Egypt’s world No. 2 Hania El Hammamy and world No. 1 Mostafa Asal both completed a perfect tournament, capturing the 2025 Comcast Business U.S. Open Squash Championship titles without dropping a game Saturday, October 25, at the Arlen Specter US Squash Center in Philadelphia.

A new women’s champion was guaranteed between world No. 2 El Hammamy and eighteen-year-old Amina Orfi. El Hammamy, entered her third U.S. Open final having fallen short twice, while Orfi was competing in her maiden U.S. Open final after dispatching world champion Nour El Sherbini in the semifinals.

El Hammamy entered the U.S. Open as the world’s most in form player, and extended her impressive unbeaten streak to fifteen games and three major titles this week. The twenty-five-year-old held off her talented compatriot in a close final 11-9, 12-10, 12-10 in fifty-seven minutes. With the victory, the U.S. Open two seed moves within touching distance of world No. 1 Nouran Gohar at the top of the PSA rankings.

“I am out of words for so many reasons, but being a U.S. Open champion is amazing,” El Hammamy said. “I have reached the final twice before and I couldn’t make it, and I guess it’s third time lucky. It’s such a prestigious event; it is one of the biggest titles on the PSA Tour, so finally getting my first U.S. Open title means a lot. I am really proud of everything. I am really proud of the way I managed to get myself up from where I was a year ago, and it just means a lot to be here and lift this trophy.”

The ensuing men’s final pitted two former champions against one another in 2021 champion Asal and 2023 champion Paul Coll. It was the Egyptian world No. 1 who dominated from start to finish, keeping “Superman” Paul Coll at a distance throughout the match to claim his second title 11-9, 11-3, 11-3 in fifty-eight minutes. Asal’s first U.S. Open title in 2021 was his first PSA Platinum title, and the twenty-four-year-old has now won his thirteenth PSA Platinum title.

“It is amazing to bounce back, they always say that ‘once a beast always a beast,” Asal said. “I didn’t drop a game throughout and it is an amazing feeling to bounce back. I am really really proud of myself and my team. It was a tough few weeks, but to be mentally tough and mentally strong is the most important thing in life. I just want to say to all the juniors out there struggling and having a lot on their minds while playing the tournament, you have to believe in yourself and your abilities. Once you are a champion, you are always a champion. I am really happy that I was able to carry on as myself after two losses, and I wasn’t looking good in the last tournament.”

The 2025 U.S. Open marked the second year of title support from Comcast Business, the fourth edition hosted at the Specter Center and fourteenth hosted in partnership with Drexel University.

Eighteen-year-old world No. 3 Amina Orfi took out eight-time world champion Nour El Sherbini for their second straight match up, while past men’s champions Paul Coll and Mostafa Asal are set to clash following the 2025 Comcast Business U.S. Open Squash Championships semifinals Friday, October 24, at the Arlen Specter US Squash Center in Philadelphia.

A first-time U.S. Open women’s champion is guaranteed after world No. 2 Hania El Hammamy ended Olivia Weaver’s home title hopes and Orfi recorded a statement victory over one of the greatest players of all time.

El Hammamy and Weaver opened up the evening’s proceedings with the Egyptian furthering her claim for the world No. 1 ranking with a commanding performance against the U.S. No. 1. After taking the first two games 11-7, 11-6, the El Hammamy came back from 6-9 down in the third game to silence the boisterous home crowd 11-9 in forty-six minutes.

El Hammamy will make her third U.S. Open final appearance against Orfi, who became the youngest player to ever reach world No. 3 at eighteen years old.

Orfi entered her fourth career match up against El Sherbini having won their most recent encounter in April’s El Gouna Open–a five-game 101-minute affair. The first two games were evenly split and both decided in extra time with Orfi winning the opener 13-11 and El Sherbini notching the second 12-10.

With the match locked in at one game apiece, it was Orfi who grabbed hold of the initiative, pinning El Sherbini deep into the back two corners with her relentless line hitting. Despite ‘The Warrior Princess’ battling back from 8-2 down in the fourth to draw level at 9-9, Orfi regained her composure in impressive fashion to book her spot in her first U.S. Open final.

“I know she is able to get points really quickly, it is something she is known for, so I had to focus on my game and go back to what I was doing in both the second and fourth games,” Orfi said. “You can’t ignore the fact that she is an eight-time World Champion, but coming into this match, I know that even though I’m third in the rankings and above her, when you’re playing her, it still feels like you’re playing the world No. 1.”

In the men’s event, top seeds Mostafa Asal and Paul Coll continued their blemish-free U.S. Open campaigns as the pair powered into the men’s final after respective three-game victories over Egyptian duo Youssef Ibrahim and Karim Gawad.
World No.1 Asal, who in 2021 became the youngest-ever U.S. Open Champion at the age of just 20, produced a dominant performance to see off the dangerous No.8 seed Ibrahim by an 11-5, 11-5, 11-4 scoreline.

