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The Hindu
18-05-2025
- Sport
- The Hindu
Squash World Championships: El Sherbini wins record-equalling 8th title, Asal clinches maiden crown
Egyptians Nour El Sherbini and Mostafa Asal were crowned the women's and men's champions, respectively at the Squash World Championships in Chicago on Saturday. Playing her 10th straight final at the event, the 29-year-old El Sherbini defeated compatriot and World No. 3 Hania El Hammamy 3-1 (11-5, 11-9, 4-11, 11-7) to clinch her eighth title. World No. 2 El Sherbini matched Nicol David's all-time record of eight World Championship crowns. 'Everyone was saying about Nicol's record, and I never thought I was going to make it. It's unbelievable, I can't describe it, but I've been having a really tough season. I'm glad I won this title, it means a lot for my corner, my team and my parents,' El Sherbini told after the win. The record-equalling moment for @noursherbini 🙌 The emotion from the World No.2 as she draws level with @NicolDavid with 8⃣ @PSAWorldChamps titles 🏆# — PSA World Championships (@PSAWorldChamps) May 18, 2025 In the men's final, World No. 1 Asal defeated World No. 2 and compatriot Ali Farag 3-0 (11-7, 11-8, 11-3) to clinch his maiden title. The 24-year-old Asal now holds both the PSA World Championships and British Open titles as well as the World No.1 spot – a position he would have conceded to four-time World Champion Farag had he lost to the 33-year-old in the final. 'I want to thank everyone who has supported me, but the man who has been behind me is my mentor, James Willstrop. My father told me after everything that had happened to come back to Egypt, but Jimbo has been having a lot of discussions and chats with me, and here I am, the World Champion,' said Asal, who did not drop a single game throughout the tournament. India had five participants in this edition of the event. In the men's field, Velavan Senthilkumar was knocked out in the opening round while Abhay Singh, India No. 1 Ramit Tandon and debutant Veer Chotrani were eliminated in the second round. In the women's draw, 17-year-old debutant Anahat Singh exited in the second round. India is yet to win a medal at the World Championships. RESULTS (Finals) Women [2] Nour El Sherbini (EGY) bt [3] Hania El Hammamy (EGY) 3-1: 11-5, 11-9, 4-11, 11-7 (61 minutes) Men [2] Mostafa Asal (EGY) bt [1] Ali Farag (EGY) 3-0: 11-7, 11-8, 11-3 (41 minutes) Related Topics Squash World Championships
Indian Express
12-05-2025
- Sport
- Indian Express
World Squash Championships: Indian challenge ends in second round
India's campaign ended in the ongoing PSA World Squash Championships on Sunday as all four Indian players lost their respective matches in the second round of the tournament. In the women's section, India's lone representative Anahat Singh lost 1-3 to Fayrouz Aboelkheir of Egypt. After losing the first game 7-11, Anahat came back strongly and won the second game 11-8 and leveled the tie 1-1. However, Fayrouz was unstoppable in the last two games winning 4-11 and 3-11 cutting short Anahat's debut at the World Championships. Earlier in the first round, Anahat defeated Marina Stefanoni of USA in a thrilling encounter. After losing the first game 10-12, she came back to win the second game 11-9, lost the third game 6-11, and then clinched the final two games 11-6, 11-6, securing a 3-2 victory. World number 63 Anahat booked her berth for the championship last month at the Asian Qualifying tournament becoming only the second player to qualify for women's singles after Joshna Chinappa in the past six years. Result: Women's RD2 🇪🇬 @fayrouzaboelkh1 beats Anahat Singh 🇮🇳 3-1: 11-7, 8-11, 11-4, 11-3 (28m)#PSAWorldChamps — PSA World Championships (@PSAWorldChamps) May 11, 2025 The 17-year-old Anahat, ranked 62nd in the world, had earlier beaten world No. 28 American Marina Stefanoni in the opening round. It was a disappointing day in men's singles as all three Indian players crashed out. Abhay Singh was no match to world number 13 Youssef Ibrahim of Egypt, losing 0-3 (6-11,6-11,9-11) while Chotrani showed some fight against top seed Ali Farag of Egypt. Chotrani stunned Farag in the first game winning it 11-7 but the experienced Egyptian have Chotrani no chance winning the next three game 7-11, 3-11, 10-12. Experienced player Ramit Tandon went down fighting to eighth seed Marwan Elshorbagy of England. After losing the first two games 9-11 and 7-11, Tandon came back strongly to win the next two games 11-5 and 11-8. However in the deciding set, he lost 8-11 to end his campaign in the tournament. With the end of the campaign, India's wait for a medal at the Squash World Championships continue.
