Nadine Shahin 11/8, 6/11, 11/7, 9/11, 11/9 (62m)
Lisa Aitken
Julie Lee (Rsa)
11/4,11/7,11/7 [6] Nadine Shahin (Egy)
[Q] Farrah Sterne (Rsa)
11/13,11/9,11/9,11/7
[8] Julia Lecoq (Fra)
Farrah Sterne
11/7, 11/5, 11/9 (34m)Lisa Aitken
Franziska Hennes (Ger)
6/11,11/8,11/8,8/11,11/5 [2] Lisa Aitken (Eng)
RESULTS: Women's NSA Open, Pretoria, South Africa
Teen Shahin Shines In Pretoria
Egyptian teenager Nadine Ayman Shahin picked up her second
Women's Squash Association World Tour title in a row when she
beat Nouran El Torky in a surprise all-Egyptian final of the
Women's NSA Open in Pretoria in South Africa.
The 16-year-old from Cairo made her breakthrough in the
quarter-finals of the WSA Tour 5 squash event at Pretoria
Country Club when she upset Kylie Lindsay, the third seed
from New Zealander who is almost twice her age, in five games.
The No2 seed Lisa Aitken was Shahin's victim in the
semi-finals as the youngster proceeded to make the third Tour final
of her brief career to date.
El
Torky, an unseeded 21-year-old from Alexandria, produced the biggest
upset of them all in the semi-finals when she ousted top seed and
fellow Egyptian Salma Hany Ibrahim in an 81 minute marathon.
The final was a 40-minute affair which went the full distance -
world No71 Shahin (pictured
above with men's champion Tom Ford) recovering from a
game down to beat El Torky 9-11, 11-7, 11-6, 12-14, 11-5 to put
herself on the winner's podium for the second time in less than a
month.
