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At 18 years and 10 months, Amina Orfi is the first player to hold the world junior and senior championship titles at the same time
Egypt’s Amina Orfi has rewritten squash history in her sensational title-winning run at the Professional Squash Association (PSA) World Championships 2026, beating world no. 2 Nour El-Sherbini in a thrilling five-game final to become the youngest women’s world champion.
18-year-old Orfi defeated compatriot El-Sherbini 6-11, 11-6, 11-9, 7-11, 14-12 in Saturday’s final in Giza, Egypt.
At 18 years and 10 months, Orfi is not only the youngest women’s 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’s and women’s professional squash circuits.
“I’m speechless,” Orfi said after bagging her 12th PSA title. “I worked so hard to get here and had so many tough losses this season.”
Orfi denied the 31-year-old El-Sherbini her ninth world title, the first of which she won at the age of 20.
The final produced the eighth-longest women’s match of all time and the second-longest women’s PSA World Championships final, behind only Rhonda Thorne and Vicki Hoffman’s 118-minute marathon in 1981.
Mostafa Asal retains men’s title
Meanwhile, reigning champion Mostafa Asal lifted the men’s trophy and claimed the second world championship title of his career after thrashing seventh-seeded Youssef Ibrahim 11-4, 11-1, 12-10.
Ibrahim made his maiden world championship final after defeating second-seeded Paul Coll and fourth-seeded former world champion Karim Abdel Gawad in the quarter-finals and semi-finals. However, Asal remained in control of the 57-minute final.
“It feels amazing to win the World Championships in front of your family and friends,” the 25-year-old Egyptian said.
