Egyptian teen Amina Orfi beats El-Sherbini to win PSA world squash title

Egyptian teen Amina Orfi beats El-Sherbini to win PSA world squash titleOrfi, 18, beats compatriot Nour El-Sherbini in a five-set thriller to win the PSA World Championship title in Giza.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 number two Nour El-Sherbini in a thrilling five-game final to become the youngest women’s world champion.Eighteen-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.El-Sherbini took the first game with ease as Orfi struggled to gather her rhythm on court. However, the opening loss didn’t seem to affect the teenager, who took control of the next two games to inch closer to her debut world championship title.The eight-time champion found a second win in the fourth game after dominating Orfi to set up a historic fifth game.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.