Habiba Wins Paderborn Prize by Howard Harding June 8, 2014
- An upset brought the first Tour event to be staged in Germany for
more than four years to a climax when Egyptian teenager Habiba Mohamed
Ahmed Alymohmed crushed England's top seed Lisa Aitken in the final of
the Women's Paderborn Open.
The Women's Squash
Association World Tour 5 event attracted players from 13 nations to
compete at Ahorn-Squash in Paderborn - home of Paderborner Squash Club,
record 10-time winners of the Bundesliga Squash title, and the venue
which hosted the Men's World Team Championship in 2011.
The German crowd
witnessed the latest episode in the remarkable career of 15-year-old
Alymohmed who, less than a year ago, became the youngest ever winner of
a WSA Tour event when aged just 14 years and 5 months!
Now in her third
final, the young Alexandria star clinched her third title after
despatching 24-year-old Aitken 11-5, 11-6, 11-6 in just 21 minutes.
"Paderborn has been a
great platform for my game-plan to win the World junior title in
Namibia later this year," said Alymohmed (pictured above with
Tournament Director Norman Farthing, left, and sponsor Ralf Wetzorke of
Lightpower). "It was so well organised - and something here in
Paderborn made me feel special."
Aitken, who told the
organisers it was the best ever ladies squash tournament she had ever
experienced, added: "Habiba played well and I found myself not enjoying
the game."
