Nouran Gohar wins his fourth title and Ali Farag wins the men’s crown for the third time

Farag beats Elías and wins his third US Open title

Farag achieved an Egyptian double at the US Squash Center with a convincing victory over the reigning world champion and Qatar Classic winner. Diego Elias in the men’s final.

The Peruvian dominated when the two met in the semi-finals in Doha earlier this month, but this time it was a different story as the 32-year-old Harvard graduate took a 7-0 lead before closing out the first game 11- 4.

Elías took a 7-4 lead in the second, but four consecutive winners saw Farag take the lead and never had any problems again after that. It took just 39 minutes for the top seed to complete a 3-0 (11-4, 11-8, 11-4) victory and secure a third US Open crown after being defeated by Elias in the 2022 final and Nueva Zeeland. pablo col last year.

This was the first title of the new campaign for Farag after being defeated by his compatriot. Mostafa Asal in the final in Paris.

The fourth of six Platinum level competitions this season is the Hong Kong Open in early December.