[1] Timmy Brownell (Usa) 3-1 Salman Khalil (Egy) 11-6, 10-12, 11-9, 11-3 (50m)
USA #1 Timmy Brownell has been crowned Charlottesville Open 2025 champion, beating unseeded Egyptian Salman Khalil 3-1 on finals day at Boar’s Head Resort in Virginia, winning the biggest title of his PSA Tour career so far in the process.
The 28-year-old was the top seed for this event and had overcome some tricky tests en route to this final, not least in the form of talented young Pakistani player Noor Zaman in the semi-finals.
Standing between him and the trophy 24 hours later was another rising star of the men’s game in Khalil, the reigning CSA individual champion who was looking to become the second consecutive unseeded player to win this event, after Muhammad Asim Khan 12 months ago.
Instead, though, it was Brownell who left Charlottesville with the trophy, earning his fourth PSA Tour title in the process, and his first since October 2022.
“It feels great,” Brownell said after his win.
“This is a World level event and I really wanted play some more of these types of event this year.
“Last year was my first year playing against all the top players in the biggest event and I was playing a lot of Mostafa (Asal) and Ali (Farag) first round and I wasn’t getting a lot of matches.
“So the goal this year was to get more matches and play some more players of my level and I really enjoyed it.”
