KUALA LUMPUR: Egypt's Mostafa Asal and Nouran Gohar were crowned champions at the British Open after defeating their World No.1 compatriots Ali Farag and Nour El Sherbini in the men's and women's finals in Birmingham on Sunday.
Asal won the title for the first time following an 11-5, 2-11, 13-11, 4-11, 12-10 victory over defending champion Farag in the men's final.
"It's unbelievable, I'm almost running out of words, I'm almost crying," said Asal.
"To win against Paul (Coll, in the semi-finals) and Ali is amazing."
World Champion Gohar won her second British Open title after beating El Sherbini 11-6, 17-15, 3-11, 7-11, 11-4.
"It felt like a never-ending story today, although I was 2-0 up," said Gohar after winning the 27th title of her career.
"El Sherbini played better when she was down, and I tried to prepare for that, but it was difficult to stop."
