"I don't think I have ever played as well as today," added Shabana. "To beat Greg after the way he has been playing this week - he beat everybody 3/0 - I had to play the best squash of my life.
Wearing the new HI-TEC 4: SYS Squash shoes, Shabana's triumph marks a perfect build up ahead of next Octobers HI-TEC World Squash Championships 2008, in Manchester, England, where the Egyptian will get the opportunity to defend his crown.
For now though all thoughts go to our new World Champion, a Hi-Tec player on a role and in the form of his life.