{"id":6713,"date":"2026-05-17T12:38:36","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T12:38:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/05\/17\/egyptian-teen-amina-orfi-beats-el-sherbini-to-win-psa-world-squash-title\/"},"modified":"2026-05-17T12:38:36","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T12:38:36","slug":"egyptian-teen-amina-orfi-beats-el-sherbini-to-win-psa-world-squash-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/05\/17\/egyptian-teen-amina-orfi-beats-el-sherbini-to-win-psa-world-squash-title\/","title":{"rendered":"Egyptian teen Amina Orfi beats El-Sherbini to win PSA world squash title"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Orfi, 18, beats compatriot Nour El-Sherbini in a five-set thriller to win the PSA World Championship title in Giza.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Egypt\u2019s Amina Orfi has rewritten squash history in her sensational title-winning run at the Professional Squash Association (PSA) World Championships 2026, beating world number two Nour El-Sherbini in a thrilling five-game final to become the youngest women\u2019s world champion.<\/p>\n

Eighteen-year-old Orfi defeated compatriot El-Sherbini 6-11, 11-6, 11-9, 7-11, 14-12 in Saturday\u2019s final in Giza, Egypt.<\/p>\n

At 18 years and 10 months, Orfi is not only the youngest women\u2019s champion but also the first player to hold both world junior and senior PSA championship titles at the same time. The PSA is the global governing body for men\u2019s and women\u2019s professional squash circuits.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m speechless,\u201d Orfi said after bagging her 12th PSA title. \u201cI worked so hard to get here and had so many tough losses this season.\u201d<\/p>\n

Orfi denied the 31-year-old El-Sherbini her ninth world title, the first of which she won at the age of 20.<\/p>\n

The final produced the eighth-longest women\u2019s match of all time and the second-longest women\u2019s PSA World Championships final, behind only Rhonda Thorne and Vicki Hoffman\u2019s 118-minute marathon in 1981.<\/p>\n

El-Sherbini took the first game with ease as Orfi struggled to gather her rhythm on court. However, the opening loss didn\u2019t seem to affect the teenager, who took control of the next two games to inch closer to her debut world championship title.<\/p>\n

The eight-time champion found a second win in the fourth game after dominating Orfi to set up a historic fifth game.<\/p>\n

Repeated tie-breaks signalled that the match could go either way, but a powerful backhand from Orfi that El-Sherbini failed to pick up saw the teenager claim victory.<\/p>\n

Orfi, number three in the PSA\u2019s world rankings, overcame another tough challenge in the semifinals when she defeated top-ranked Hania El-Hammamy in a four-game match.<\/p>\n

The teenage squash sensation lost the opening game 10-12 but went on to win the next three games (11-7, 11-8, 11-9) against the 26-year-old El-Hammamy.<\/p>\n

\u201cI knew there was going to be pressure on both of them \u2013 Hania being world number one and Nour being a title away from breaking the record [for most world titles],\u201d Orfi said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI knew I had the least pressure, and I went for it. I\u2019m just so happy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mostafa Asal retains men\u2019s title<\/h2>\n

Meanwhile, reigning champion Mostafa Asal lifted the men\u2019s trophy and claimed the second world championship title of his career after thrashing seventh-seeded Youssef Ibrahim 11-4, 11-1, 12-10.<\/p>\n

Ibrahim made his maiden world championship final after defeating second-seeded Paul Coll and fourth-seeded former world champion Karim Abdel Gawad in the quarterfinals and semifinals. However, Asal remained in control of the 57-minute final.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt feels amazing to win the world championships in front of your family and friends,\u201d the 25-year-old Egyptian said.<\/p>\n

\u201cCredit to Youssef Ibrahim. To even be playing here with his shoulder injury, he\u2019s superhuman. He\u2019s a good friend of mine, and we grew up together.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s so hard. I got edgy in the third game. The pressure was on for sure. It\u2019s never easy playing in Egypt to defend a world title. There\u2019s so much pressure playing in front of everyone here.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Orfi, 18, beats compatriot Nour El-Sherbini in a five-set thriller to win the PSA World Championship title in Giza. Egypt\u2019s Amina Orfi has rewritten squash history in her sensational title-winning run at the Professional Squash Association (PSA) World Championships 2026, beating world number two Nour El-Sherbini in a thrilling five-game final to become the youngest … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6714,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6713","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6713"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6713\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}