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‘It’s funny because today I was the challenger and she had the pressure’ By SEAN REUTHE – PSA World Tour France’s World No.5 Camille Serme ended a seven-match losing streak against World No.1 Raneem El Welily earlier today at New York’s Grand Central Terminal to book her place in the semi-finals of the J.P. Morgan [...]

Makin makes further statement with win over Willstrop By SEAN REUTHE – PSA World Tour World No.12 Joel Makin has become the first Welsh player since David Evans in 2002 to reach the quarter-finals of the prestigious J.P. Morgan Tournament of Champions after he overcame 2010 winner James Willstrop 3-1 earlier today in New York’s [...]

‘Gaultier is such a legend, and I can’t describe the feeling of sharing a court with him’ By SEAN REUTHE – PSA World Tour 18-year-old Egyptian Mostafa Asal is into his first ever PSA World Tour Platinum quarter-final after he overcame former World No.1 and World Champion Gregory Gaultier in a breathtaking five-game encounter earlier [...]

Favourites Egypt lived up to their billing on finals day of the 2020 Dunlop British Junior Open (BJO) in Birmingham By DONNA HELMER – England Squash, Marketing and Communications Manager The tears and tantrums of the past few days were replaced with triumphant smiles as some added to their BJO tallies, others won for the [...]

Successive Tournament Wins Cement Farag and El Welily Grips on World Ranking Top Spots By MATT COLES – PSA World Tour World No.1s Ali Farag and Raneem El Welily took the honours on an all-Egyptian finals night at the El Gouna International, PSA World Tour Platinum event as they beat Karim Abdel Gawad and Nouran [...]

‘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 [...]