It was Asal’s accurate length hitting into the back two corners that proved crucial to his success, with ‘The Raging Bull’ negating Ibrahim’s renowned attacking prowess in the mid-court and subsequently moving through to the 37th PSA Tour final of his career.

“It means a lot to me, this was the first Platinum event I ever won in my life, so it’s unique and I’m really happy to be back,” Asal said after the match.
“Youssef is an absolute fighter; he gave more than 100%. I know that feeling when a shoulder pops out, and to continue to play and entertain everyone is amazing. It is just one match a time, I have a great team behind me and great people on my side. I am really happy we are putting the tactics together.”

Coll, meanwhile, dispatched an under-par Gawad to the loss of just four points, with the Egyptian No.4 seed feeling the aftereffects of his five-game quarter-final victory over Mohamad Zakaria.

Gawad struggled to match the intensity and accuracy of a faultless Coll throughout their 25 minutes on court, with the Kiwi breezing through to the final by an 11-2, 11-1, 11-1 scoreline.

Watch the finals live on Peacock from 6pm ET.

The 2025 Comcast Business U.S. Open Squash Championships semifinal lineup is set after all top four seeds progressed through the bottom half of the draw Thursday, October 23, at the Arlen Specter US Squash Center.

The second half of the quarterfinals were a dominant display by the top seeds as all but one advanced by a 3-0 scoreline.

Eight-time world champion and top seed Nour El Sherbini opened proceedings with a signature performance, dispatching Team USA’s Amanda Sobhy 11-6, 11-3, 11-4 in twenty-four minutes.

The former prodigy, who won the world junior championships at thirteen years old will take on the current generation’s prodigy in Amina Orfi, who became the youngest player to reach world No. 3 earlier this month. Orfi, the four seed, extended her head-to-head record to 4-1 against Belgium’s world No. 7 Tinne Gilis in three games to reach her first U.S. Open semifinal.

“I’m really happy to get through that match in three games,” Orfi said. “I started training with Omar Mosaad in the summer. I think we have been working on a couple of things. I think at the beginning of the season, they might not have been coming together, but now they are, and it’s great to have him with me here. I saw Nour ElSherbini’s match from the side, and obviously, she played really well today. She’s back in form–the last two tournaments, she might not have been playing her best, but she’s back to her best now. I’m really looking forward to tomorrow.”

2023 U.S. Open champion Paul Coll continued his tear through the draw without dropping a game as he took out France’s world No. 19 Baptiste Masotti. Coll will face Egyptian veteran and four seed Karim Abdel Gawad, who overcame eighteen-year-old world No. 15 Mohamed Zakaria in a close five-game encounter. In the final match of the night, Gawad nearly squandered a 2-0 lead against the two-time reigning world junior champion, but pulled through in the fifth 14-12, 11-7, 3-11, 7-11, 11-5 after eighty-one minutes.

“I started very well in the first two games and then I had a mental shutdown for quite some time and you can’t have those against tough opponents like Zakaria,” Gawad said. “I’m glad I came back in the fifth game and was able to take a good lead and keep it until the end of the match. But all the credit goes towards Zakaria, he’s 18 years old and he’s already in the top 15, the hunger he has for the game and the time he spends to improve his squash, he is an incredible player.”

All but one men’s or women’s top four seeds will comprise a blockbuster semifinal lineup Friday night. Those not able to attend in person can tune in live on Peacock.

NBC Sports will present live coverage of the 2025 Comcast Business U.S. Open Squash Championships from the Arlen Specter US Squash Center in Philadelphia beginning with the men’s and women’s semifinals this Friday, October 24, at 6 pm ET and the men’s and women’s finals on the next day, October 25, at 6 pm ET.

Peacock will stream live coverage of all four men’s and women’s semifinal matches on Oct. 24, beginning at 6 p.m. ET, as well as Friday’s two men’s and women’s final matches also beginning at 6 p.m. ET. This is the first time in U.S. Open history that live coverage will stream on Peacock.

This year’s U.S. Open is set to bring that to life like never before, with coverage featuring the most advanced TV broadcast in squash’s history. Produced by SQUASHTV, a suite of new production elements will elevate the viewing experience for fans around the world, including a cable camera and four manned super slow-motion and gimbal cameras.

How to Tune In:

Do you have Peacock? The U.S. Open will be available in the Peacock Sports menu here on Friday, October 24, and Saturday, October 25 from 6pm ET.

Do you not have Peacock? Subscribe to Peacock here and then tune in October 24-25.

Do you have both SquashTV and Peacock? Watch SquashTV from October 19-23, then switch over to Peacock, October 24-25.

