Malaysian duo Duncal Lee and Zoe Foo were crowned 2025 Reliance PSA Challenger Open champions after Zoe Foo defeated Raifa Yattaqi from Indonesia and Duncal Lee took down Omar El Torkey of Egypt in a fiery encounter in the finals.
The Reliance PSA Challenger Championship 2025, a 6K Men’s/3k Women’s Challenger event on the PSA Squash tour, took place from 17-21 September at Air Force Squash Complex in Ratmalana.
Finals and award ceremony took place on 21 September with Thushan Amarasuriya gracing the occasion as chief guest.
Third seed, Duncan Lee and unseeded Omar El Torket who downed second seed home favourite Ravindu Laksiri in the quarterfinals, were the two stand out performers at the top of the men’s game, and looked set to enjoy a fierce fight for the top position.
Omar made a perfect start to the match, taking a 1-0 lead at 11/6, Malaysian National Champion Duncan Lee fought back strongly to win the second set 12/10 to tally the set scores at 1-1.
Duncan Lee kept the momentum to win the last two games at 11/3 and 11/4 to take the 2025 Reliance PSA Challenger Men’s Open title.
The Women’s Open final saw fifth seed Zoe Foo being given a tough fight by Rafia Yattaqi.
Foo took the first set quite easily at 11/6 before conceding the second set at 11/7. She then managed to take the last two sets, although the last set went down to the wire at 13/11 to win the 2025 Reliance PSA Challenger Women’s Open title.
The tournament was organised by Sri Lanka Squash under the guidance of Professional Squash Association (PSA) and sponsored by Reliance logistics with participation of 27 participants from 10 nations.
The focus on PSA tournaments offers players opportunities to earn income and gain global exposure, leading to higher rankings and career advancement, while conducting International tournaments in Sri Lanka promotes the country as an International sports destination in addition to providing local players with International exposure and ranking with ease.