World Champions ElSherbini & Asal Secure Hong Kong Open Silverware

Reigning World Champions Nour ElSherbini and Mostafa Asal have won the 2025 PSA Squash Tour Platinum-level Milwaukee Hong Kong Open titles after claiming respective wins over Olivia Weaver and Youssef Ibrahim on finals night at Ocean Park.

World No.4 ElSherbini moved through her first title of the 2025/26 PSA Squash Tour season, and the 45th of her career, in dominant style, denying US No.1 Weaver a chance at a historic first Platinum success.

Eight years after her first Hong Kong Open title, ElSherbini once again lifted the prestigious trophy after delivering a supreme performance on the all-glass court, defeating the No.4 seed by an 11-5, 11-5, 11-7 scoreline.

Central to ElSherbini's victory was her subtle use of hold down both flanks, which continually stalled the movement patterns of Weaver. After taking the opening two games by 11-5 scorelines, ElSherbini rallied from 6-1 down in the third game to move through to the title after just 32 minutes of play.

"It was huge for me last night [winning against Hania]," ElSherbini said after the match. "I was definitely very sore today, but I had my routine and a good warmup today.

"It means a lot to me today. That number [my 45th PSA Tour title] is huge and I never thought I was going to reach it.

"It's a really good end to the year for me. I'm really happy about finally finding myself back. I hope to carry through this momentum and the next half of the season can be better."

Meanwhile, world No.1 Asal finished off a faultless week of squash in impressive fashion, defeating tournament surprise package, No.8 seed Ibrahim, in three games to win the title without dropping a single game.

Asal, who with victory became just the fifth male to defend his Hong Kong Open title, has looked a class above all week long, and the final proved no different, with the top seed winning his third title of the season by an 11-6, 11-8, 11-6 scoreline.

Despite world No.6 Ibrahim more than playing his part in an entertaining final, firing in a number of high-tariff winners throughout the 56-minute encounter, Asal ultimately proved too strong. The 24-year-old showed his mettle to come from 6-3 down to take a crucial second, before moving away from 7-6 in the third to lift the title.

"I'm really happy to play here and I'm really happy to perform," Asal said after the match.

"I don't come here to compete - I come here to dominate. Today was an unbelievable performance and Youssef is one of my favourites.

"I'm super happy that he's back, he's going for titles and the belief in the finals will take him to another level. He's already on another level and he can beat anyone, all the credit to him."

The next stop on the PSA Squash Tour is the Gold-level Rich Venus Karachi Open 2026, which will take place between January 6-11.