 115-minute epic with Diego Elias, edged the opener 11-9, but the marathon semi-final yesterday with the Peruvian looked to have taken a huge physical toll on the World No.1. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The reigning World Champion conceded the match at the beginning of the fourth, confirming victory for Coll \u2013 his third British Open title and his 33rd on the PSA Squash Tour. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt\u2019s been an amazing week,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMostafa [Asal] had a brutal one yesterday, but I still had to get him today, make him hurt, pick up as much as possible and I\u2019m very happy with that performance. I put in a lot of work since the World Champs to flip the script, very happy with my mentality and squash this week. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe confidence was always there \u2013 it was just about execution. Since the Aussie Open I was focused on World Champs and I got hyper focused on one thing. In training I\u2019ve been hitting the ball really well and the things I\u2019ve been working on have been really good.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Result \u2013 Men\u2019s Final: Quilter Cheviot British Open 2026<\/strong> Result \u2013 Women\u2019s Final: Quilter Cheviot British Open 2026<\/strong> Amina Orfi and Paul Coll lifted the British Open titles following victories over Nour ElSherbini and Mostafa Asal<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13553,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[37],"class_list":["post-13552","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsbeat","tag-squash"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t
[2] Paul Coll (NZL) bt. [1] Mostafa Asal (EGY) 3-1: 9-11, 11-3, 11-6, 0-0 ret. (52m)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
[3] Amina Orfi (EGY) bt. [2] Nour ElSherbini (EGY) 3-1: 7-11, 11-8, 11-5, 11-8 (64m)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"