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Gawad wins 90-minute Momen marathon By ELLIE MAWSON in Cairo Egypt’s World No.2 Ali Farag and World No.9 Karim Abdel Gawad will meet in the final of the CIB Black Ball Squash Open PSA Platinum event, after they defeated New Zealand’s Paul Coll and Egypt’s Tarek Momen in the semi-finals, respectively. Farag defeated World No.7 [...]

Coll rocks Rosner to reach semi-finals By ELLIE MAWSON in Cairo Egypt’s former World No.1 Karim Abdel Gawad produced the shock of the tournament after he downed current World No.1 Mohamed ElShorbagy to reach the semi-finals of the CIB Black Ball Squash Open PSA Platinum tournament in Cairo, Egypt. The Black Ball Squash Open is [...]

Simon Rösner hits back from 0-2 down to beat Greg Marche By ELLIE MAWSON  in Cairo  Egypt’s World No.1 Mohamed ElShorbagy and World No.2 Ali Farag both prevailed to reach the quarter-finals of the CIB Black Ball Squash Open, along with the other top seeds on day four of the PSA Platinum tournament in Cairo, [...]

‘It feels amazing to play Ali Farag – he is my idol’ By ELLIE MAWSON in Cairo Egyptians Mostafa Asal and Omar Mosaad both enjoyed huge wins as round two of the CIB Black Ball Squash Open PSA Platinum tournament came to a close in Cairo, Egypt. World Junior Champion Asal caused the biggest upset [...]

Top seed Elshorbagy: Now for Yow By ELLIE MAWSON Egypt’s World No.1 Mohamed ElShorbagy got his tournament off to a winning start on the second day of action at the CIB Black Ball Squash Open PSA Platinum tournament in Cairo, Egypt. Recent Hong Kong Open winner ElShorbagy had to be at his best to conquer [...]

Essam and El Hammamy bounce through Black Ball openers By ELLIE MAWSON in Cairo Egypt’s Shehab Essam and Karim El Hammamy both claimed big wins on the opening day of action at the CIB Black Ball Squash Open in Cairo, Egypt as they reached the second round for the first time in their careers at [...]

Nice guy Simon keeps improving By ALAN THATCHER and SEAN REUTHE Everyone likes to see the good guys do well. So I am sure that a chorus of warm feelings echoed round Planet Squash when the latest PSA men’s rankings showed Germany’s Simon Rösner rising to a career-high place of number three. Rösner has risen [...]

Egypt’s phenomenal depth of quality By ALAN THATCHER and SEAN REUTHE Egypt’s Raneem El Welily has reclaimed the number one spot in the PSA Women’s World Rankings for December 2018. In a sport currently dominated by Egyptians, she has overtaken compatriot Nour El Sherbini at the pinnacle of the women’s game. El Welily, who is [...]

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. [...]

Hong Kong title clinches place for Kiwi King By SEAN REUTHE New Zealand’s Joelle King has qualified for the season-ending PSA World Tour Finals after she beat Egypt’s Raneem El Welily in Saturday’s Everbright Sun Hung Kai Hong Kong Squash Open final to lift her first ever PSA World Tour Platinum title. The PSA World [...]

Equal prize money split in $330,000 fund By ALAN THATCHER  The Allam British Open, the oldest and most established professional squash tournament in the world, will have a new home from 2019 after an agreement was reached today that will see the iconic event take place in its entirety in a brand new sports complex [...]

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 [...]