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Colombian Miguel Angel Rodriguez celebrates his semi-final win over Raphael Kandra of Germany Colombia’s Rodriguez Reaches First World Series Final at British Open as Defending Champions Bow Out By SEAN REUTHE – PSA World Tour   World No.14 Miguel Angel Rodriguez has become the first South American squash player ever to reach a PSA World Series [...]

Defending Champion Massaro Hungry for More British Open Glory By ELLIE MAWSON – PSA World Tour   Defending Allam British Open women’s champion Laura Massaro is hungry for more success on home soil when the tournament takes place May 15-20 at Hull’s Airco Arena. Massaro defeated compatriot Sarah-Jane Perry in last year’s final to become [...]

New York City Hails World’s First Public Outdoor Squash Court By PETER SCHMIDL – ASB SquashCourts   The unveiling of the world’s first public squash court in New York City has generated considerable public interest in the US city. The pioneering project is the initiative of the Public Squash Foundation, whose goal is to offer [...]

Defending Champion Massaro Within Touching Distance of World Series Finals Qualification By SEAN REUTHE – PSA World Tour   England’s World No.7 Laura Massaro moved closer to qualification for next month’s ATCO PSA Dubai World Series Finals after her semi-final finish at last week’s El Gouna International saw her move up to fifth on the [...]

El Welily Cuts Gap on El Sherbini in Women’s World Rankings By SEAN REUTHE- PSA World Tour   Raneem El Welily’s title win at the inaugural women’s El Gouna International last week has cut the gap between her and current World No.1 Nour El Sherbini to under 250 points after the PSA Women’s World Rankings [...]

Marwan ElShorbagy Reaches Top Three in Men’s May World Rankings By SEAN REUTHE – PSA World Tour   Bristol-based Egyptian Marwan ElShorbagy has today overtaken France’s Gregory Gaultier to reach a career-high World No.3 ranking and complete the first all-Egyptian presence amongst the world’s top three positions on the men’s tour since April 2009. The [...]

Quality squash and capacity crowds at Dulwich By TIM GARNER   The 2018 edition of the Dulwich Open sponsored by Dulwich Tandoori saw new winners engraved on the trophies as the club once again witnessed some high quality squash. Top seed and World no.76 Angus Gillams was in ruthless form as he swept through the [...]

‘It’s been a hard two years and I am pouring with emotion’ By NATHAN CLARKE   A peerless performance from maverick three-time World Champion Ramy Ashour saw the 30-year-old Egyptian end compatriot Mohamed ElShorbagy’s 12-match winning streak to triumph in the final of the 2018 Grasshopper Cup – his first title win in seven months. [...]

Veteran stars roll back the years in Zurich By NATHAN CLARKE   James Willstrop rolled back the years, and conjured up a spectacular triple-fake winner in the process, as he beat former world champion Karim Abdel Gawad in the quarter-finals of the Grasshopper Cup in Zurich, Switzerland. World No.1 Mohamed ElShorbagy put on a masterclass [...]

French ace topples local hero Nic Mueller By NATHAN CLARKE in Zurich   Following a two-month injury enforced absence, 2017 tournament winner Gregory Gaultier marked his return to competitive action on the PSA World Tour with a straight-games defeat of local hero Nicolas Müller in the first round of the 2018 Grasshopper Cup in Zurich. [...]

‘So happy to win my fifth English junior title’ says Lazarus By DONNA HELMER   The country’s brightest young prospects battled for national glory at the Dunlop English Junior Championships (EJC) on an extraordinary finals day which saw four top seeds overpowered. Yorkshire’s Nick Wall [seeded two] overcame Boys Under 19 top seed Top Walsh [...]

The game needs more pressure points – here’s an idea to make it happen  By PAUL MAIN    Best of three? What’s the point? In a doff of my cap to Daryl Selby and Cameron Pilley, I could call this piece Comment from the Balcony as that’s generally where I am at pro events! Much debate [...]

By SEAN REUTHE   Private healthcare service LycaHealth have been announced as the Official Health Partner of the 2018 Canary Wharf Classic, PSA M100 tournament and will sponsor the annual Corporate Challenge held on finals night on March 9 at London’s iconic East Wintergarden. The deal, which was brokered by Leverage Agency, will see this [...]

Walter Family confirm ‘double your money’ milestone in squash By SEAN REUTHE   The 2018-19 Professional Squash Association World Championships will become the first squash tournament to award a $1 million prize as part of a multi-year sponsorship deal with the Chicago-based Walter Family, the association announced today. As part of the agreement, the City [...]

Four Egyptians in top five By SEAN REUTHE   United States star Amanda Sobhy has risen 12 places to No.18 in the PSA Women’s March World Rankings to break back into the world’s top 20 for the first time since October 2017. A ruptured achilles sustained while match ball up in the semi-finals of the [...]