Egyptian Teenager Shahin Shines In Pretoria by Howard Harding April 12, 2014
- 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.
