World Series Squash Finals: Egypt's Amr Shabana powers to title win over British No1 Nick Matthew The 33 year-old played sublimely - noteworthy for his deceptively wristy hands and thumping winners to the front - to win 4-11, 11-2, 11-4, 11-7 over 57 minutes. In doing so, he quelled Matthew's attempts at becoming the first home player to win the season-ending finale since Peter Nicol in 2001. Prior to the final, the matches had been played best-of-three, Shabana revelling in the saloon bar, shoot-out format. Slow rallies down the walls were entwined with fast-paced action at the front, usually ending with a crowd-friendly volley into the nick, the space where players aim between the floor and the wall. "I would love to have a few of his shots around the front," said Matthew, who will aim to return to world No 1 when the season starts in New York at the end of the month. He has reinvented himself, dropped some weight and is now a big threat. Shabana, who has taken to wearing tight tops in a bid to show off his physique to his rivals, said: "It is an amazing feeling and great to still be able to do it amongst these great players." Nicol David, meanwhile, doesn't need to change her game and continues to stand above her rivals. World No 1 since 2006, the Malaysian handed out a near 40-minute squash lesson to England's Laura Massaro in the women's final. David grinds down her opponents thanks to graceful speed and depth of shot and she duly sailed to an 11-3, 11-2, 11-9 win. There is simply no stopping the seven-time world champion and, alongside compatriot Lee Chong Wei in the badminton world, remains one of the country's major sporting stars. At least there was home success in the British Junior Open in Sheffield - the event dominated in recent years by Egypt - when Emily Whitlock became the first English player to win the under-19 event since Tania Bailey in 1998.