Amina Orfi Becomes Youngest Women's Squash World Number One at 19

Amina Orfi, the reigning senior and junior world champion, has become the youngest women's world number one in squash following her victory at the Qatar Classic last week. At 19 years and two months old, Orfi surpassed the previous record held by New Zealand's Susan Devoy, who was 20 years and two months old in 1984. Orfi defeated compatriot Hania El Hammamy, the former world number one, with a score of 3-2 in the Qatar Classic final (7-11, 11-7, 11-8, 7-11, 12-10). This victory marked Orfi's first Platinum title, her third major victory, and her 15th career win. In an Instagram post on Monday, she reflected on her journey, stating, "Sweat, tears, heartbreaks, and tons of sacrifices all for this moment." Orfi's achievement follows her becoming the youngest world champion at 18 years and 10 months in May, when she defeated then world number two Nour El-Sherbini in a five-game final at the World Championships in Egypt. This win made her the first player to hold both the world junior and senior PSA championship titles simultaneously. After her victory in Doha, Orfi expressed her excitement, saying, "It feels amazing. To become world champion and become world number one in the same year is a dream that I’ve had since I was very young and I really want to enjoy it. I want to just stay at this level now and keep trying to improve every day. I want to stay on top now that I’m the world number one, and I want to win a lot more titles too." Orfi has been in the world’s top three since October of the previous year.