Asal and Orfi win in Doha as Orfi becomes the youngest world No. 1
Egypt now has both squash world number ones: Mostafa Asal won his 30th title and 19-year-old Amina Orfi rose to the top of the rankings.
By SitesNG Sports Desk · · 2 min read
Egypt's grip on world squash grew even tighter in Doha. At the PSA Platinum Qatar Classic, which finished on 18 September 2026, Mostafa Asal won the men's title and Amina Orfi the women's, and three days later Orfi became the youngest women's world No. 1 in history.
Orfi's marathon final
Orfi beat compatriot and top seed Hania El Hammamy 7-11, 11-7, 11-8, 7-11, 12-10 in a 107-minute final. When the rankings were published on 21 September, she was No. 1 at 19 years and 2 months, breaking the record of New Zealand's Susan Devoy, who was 20 when she reached the top in 1984. Orfi also won the World Championship in May.
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“To be able to become World Champion and World No.1 in the same year, it's amazing.”
Amina Orfi
Asal completes the set
Asal, the world No. 1 and top seed, beat France's Victor Crouin 11-5, 11-6, 11-2 for his 30th PSA title. It was his first Qatar Classic after losing the final in 2024 and 2025, and the PSA says he now holds every current major title.
“It was the only one I was struggling with.”
Mostafa Asal
A remarkable year
Orfi is only the 18th woman to be world No. 1 and the fifth from Egypt. In May she won the World Championship aged 18 years and 10 months, beating Nour El Sherbini. Asal, 25, is the dominant force in the men's game, and the all-Egyptian women's final in Doha showed how deep Egypt's talent runs.
Squash is also played in Nigeria, where players such as Onaopemipo Adegoke have competed on the PSA tour; see our squash section.
Reporting by the SitesNG Sports Desk, based on reports from PSA World Tour, QNA, Al Jazeera, AfricaSoccer. Published 18 September 2026 in the African Sports News weekly edition of 30 September 2026.
