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Squash is a glass act in mainland China By HOWARD HARDING – Squash Mad International Correspondent Traditional Chinese musicians and dancers regaled athletes, officials and volunteers at the Closing Ceremony dinner for the CGG WSF Women’s World Team Squash Championship in Dalian as the Liaoning Province seaport city celebrated the successful staging of the historic [...]

El Welily and Gohar topple Massaro and Waters in final thrillers By HOWARD HARDING – Squash Mad International Correspondent Defending champions Egypt fulfilled their seeding in the CGG WSF Women’s World Team Squash Championship today in China, retaining their title by beating perennial rivals England, the No.2 seeds, 2-0 in the final of the biennial [...]

Nour El Sherbini loses again as Egypt halt Hong Kong By HOWARD HARDING – Squash Mad International Correspondent For the fifth year time in seven years, Egypt and England will contest the final of the CGG WSF Women’s World Team Squash Championship in China after the top two seeds survived semi-finals in the biennial World [...]

Top quality line-up in Carol Weymuller draw By ELLIE MAWSON The main draw for next month’s Carol Weymuller Open has been released, with Egypt’s World No.3 Nour El Tayeb and England’s World No.8 Sarah-Jane Perry seeded to meet in the final of the PSA World Tour Bronze event, which will take place at the Heights [...]

England sink Canada as Kiwis make it tough for Egypt By HOWARD HARDING – Squash Mad International Correspondent France and Hong Kong China upset the form book in today’s quarter-finals of the CGG WSF Women’s World Team Squash Championship in China by despatching fourth seeds Malaysia and third seeds USA, respectively, to secure surprise semi-final [...]

PSA Gold event moves to New Cairo By SEAN REUTHE The Professional Squash Association (PSA) has confirmed that the Alexandria International Squash Open – initially scheduled for September 17-21, 2018 – has been postponed until November, 2018 due to unforeseen circumstances. The PSA World Tour Gold tournament, which was initially set to be held at [...]

England meet battling Canada in last eight By HOWARD HARDING – Squash Mad International Correspondent After the third day of qualifying action in the CGG WSF Women’s World Team Squash Championship in China, France, New Zealand, Canada and Hong Kong China secured the remaining four places in the quarter-finals of the biennial World Squash Federation [...]

Blistering battles in second round By SEAN REUTHE  Defending men’s champion Ali Farag will get his title defence under way at the FS Investments U.S. Open Squash Championships with a mouthwatering fixture against New Zealand’s World No.10 Paul Coll at the PSA World Tour Platinum tournament taking place at Drexel University’s Daskalakis Athletic Center between [...]

Canary Wharf tenants Citigold Wealth Management sponsor sell-out Classic and Corporate Challenge By ALAN THATCHER – Squash Mad Editor The Canary Wharf Classic, long established as one of the best tournaments on the world calendar, has a new title sponsor. The tournament will now be known as the Citigold Wealth Management Canary Wharf Squash Classic. [...]

Nantes: A new ‘Modus Operandi’ for Squash? By JAMES ROBERTS – Squash Mad Reporter Squash took centre stage last week quite literally with the ‘4th Opus’, as the organisers dubbed it, of the Open International de Squash de Nantes, which took place at the magnificent 18th Century Théâtre Graslin. Judging from the positive reactions of [...]

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 [...]