Men’s $25k PSA Copper, Women’s $15k Challenger, 24-28 Mar, Mumbai
Kareem El Torkey 3-1 [6] Abhay Singh (IND) 12-10, 11-4, 7-11, 12-10 (84m)
Rising Star El Torkey Win JSW Indian Open Title
Kareem El Torkey claimed glory on finals day at the JSW Indian Open 2025, beating Abhay Singh respectively under the lights at the Bombay Gymkhana.
The tournament finale was being held on the spectacular all-glass outdoor court in front of the Gymkhana’s iconic clubhouse, with a full house both in both the stands and the press box.
El Torkey had knocked out three Indian players already earlier in the week, including third seed Velavan Senthilkumar, and went into this showdown with the Indian No.3 having not dropped a game in the tournament.
There was little to split the two players early on as game one went into a tiebreak, but it was El Torkey who came out on top after 15 minutes, taking the game 12-10.
He then carried that momentum into game two, racing to an 11-4 success, displaying more of the pin-point accuracy and outstanding movement we’ve seen all week.
Playing in front of a home crowd at the same club where he won the Indian national title a few months ago, Singh was never likely to throw in the towel, and he rallied to keep the match alive, closing out game three 11-6 before heading off court to huge cheers, with the crowd hoping for an epic comeback.
When Singh was 7-6 up in game four, they might have been thinking that’s exactly what they were getting, but the comeback charge would ultimately fall short, with El Torkey taking his second match ball at 11-10 – after seeing the first saved at 10-9.
The young Egyptian let out a huge roar of emotion as the crowd – despite seeing the home favourite defeated – gave him rapturous round of applause, appreciative of the phenomenal squash they had seen.
Semis
Helen Tang (HKG) 3-0 [8] Barb Sameh 11-6, 11-7, 11-7 (27m)
Kareem El Torkey 3-0 [4] Omar Mosaad 11-2, 11-7, 11-8 (30m)
[6] Abhay Singh (IND) 3-1 [3] Karim El Hammamy 11-4, 11-6, 6-11, 11-6 (55m)
Quarters
[8] Barb Sameh 3-0 [4] Ching Hei Fung (HKG) 11-8, 11-6, 11-1 (25m)
Helen Tang (HKG) 3-1 [2] Habiba Hani 11-9, 11-7, 4-11, 11-6 (33m)
[3] Anahat Singh (IND) 3-2 Nadien Elhammamy 11-6, 12-14, 8-11, 11-6, 11-9 (50m)[3] Karim El Hammamy 3-2 [7] Moustafa Elsirty 11-6, 6-11, 11-6, 8-11, 11-4 (90m)
[4] Omar Mosaad 3-0 [8] Spencer Lovejoy (USA) 11-4, 11-7, 11-7 (34m)
Kareem El Torkey 3-0 Veer Chotrani (IND) : 11-4, 11-8, 11-5 (27m)
Round Two
[2] Habiba Hani 3-0 Nour Ramy 11-6, 11-9, 11-8 (28m)
[4] Ching Hei Fung (HKG) bt Salma El Alfy 11-5, 11-6, 11-8 (27m)
Nadien Elhammamy 3-0 [7] Wai Yhann Au Yeong (SGP) 11-4, 11-5, 11-4 (27m)[3] Karim El Hammamy 3-0 Ziad Ibrahim 11-4, 11-4, 11-6 (30m)
[7] Moustafa Elsirty 3-1 Matias Knudsen (COL) 1-11, 14-12, 11-6, 11-4 (49m)
[4] Omar Mosaad 3-0 Diego Gobbi (BRA) 11-8, 11-8, 14-12 (38m)
Kareem El Torkey (EGY) 3-0 [2] Velavan Senthilkumar (IND) 11-7, 11-3, 11-5 (36m)
Round One
Malak Fathy 3-0 Lea Barbeau (FRA) 11-6, 11-2, 11-7 (23m)
Nadien Elhammamy 3-0 Tessa ter Sluis (NED) 11-6, 11-7, 11-6 (23m)
Nour Ramy 3-2 Nirupama Dubey (IND) 11-7, 11-1, 5-11, 8-11, 11-7 (50m)
Sofía Mateos (ESP) 3-0 Lojayn Gohary 11-7, 12-10, 11-3 (33m)Ziad Ibrahim 3-1 David Bernet (SUI) 11-8, 12-14, 11-9, 11-8 (57m)
Kareem El Torkey 3-0 Om Semwal (IND) 11-6, 11-5, 11-8 (25m)
Diego Gobbi (BRA) 3-0 Seif El-Shenawy 11-7, 11-8, 12-10 (31m)
