Reigning World Champions Amina Orfi and Mostafa Asal have captured the first major titles of the PSA Squash Tour season, defeating Hania El Hammamy and Victor Crouin on finals day at the Qatar Classic squash championships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nineteen-year-old Orfi has once again etched her name in the history books after her epic five-game win over El Hammamy ensured that she will become the youngest-ever Women\u2019s World No.1 in Monday\u2019s updated PSA World Rankings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At 107-minutes in length, the enthralling title decider between the two fierce Egyptian rivals stands as the joint-eighth longest women\u2019s match in PSA Tour history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Despite a third-game ankle injury for El Hammamy, which initially saw the momentum swing heavily in Orfi\u2019s favour, El Hammamy demonstrated why she has held the World No.1 spot for the last 11 months, coming from 2-1 behind and later saving two Championship Balls with some incredibly gutsy squash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, Orfi wasn\u2019t to be denied her historic moment, with the teenager holding her nerve on her third Championship Ball to clinch victory by a 7-11, 11-7, 11-8, 7-11, 12-10 scoreline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After the match, Orfi said: \u201cIt\u2019s amazing. To be able to become World Champion and World No.1 in the same year, it\u2019s amazing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt\u2019s been a dream since I was young. I\u2019m really happy right now. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI\u2019ve learned from past matches against Hania and Nour [ElSherbini], just to keep my cool at the end and go for it, because if I don\u2019t go for it, she will. It worked in the end today.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meanwhile, men\u2019s World No.1 Mostafa Asal moved his way through to a first Qatar Classic title, defeating World No.5 Victor Crouin by an 11-5, 11-6, 11-2 scoreline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Asal, a beaten finalist in the last two editions of the Platinum-level event, ensured it was third time lucky with a dominant performance which matched power with accuracy, giving his opponent Crouin few opportunities to get a foothold in the match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Competing in his second Qatar Classic final, Crouin looked to be building his way into the match at the start of the second game after taking a 5-1 lead, displaying some of the attacking play which saw him claim upset wins over Paul Coll and Karim Gawad in the last two rounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, from that stage, Asal powered his way to a remarkable 21 of the next 24 points to seal victory after just 48 minutes of play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The comprehensive victory is Asal\u2019s 30th PSA Tour title and means the 25-year-old has now won every single current major title on the PSA Squash Tour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMy emotions just came out after the win, I enjoyed my celebration,\u201d Asal said after the match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt\u2019s amazing to win this title. It was the only one I was struggling with. As they say, third-time lucky. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI\u2019m proud of myself; it\u2019s been a tough week. It\u2019s the first one of the season, and I just want to thank everyone who helped me get here today.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Men\u2019s<\/strong>: [1] Mostafa Asal (EGY) bt [5] Victor Crouin (FRA) 3-0: 11-5, 11-6, 11-2 (48m)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Women\u2019s: <\/strong>[2] Amina Orfi (EGY) bt [1] Hania El Hammamy (EGY) 3-2: 7-11, 11-7, 11-8, 7-11, 12-10 (107m)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Reigning World Champions Amina Orfi and Mostafa Asal have captured the first major titles of the PSA Squash<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15866,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[37],"class_list":["post-15865","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\n\t\t