El Sherbini Wins Historic Third Successive Carol Weymuller Crown

Egypt's world No.1 Nour El Sherbini made history by beating New Zealand's Joelle King in straight games in the final of the Carol Weymuller Open to become the prestigious event's first winner of three titles in a row.

King - who overcame Raneem El Welily for the first time in her career to reach the final - had built up a reputation for becoming a 'giant killer' as she has beaten most of the top five so far this season.

At the Heights Casino in New York, King took a 3-1 lead in the opening game, but El Sherbini soon found her length and range to erode the Kiwi's advantage to take the first game 11-7.

The Egyptian then doubled her advantage after playing some flawless squash to overcome a relentless King 11-5. But King couldn't stop the in-form El Sherbini - who went on to take the third game and close out the match 11-7, 11-5, 11-3 in 33 minutes.

"I think it's my best match since I've been in the US for the last two weeks," said the 21-year-old reigning World Champion who now boasts 12 PSA World Tour titles.

"My shots were working, I was moving well and I was thinking not to finish everything too quickly. I felt confident going for my shots and I think it was my day!

"Joelle has been killing it in the last two weeks, I think that she has beaten most of the top five now - Nour, Raneem, Nicol, Laura, everyone! I'm glad it wasn't my turn."

King added: "I wasn't seeing the ball quite as sharp and my decision making was not quite as crisp and I was kind of behind the whole way, maybe it was a bit of fatigue.

"But credit to her, she didn't give me anything and played great squash. The last six weeks have been amazing, it's been a great block. Now it's a couple of weeks training and then onto Hong Kong."