Sarah Celebrates New World Record Australian squash star Sarah Fitz-Gerald made an irresistible claim on the title of the most successful woman player of all time when she beat England's Natalie Pohrer in today's (Saturday) final of the $102,500 Qatar Women's World Open Championship in Doha - to win the world title for a record fifth time. In one of the most dramatic world championship climaxes of all time, favourite Fitz-Gerald was two games up and leading 6-1 when the English third seed fought back - despite both players regularly falling over as a result the effects of excessive condensation on the court floor. Pohrer, who had reached the final after defeating New Zealand's new world No1 Carol Owens in the semi-finals, took the third game and led 3-2 in the fourth when officials called the players off in order to allow the air-conditioning to cool the court and the auditorium. Play resumed after a ten-minute break and the Australian raced to an 8-3 lead and her first match-ball. Pohrer salvaged a further four points, but eventually tinned the third match-ball as Fitz-Gerald secured her historic victory 10-8, 9-3, 7-9, 9-7 in 86 minutes. "This is very, very special," said the five-times world champion, who has now amassed a total of 61 WISPA World Tour titles during her career, including 12 this year! "My big thing for 2002 was winning the Commonwealth Games title, and I breathed a huge sigh of relief when I achieved that in July. Afterwards, I wasn't even sure if I would compete in Doha - but I'm very glad I did, and to have claimed another record makes it even better. "It was hard out there today - and I am very proud of Natalie, whose name I'm sure will be on this trophy soon," Sarah continued. "This has been a great year for me - and a great way to finish it, as I am taking a break now and can think of no better title with which to end it!" The South African-raised and now US-based runner-up was pleased with her performance: "When I heard earlier in the week that Sarah might not have been able to get here in time, due to the cancellation of her flight from England, I was gutted - as I wanted to play her in this tournament," said Pohrer. "Despite having a hard match yesterday, I felt good this morning. However, she didn't give me an inch on that court today - and, while I was close, I just wasn't close enough."