RESULTS: Champion Fiberglass Women's  Texas Squash Open, Houston, USA

Final: Joelle  King (NZL) bt [1] Rachael Grinham (AUS) 11-8, 6-11, 11-8,  11-9

New  Zealand outsider Joelle King  crowned a sensational week in Texas by winning the biggest WISPA World Tour squash title of  her life - beating experienced top seed Rachael Grinham in the final of  the Champion Fiberglass Women's  Texas Open, the $26,700 event at The Downtown Club at the Met in Houston,  USA.

The  unseeded 21-year-old from the North Island town of Cambridge carved her  way through the WISPA Silver 20 field in magnificent style, first beating  fourth seed Tania Bailey, then  fifth-seeded Australian Donna  Urquhart, before ousting sixth seed Dominique Lloyd-Walter to reach  the final.

King  had beaten Grinham, the 33-year-old former world number one and world  champion, in their last meeting – but it was on home soil, in the first round of the New Zealand Open  last August.

But  the rapidly-improving Kiwi, who celebrated a career-high world No23 ranking this month, was able to reproduce the same confident form as she battled to an 11-8, 6-11, 11-8, 11-9 victory over the world  No5.

King  becomes the first New Zealander to win the Texas title since Carol Owens in the first two  events in 2002 and 2003.

The  triumph takes King's career WISPA Tour title total to five, from only six  final appearances!