Teenager becomes youngest British Open squash championImage source, PSASquashTourImage caption, Orfi’s win came after she was crowned the youngest ever women’s world champion last monthPublished7 minutes agoTeenager Amina Orfi broke a 94-year-old squash record to become the youngest British Open women’s champion with a 3-1 victory over Nour ElSherbini in Birmingham.The 18-year-old Egyptian overturned a 1-0 deficit to beat her compatriot 7-11, 11-8, 11-5, 11-8.And in doing so she beat the record held by Susan Noel, who was 19 years and eight months old when she lifted the British Open title in 1932.Orfi had also beaten world number two ElSherbini last month to become the youngest women’s world champion.And Sunday’s victory at the Rep Theatre came a day after she contested the longest women’s match in British Open history – and the joint fourth longest women’s match of all time – with a 110-minute marathon to get past top seed and world number one Hania El Hammamy.”I feel very happy with these two results back-to-back after the world champs,” she reported. “I was very tired and it was a great match.”New Zealand’s Paul Coll lifted the men’s title – his third British Open crown – with a 3-1 victory over Egypt’s Mostafa Asal.World number one Asal had similarly endured an epic semi-final on Saturday, with a 115-minute match against Peru’s Diego Elias.And it looked to have taken a physical toll on the world champion as he conceded the match at the beginning of the fourth game.”Mostafa had a brutal one yesterday, but I still had to get him today, make him hurt, pick up as much as possible and I’m very happy with that performance,” Coll reported after collecting his 33rd PSA Tour title.The final PSA Squash Tour event of the season is the PSA Squash Tour Finals in Paris from 17 to 20 June.Related topicsSquash
