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The village boy who ended up with a Commonwealth Games bronze and Asian Games gold call its quits – Nafiizwan Adnan By ALEX WAN – Squash Mad Asian Bureau Editor This season has been one filled with retirements. Laura Massaro, Jenny Duncalf, Ramy Ashour, and most recently Olli Tuominen. But perhaps the one nation that [...]

Annie Au wins biggest career title while Diego Elias win second title in a month By ALEX WAN – Squash Mad Asian Bureau Editor The wrath of the weather once again denied tonight’s final matches the prestige of being played at the impressive all-glass court set up at the Tap Seac Square. However, that did [...]

Low Wee Wern beats third Egyptian in a row to make Macau final By ALEX WAN – Squash Mad Asian Bureau Editor The semi-final matches at the Tap Seac Square had to be cut short after heavy rain interrupted play halfway through the second game of the men’s first semi-final. Then, third seed Omar Mosaad [...]

Au makes the greatest escape while Lobban takes out Ghosal By ALEX WAN – Squash Mad Asian Bureau Editor Local favourite Annie Au pulled off what might be the greatest escape of her career when she saved four match balls at two games to one down, and come back to win her quarter final match [...]

Low Wee Wern scores biggest win since injury comeback and seeds tested By ALEX WAN – Squash Mad Asian Bureau Editor Malaysia’s Low Wee Wern achieved her biggest win since coming back from a 20-month injury break here today when she ousted world number 14 and tournament second seed Salma Hany in convincing fashion. The [...]

Women safely through while trio of men seeds falter on opening day in Macau By ALEX WAN – Squash Mad Asian Bureau Editor The Macau Squash Open 2019 opened today with a trio of upsets in the men’s event, while the seeds in the women’s all through to the next round. There was also no [...]

Diego Elias to make Macau debut as top seed alongside local favourite Annie Au By ALEX WAN – Squash Mad Asian Bureau Editor The annual Macau Squash Open returns onto the PSA calendar once again and will continue to feature equal prize money of US$ 50,000 each for both the men’s and women’s events. The [...]

“The media, locally and internationally, have been very supportive of my squash career and I am thankful to all their contributions.” By Kng Zheng Guan and Alex Wan – Squash Mad Asian Correspondents Eight-time world champion and a true Malaysian legend Nicol David, had a little special treat for the Malaysian media as she took [...]

‘What she has achieved will be impossible to match’ By ALEX WAN – Squash Mad Asian Bureau Editor Tributes poured in today following the news that Nicol David has announced plans to retire from playing and revealed her plans to support and encourage a new generation of players. Messages came not only from Malaysia, where [...]

Young Japanese duo defend national titles in style By ALEX WAN – Squash Mad Asian Bureau Editor Japan’s young duo of Ryunosuke and Satomi Watanabe successfully defended their national titles in Yokohoma on 25 November 2018. Ryunosuke won his fifth successive title while Satomi defended hers for the first time. The All-Japan Squash Championships, as [...]

Low Wee Wern produces A-game on final day to win Singapore title By ALEX WAN – Squash Mad Asian Bureau Editor Top seed Low Wee Wern put on her A-game on the final day to comfortably see off the challenge of second seeded Lee Ka Yi of Hong Kong in straight games. The 28-year old [...]

Young Indians run halted by top seeds By ALEX WAN – Squash Mad Asian Bureau Editor Top seeds Low Wee Wern and Lee Ka Yi will play for the title here in Singapore tomorrow after both saw off their surprise Indian opponents. Wee Wern staved off the challenge of teenager Sunayna Kuruvilla, while Ka Yi [...]

Tanvi Khanna and Sunayna Kuruvilla upset the seeding to go into last four By ALEX WAN – Squash Mad Asian Bureau Editor It was a good day for India on quarter-finals day as both their representatives took out higher ranked opponents. Tanvi Khanna got the ball rolling for the team, taking out Malaysia’s Jessica Keng, [...]

Tanvi Khanna leads a trio of upsets in Singapore By ALEX WAN – Squash Mad Asian Bureau Editor India’s Tanvi Khanna continued her giant-killing run at the Tecnifibre Singapore Squash Open, taking out fourth seed Colette Sultana in straight games. Her win today is her second consecutive upset, after taking out the ninth seed yesterday. [...]

No joy for local hopefuls By ALEX WAN – Squash Mad Asian Bureau Editor The Tecnifibre Singapore Squash Open 2018 kicked off this afternoon with five local hopefuls aiming to progress into the next round. Things did not start great for the hosts as Yukino Tan was forced to pull out after spraining her ankle [...]