New Zealand’s Paul Coll has been beaten by world No 1 Ali Farag of Egypt at the 2025 Tournament of Champions in Grand Central Station, New York.
Farag a winner of the tournament in 2019, 2022, and 2024 was too strong in his semifinal match against Coll on Wednesday, winning 11-8, 11-7, 11-7 in just 46 minutes.
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Coll was unable to hold off a clinical Farag who dominated the ’T’ in the opening game, stepping up the court and controlling the pace of rallies.
Ranked fourth in the world Coll competed in the middle states of the set but Farag upped the tempo to wrap it up in 16 minutes.
Farag was too quick again in the second set building to 7-7 to win four straight points to finish the set.
Farag continued to play near perfect squash as the match entered the third, with Coll doing all within his power to stay in touching distance.
However, Egyptian once again played his best squash when the pressure mounted, taking the match when Coll clipped the tin with a backhand unforced error.