Links for each broadcast are available below.

The opening day of the 2025 Comcast Business U.S. Open Squash Championships produced two first round thrillers in the women’s draw as Team USA’s Marina Stefanoni and Egyptian phenom Amina Orfi both pulled off five-game comebacks Sunday, October 19, at the Arlen Specter US Squash Center in Philadelphia.

Sunday saw all thirty-two players in the PSA Platinum draws in first round action with all but one top eight seed advancing. Stefanoni and Orfi produced two of the standout results of the day to the thrill of the Specter Center crowd following the annual U.S. Open House.

Earlier this month, Orfi made history by becoming the youngest player ever to reach No. 3 in the rankings at just eighteen years old. The tournament’s four seed found herself 2-1 down against Belgium’s Nele Gilis, who was ranked as high as world No. 4 two years ago. Orfi clawed back to keep her hopes of a first U.S. Open title alive 9-11, 11-7, 8-11, 11-2, 11-4 in eighty-seven minutes.

Stefanoni entered the U.S. Open with a career high ranking of world No. 24 and found herself up against world No. 23 Georgia Adderley in the first round. It was the Scot who stormed to an early lead and one foot in the second round. Stefanoni was able to regroup and adjust her tactics to record her third career U.S. Open victory 8-11, 5-11, 11-9, 11-4, 11-8 in sixty-five minutes. The twenty-three-year-old American will face eight-time world champion Nour El Sherbini Tuesday night.

“I feel great, I was down 2-0 pretty quick and it was sort of one of those moments where you don’t really know what’s happening and was disappointed that it was going that way,” Stefanoni said. “I told my crew before the match that I would need a lot of home support. I haven’t been feeling great in the past few days so I just needed something extra from off the court and they did great and supported me really loudly and I had almost all the important people in my life there and I probably couldn’t have done it without them. I was a bit lackadaisical in the first two and Georgia did well to get me to play her pace sort of just lulling it in the back and she was getting more opportunities than I was because I wasn’t injecting any pace. I think once I upped the ante a bit and started stepping forward and taking the ball in a bit more and I was rewarded for that and that’s when she was struggling more from the third onwards.”

Stefanoni joins U.S. teammates Olivia Weaver, Amanda Sobhy and Sabrina Sobhy in the second round. The Sobhy sisters will face off against one another Tuesday night after contrasting first rounds. Amanda defeated France’s Melissa Alves in three games while Sabrina needed five games to overcome Hong Kong’s Ka Yi Lee.

The men’s draw saw two changing of the guard moments with young Englishmen Curtis Malik and Jonah Bryant dispatching Egyptian veterans Mohamed ElShorbagy and Mazen Hesham, respectively, in their first career U.S. Open victories.

Bryant, who has broken into the world’s top twenty for the first time this season as just twenty-years old, defeated 2024 U.S. Open semifinalist Hesham in three games.

Malik toppled three-time U.S. Open champion, five seed and compatriot Mohamed Elshorbagy in a five-game battle to reach his first U.S. Open second round.

“I’m massively pleased and proud of myself,” ElShorbagy said. “I know that Mo hasn’t been in his best form over the last couple of events that he has been in previously. But for me to play him, I grew up watching him, and to even be on the court with him when growing up was a dream come true. So, to beat him is amazing. The respect I have for Mo is unmatched. He’s been so helpful to me over the last few years with England. So much advice that I wouldn’t have learned or known if it weren’t for him. Just being around him, having conversations with him, I can’t thank him enough for what he has done.”

Team USA’s Timmy Brownell recorded his second career U.S. Open first round win against U.S. Junior Champion and wild card Alex Dartnell. Brownell will take on Egypt’s world No. 1 Mostafa Asal in the second round Monday night.

Monday will see the first half of the second round play out from 5pm ET.

SquashSmarts, the award-winning Philadelphia youth enrichment program, celebrated its past and future at the 2025 Comcast Business U.S. Open Squash Championships Monday, October 20.  More than 300 SquashSmarts staff members, students, parents, donors, advisors, and board members attended the SquashSmarts VIP Night, celebrating the ongoing success of the program while enjoying the display of world-class squash at the U.S. Open.

Founded in 2001, SquashSmarts is now entering its twenty-second season. A 501(c)3 non-profit, SquashSmarts is an award-winning, free, intensive, out-of-school academic and athletic mentoring program changing the lives of Philadelphia’s public-school students. Students are recruited in middle school from Mary McLeod Bethune Elementary, Neuva Esperanza Academy Charter, Science Leadership Academy, Carver School for Engineering & Science, and Overbrook Educational Center. Operating out of two facilities—the Lenfest Center in North Philadelphia and Arlen Specter US Squash Center—the program has students attend practices three days a week for seven years.