Orfi & Coll Claim British Open Titles On Historic Day In Birmingham

Amina Orfi and Paul Coll lifted the Quilter Cheviot British Open titles following victories over Nour ElSherbini and Mostafa Asal at the Rep Theatre in Birmingham.

Orfi, the reigning World Champion from Egypt, etched her name into the history books once again after becoming the youngest women's champion in 104 years of the British Open following her 3/1 triumph over ElSherbini.

The 18-year-old, who became the youngest women's World Champion a couple of weeks ago when she defeated ElSherbini, overcame the world No.2 again to break a 94-year record by becoming the youngest women's champion of the British Open.

The record was previously held by Susan Noel, who was 19 years and eight months old when she lifted the British Open title in 1932.

Orfi - who contested the longest women's match in British Open history 24 hours earlier, the joint fourth longest women's match of all time - overturned a one-game deficit to down ElSherbini 7-11, 11-8, 11-5, 11-8 for a record-breaking win at the Diamond-level event.

"I feel very happy with these two results back-to-back after the World Champs, and I was very tired and it was a great match there," said the teenager from Cairo.

"Coming here today, I saw Nour throughout the tournament and she was looking very sharp and getting through the earlier rounds easily.

"I knew I had to be in it from the beginning and I didn't like the start that I had, but I told myself this is the same thing that happened at World Champs and I knew I could come back.

"She hit some errors and that gave me an extra boost as today I wasn't feeling that well, and obviously my ankle was hurting and it was weird to move weirdly and incorrectly - but I am just happy it paid off how it did."

Meanwhile in the men's event, Coll secured his third British Open title after beating World No.1 Asal 3/1.

Coll, who won back-to-back British Open crowns in 2021 and 2022, battled back from 1-0 down to make it a hat-trick of successes at this event.

Asal, who came through a monumental 115-minute semi-final epic with Diego Elias, edged the opener 11-9, but the previous day's marathon with the Peruvian looked to have taken a huge physical toll on the World No.1.

The reigning World Champion conceded the match at the beginning of the fourth, confirming victory for Coll - his third British Open title and his 33rd on the PSA Squash Tour.

"It's been an amazing week," said the New Zealander. "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. I put in a lot of work since the World Champs to flip the script, very happy with my mentality and squash this week.

"The confidence was always there - it was just about execution. Since the Aussie Open I was focused on World Champs and I got hyper focused on one thing. In training I've been hitting the ball really well and the things I've been working on have been really good."

The PSA Squash Tour makes its final stop for the 2025/26 season in Paris for the PSA Squash Tour Finals 2025-26 presented by TWG Global, taking place between June 17 - 20. All the action from Cent Quatre Paris will be streamed live on SQUASHTV.