[3] Amanda Sobhy (Usa) 3-0 [1] Gina Kennedy (Eng) 11-8, 11-9, 11-9 (34m)
[2] Victor Crouin (Fra) 3-0 [3] Fares Dessouky (Egy) 11-4, 11-3, 11-1 (21m)
Crouin and Sobhy claim 2025 German Open titles
USA’s Amanda Sobhy and France’s Victor Crouin claimed the titles at the German Open , overcoming defending champion Georgina Kennedy and third seed Fares Dessouky in the finals at Sportwerk in Hamburg.
In the women’s final third seed Sobhy overcame top seed Kennedy to win her first title since her 2023 achilles Injury.
“I’m really proud of myself,” said Sobhy. “It’s been a long road to get back, I’ve been in three finals this season – which is my comeback season – to be able to get over the hump, especially over a great player. This win really means a lot. I’m moving well, I’m feeling good and I’m enjoying my game so I think I can do really great things this season.”
The men’s final saw second seed Crouin lift his first trophy since 2023 after defeating an injured Dessouky in straight games.
Crouin said: “Very happy to get my hands back on a trophy. All the work I’ve been doing over the last few months is paying off. I think I played some of my best squash this week. I’m just looking forward to going home, celebrating for a few days and then getting back into training mode so I can get ready for the last few events of the season.”
Semis : Sobhy stops Abbas as finalists decided in Hamburg
Top seed Gina Kennedy and third seed Amanda Sobhy notched up straight-game wins to reach the women’s final at Sportwerk, where second and third seeds Victor Crouin and Fares Dessouky reached the men’s final.
Both men’s finalists faced Swiss opposition, Dessouky coming from a game behind to defeat Dimitri Steinmann, while Crouin defeated Nicolas Mueller in straight games.
Sobhy produced an almost-faultless performance against second seed Nada Abbas to take her place in the final, while defending champion and top seed Kennedy was equally efficient in her win against fourth seed Melissa Alves.
Quarters : Steinmann stuns top seed Eleinen on marathon day in Hamburg
Both top seeds found themselves in close-fought battles at the quarterfinals as World #13 Aly Abou Eleinen fell to an incredible performance from Switzerland’s Dimitri Steinman, and England #1 Georgina Kennedy survived an all-English affair against World #26 Lucy Turmel.
Another excellent display saw seventh seed Nicolas Mueller overcome Egypt’s Mohamed Abouelghar 3-1 in the final match of the quarterfinals. Elsewhere, third seeds Fares Dessouky and Amanda Sobhy as well as fourth seed Melissa Alves progressed after straight-game wins, while second seed Nada Abbas progressed after an injury forced Wales’ Tesni Murphy to retire.
Day Two : Rihany, Abouelghar and Wilhelmi gatecrash Hamburg Quarter-Finals
An action-packed second round of the German Open saw unseeded Amina El Rihany produced a second consecutive upset to defeat fellow Egyptian Zeina Mickawy, while Switzerland’s Yannick Wilhelmi upset eighth seed Timothy Brownell and Mohamed Abouelghar ousted fourth seed Miguel Rodriguez.
Although 13 of the sixteen seeds progressed, Lucy Turmell, Katie Malliff, Joelle King all needed five games to reach their expected quarter-final places.
Day One : Home hopes dashed in Hamburg
In the opening day of the German Open there was a series of upsets as all four home favourites failed to progress.
One of the upset results saw Israel’s Daniel Poleshchuk knocking out home favourite Raphael Kandra in straight games. “Raphael is a great player,” said Poleshchuk. “It’s always a hard battle against him, so to come here and beat him on home soil, I couldn’t ask for much more.”
In an impressive result for 22-year-old Amina El Rihany, the Egyptian came back from two games down to beat Wales’ Emily Whitlock Egypt’s Omar Mosaad survived a difficult test against Czech wildcard Marek Panacek, while Egypt’s Ibrahim Elkabbani scored an upset over Hungary’s Balazs Farkas in a 71-minute thriller, and Patrick Rooney came out on top of a dramatic all-England clash against George Parker.
