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Tarek Momen is the World Champion By ALEX WAN – Squash Mad Asian Bureau Editor Egypt’s Tarek Momen was crowned World Champion today at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex. The World No.3 put up a stellar performance to beat New Zealand’s World No.5 Paul Coll in straight games to win his maiden World [...]

Paul Coll creates history as first Kiwi to play in the World Champs final since Ross Norman in 1986 as Tarek Momen reaches his second successive final By ALEX WAN – Squash Mad Asian Bureau Editor Paul Coll and Tarek Momen will contest the 2019 PSA Men’s World Championships final tomorrow after they both won [...]

A new World Champion to be crowned after Marwan stops elder brother Mohamed By ALEX WAN – Squash Mad Asian Bureau Editor There will be a new name etched onto the PSA Men’s World Championship trophy on Friday after Mohamed ElShorbagy was beaten by his own younger brother Marwan in a seesaw match that went [...]

Paul Coll survives while Zahed Salem takes out Miguel Rodriguez By ALEX WAN – Squash Mad Asian Bureau Editor Zahed Salem produced the upset of the day here at the Khalifa Tennis and Squash Centre in Doha, Qatar when he took out the flashy Columbian Miguel Rodriguez. But it was Paul Coll and Omar Mosaad [...]

It’s joy for England’s Willstrop while fairy tale for Tamimi ends By ALEX WAN – Squash Mad Asian Bureau Editor James Willstrop rolled back the years today as he put up a magnificent display to send third seed and 2016 World Champion Karim Abdel Gawad packing in the last 16 of the 2019 Men’s World [...]

No upsets but heartbreak for Leo Au By ALEX WAN – Squash Mad Asian Bureau Editor There were no upsets on the lower half of the draw today as all seeds made it through to the round of 16. Five Egyptians, led by top seed Mohamed ElShorbagy, Marwan ElShorbagy, Mohamed Abouelghar, Omar Mosaad and Zahed [...]

On fire Abdulla Al Tamimi powers through into the last 16 By ALEX WAN – Squash Mad Asian Bureau Editor Abdulla Al Tamimi rewrote his own history today when he broke a record he made barely 24 hours ago at the Khalifah Tennis and Squash Centre in Doha. After being the first Qatari to reach [...]

Tamimi overcomes home court jitters to make second round of World Champs By ALEX WAN – Squash Mad Asian Bureau Editor History was made today at the Khalifa Tennis and Squash Centre when two Qataris made it into the second round of the 2019 Men’s World Championships held here in Doha, Qatar. Top player Abdulla [...]

Rachel Arnold and Ivan Yuen win in Chennai ahead of Worlds By ALEX WAN – Squash Mad Asian Bureau Editor The Malaysian contingent at the HCL SRFI Indian Tour Chennai Leg had plenty to celebrate for after Rachel Arnold and Ivan Yuen both won their finals, albeit in very contrasting fashion. While Rachel was dominant [...]

World Junior Champion not surprised at her senior success because of her hard work By ALEX WAN – Squash Mad Asian Bureau Editor It has taken her five attempts and three finals to get there, but after playing second fiddle for two consecutive times, Hania El Hammamy can now proudly claim her title of World [...]

Egypt stops Malaysian comeback to win for the seventh straight time By KNG ZHWNG GUAN, HOWARD HARDING and ALEX WAN – Squash Mad International Correspondents It is seven in a row for Egypt as they denied Malaysia a fierce comeback in the final of the CIMB Foundation WSF World Junior Team Squash Championships. It was [...]

England fall to Egypt as hosts Malaysia made to work by Hong Kong By KNG ZHENG GUAN, HOWARD HARDING and ALEX WAN – Squash Mad International Correspondents It’s the top two seeds to contest the CIMB Foundation WSF World Junior Team Squash Championships final as Malaysia survived a nervy test against Hong Kong to set [...]

Top seeds Egypt, Malaysia and Hong Kong eases into semis while England are made to work hard By KNG ZHENG GUAN, HOWARD HARDING and ALEX WAN – Squash Mad International Correspondents Malaysia stayed very much on track in their title bid while England produced the day’s drama as the cast for the semi-finals of the [...]

Canada face mammoth task to qualify for last eight By KNG ZHENG GUAN, HOWARD HARDING and ALEX WAN – Squash Mad International Correspondents It’s business as usual as seven of the top eight seeds secured their spots in the quarter-finals of the CIMB Foundation WSF World Junior Team Squash Championships. The only exception is seventh [...]

Host Malaysia off to flying start but Australia steal show on opening day of team event By KNG ZHENG GUAN, HOWARD HARDING and ALEX WAN – Squash Mad International Correspondents Host Malaysia put their individual disappointment behind them with a commanding win over Japan in their opening tie, but it was Australia who stole the [...]