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‘Great at spotting raw talent, Andy was a caring man who kept the players’ wellbeing a priority’ By BOB JOHNSON Andy Bunting, age 74, died on Monday 25th March 2019 at home, a true gentleman and one of the most popular and respected figures in the squash community. Born in Southport and the eldest of [...]

Jay Munoz goes from silver to gold in over-35s By TIMOTHY BAGHURST – Squash Mad US Racquetball Correspondent For the first time, UK racketball players competed in the Senior World Racquetball Championships in Albuquerque, New Mexico.  More than 200 racquetball and racketball players from the ages of 35 to 95-plus descended on Albuquerque for the [...]

‘Research shows repetition is not always the best way to learn’  By TONY GRIFFIN – G Spot Squash and Coaching Analyst In July I Presented the G Evolution process to the Catalan Squash Federation and a reduced number of their coaches in course entitled “A Squash Course For Coaches – Only For Coaches willing to [...]

PSA Gold event suffers ‘funding instability’ By SEAN REUTHE The Professional Squash Association (PSA) has announced that the Alexandria International Squash Open, which had been postponed from September to November, has been cancelled due to funding instability. The PSA has been in close contact with the tournament organisers, the Egyptian Squash Federation and other key [...]

England’s James and Belgium’s Gilis Take 2018 Open International de Squash de Nantes Titles By ELLIE MAWSON – PSA World Tour England’s Declan James and Belgium’s Nele Gilis are the 2018 Open International de Squash de Nantes champions after they caused an upset on the final day to defeat top seeds James Willstrop and Emily [...]

Egypt’s El Welily and Abouelghar Capture China Open Titles in Shanghai By SEAN REUTHE – PSA World Tour Egyptian duo Raneem El Welily and Mohamed Abouelghar are the 2018 J.P. Morgan China Squash Open champions after they defeated France’s Camille Serme and New Zealand’s Paul Coll, respectively, on finals day at the Peninsula Shanghai, which [...]

Belgium’s Gilis Knocks Out Defending Champion Moverley to Reach Open International de Squash de Nantes Final By ELLIE MAWSON – PSA World Tour Belgium’s World No.33 Nele Gilis recorded her first ever win over England’s World No.24 Fiona Moverley to knock out the defending champion and reach her second successive Open International de Squash de [...]

Serme and Coll Send Top Seeds Out to Reach China Open Finals By SEAN REUTHE- PSA World Tour France’s Camille Serme and New Zealand’s Paul Coll sent top seeds Nour El Sherbini and Simon Rösner to semi-final exits at the J.P. Morgan China Squash Open after both players prevailed in five-game battles at the glass [...]

France’s Masotti Downs Tuominen to Reach Open International de Squash de Nantes Semi-Finals By ELLIE MAWSON – PSA World Tour France’s World No.87 Baptiste Masotti staged an emphatic comeback to defeat Finland’s number eight seed Olli Tuominen to reach the semi-finals of the Open International de Squash de Nantes and become the last remaining Frenchman [...]

Egypt’s Abouelghar Topples Gaultier to Reach China Open Semis By SEAN REUTHE – PSA World Tour Egyptian World No.13 Mohamed Abouelghar will appear in the biggest PSA Tour semi-final of his career after he caused a huge upset against number three seed Gregory Gaultier in the quarter-finals of the J.P. Morgan China Squash Open taking [...]

England’s Turmel Leads English Charge in Quarter-Finals of Open International de Squash de Nantes By ELLIE MAWSON – PSA World Tour England’s World No.65 Lucy Turmel upset the seedings as she downed number three seed Egypt’s Nadine Shahin under the lights of the 18th century théâtre Graslin to reach the semi-finals of the Open International [...]

Kandra Foils Rodriguez to Reach China Open Quarters By SEAN REUTHE – PSA World Tour World No.22 Raphael Kandra sent number two seed Miguel Angel Rodriguez crashing out of the J.P. Morgan China Squash Open, PSA World Tour Gold event after a sublime display from the German saw him claim a victory in straight games [...]

France’s Masotti Stuns New Zealand’s Grayson in Round Two of Open International de Squash de Nantes By XXXXX – Squash Mad Reporter France’s World No.87 Baptiste Masotti stunned New Zealand’s number six seed Campbell Grayson in round two of the Open International de Squash de Nantes as he booked his place in the quarter-finals of [...]

Wildcard Li Beats Former World No.4 Kawy on Day One of China Open By SEAN REUTHE – PSA World Tour Tournament wildcard  claimed the biggest victory of her career thus far when she overcame Egypt’s former World No.4 Omneya Abdel Kawy at Shanghai’s SECA Academy on the opening day of the 2018 J.P. Morgan China [...]

Wildcard Andre Leads French Charge in Round One of Open International de Squash de Nantes By ELLIE MAWSON – PSA World Tour Wildcard and World No.209 Christophe Andre overcame Belgium’s World No.144 Joeri Hapers to reach the second round of the Open International de Squash de Nantes on the opening day of action. Andre played [...]