Finals
[1] Aira Azman (MAS) 3-0 [2] Hana Moataz 12-10, 11-3, 11-6 (27m)
[2] Mohamad Zakaria 3-2 [1] Miguel Rodriguez (COL) 8-11, 11-7, 6-11, 15-13, 11-4 (110m)
PSA report: Zakaria Claims Bermuda Open 2025 Titles
World No.20 Mohamad Zakaria has been crowned the IQUW Bermuda Open 2025 champion. 17-year-old Zakaria came out on top in a marathon 110-minute encounter with top seed Rodriguez, who is 22 years his senior, eventually taking the match by an 8-11, 11-7, 6-11, 15-13, 11-4 scoreline to win his second Copper-level title of the season.
After last month becoming the second-youngest male player to enter the top 20 in the men’s rankings, Zakaria continued his rapid ascendancy up the men’s game after fighting back from 2-1 down – saving multiple championship balls in the fourth game – to defeat the former British Open champion in the longest match of the PSA Squash Tour season to date.
Semi-Finals
[1] Miguel Rodriguez (COL) 3-1 [7] Karim El Hammamy 8-11, 11-9, 11-8, 11-3 (63m)
[2] Mohamad Zakaria 3-2 Veer Chotrani (IND) 11-5, 6-11, 8-11, 11-3, 17-15 (73m)[2] Hana Moataz 3-2 [8] Amina El Rihany 7-11, 11-7, 7-11, 11-7, 11-9 (58m)
Quarters
[7] Karim El Hammamy3-2 [3] Timothy Brownell (USA) 3-11, 11-8, 6-11, 11-9, 11-6 (69m)
[2] Mohamad Zakaria 3-0 Moustafa Elsirty 18-16, 11-1, 11-3 (57m)[1] Aira Azman (MAS) 3-2 [5] Nour Heikal 6-11, 8-11, 13-11, 11-6, 11-4 (42m)
PSA Report
A career-first World Events semi-final awaits Egypt’s Amina El Rihany on Friday after the No.8 seed stunned compatriot Salma Eltayeb on quarter-finals day of the Bermuda Open 2025.
El Rihany, who recently finished runner-up to Camille Serme at the Liverpool Cricket Club Open, continued her fine form with a five-game victory over No.3 seed Eltayeb at the PSA Squash Tour Copper-level event.
El Rihany’s 5-11, 11-7, 12-10, 5-11, 11-6 victory over Eltayeb ensured a semi-final meeting with No.2 seed Hana Moataz, who herself required five games to get past No.6 seed Haya Ali.
El Hammamy will face top seed Miguel Rodriguez in the semi-finals after the former British Open champion saw off England’s Simon Herbert in four games.
Egypt’s rising star Mohamad Zakaria continued his rich vein of form on the PSA Squash Tour as he ended the run of Moustafa Elsirty in three games. After claiming a monster opening game by an 18-16 scoreline, the 17-year-old only moved from strength to strength, blitzing through the following two games by 11-1 and 11-3 scorelines. Zakaria will play the unseeded Veer Chotrani in the last four, after the Indian was awarded a walkover after Nick Wall was forced to pull out of the event with injury.
Round Two
[8] Amina El Rihany 3-0 Jacqueline Peychär (AUT) 11-2, 11-2, 0-0 ret. (11m)
[3] Salma Eltayeb 3-0 Wai Yhann Au Yeong (SGP) 14-12, 11-7, 11-2 (24m)
[6] Haya Ali 3-2 Joshna Chinappa (IND) 11-8, 10-12, 5-11, 11-9, 11-8 (56m)
[2] Hana Moataz 3-2 Madeleine Hylland (NOR) 10-12, 11-8, 11-5, 9-11, 11-8 (49m)
[5] Nour Heikal 3-2 Margot Prow (BAR) 11-6, 8-11, 11-6, 10-12, 11-5 (61m)
[7] Alex Haydon (AUS) 3-1 Salma El Alfy 12-14, 11-7, 11-7, 11-7 (52m)
Moustafa Elsirty 3-2 [6] Omar Mosaad 6-11, 11-5, 7-11, 11-9, 11-9 (72m)
[2] Mohamad Zakaria (EGY) 3-0 Samuel Osborne – Wylde (ENG) 11-8, 14-12, 11-5 (63m)
[7] Karim El Hammamy 3-1 Yassin Elshafei 11-13, 11-7, 11-7, 11-8 (68m)
[3] Timothy Brownell (USA) 3-1 Ibrahim Elkabbani 11-1, 3-11, 13-11, 13-11 (61m)
PSA report
The second round of the IQUW Bermuda Open took place yesterday as players looked to book places in the quarter-finals of the Copper level event. It saw a thrilling day of second-round action take place, with five matches going the full distance into a deciding game.
Egypt’s Moustafa Elsirty clinching a thriller against compatriot No.6 seed Omar Mosaad.
For the second successive day, Elsirty was forced to battle from behind twice, taking two tight final games against Mosaad by 11-9 scorelines to set up a quarter-final bout with Egyptian rising star and No.2 seed Mohamad Zakaria.
Meanwhile, in the women’s event, all eight seeded players advanced to the last eight of the event, but No.2 seed Hana Moataz, No.5 seed Nour Heikal and No.6 seed Haya Ali were all taken to a deciding game.
Egypt’s Moataz was forced to hold strong against Norway’s Madeleine Hylland, needing 49 minutes and five games to eventually see off the World No.86 by a 10-12, 11-8, 11-5, 9-11, 11-8 scoreline.
Fellow Egyptians Heikal and Ali also booked their spots in the next round in nervy fashion as they overcame Barbados’ Margot Prow and India’s Joshna Chinappa, respectively.
Round One
Jacqueline Peychär (AUT) 3-1 Malak Samir 11-7, 11-7, 10-12, 11-5 (38m)
Salma El Alfy 3-0 Lijana Sultana (MLT) 11-3, 11-1, 11-5 (18m)
Moustafa Elsirty 3-2 Jorge Gomez Dominguez (MEX) 7-11, 11-6, 8-11, 11-6, 11-6 (66m)
Ibrahim Elkabbani 3-2 Ameeshenraj Chandaran (MAS) 5-11, 11-8, 11-6, 11-7 (51m)
Yassin Elshafei 3-2 Vinicius Leao Rodrigues (BRA) 11-6, 11-7, 11-6 (22m)
