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Amanda Sobhy and Mohamed ElShorbagy both claim third Oracle NetSuite titles in San Francisco
By ALAN THATCHER (Squash Mad Editor) and CONNOR SHEEN (PSA)
American Amanda Sobhy and England’s Mohamed ElShorbagy have both claimed their third Oracle NetSuite Open...
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Entries are open for 2023 British Junior Open in Birmingham
By JANE BALL (Squash Mad Reporter)
Entries are now open for the British Junior Open 2023, taking place in Birmingham from January 4-8 with all...
Interviews
‘Aussie Open could be my last PSA event,’ says Donna Lobban as she takes up Heriot-Watt head coach role
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW by MIKE DALE
Donna Lobban says this month’s Australian Open could be her last PSA World Tour event after she began a...
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Marwan ElShorbagy downs top seed Diego Elias and meets brother Mohamed in San Francisco final
By ALAN THATCHER (Squash Mad Editor)
Egypt’s World No.9 Marwan ElShorbagy produced a terrific performance to down No.1 seed and world No.4 Diego Elias to...
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Exclusive: Ukraine pulls out of the Women’s World Team Championship after Egypt support for fake Russian “referendum”
By ALAN THATCHER (Squash Mad Editor)
Ukraine will not be sending a squad to compete in the Women’s World Team Championship in Egypt in December...
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Paul Coll back on top of the world as Gina Kennedy returns to the top 10
By ALAN THATCHER (Squash Mad Editor)
Paul Coll has returned to the top of the men’s world rankings for the first time since May.
The 30-year-old...
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Mo on the march into San Francisco semi-finals as brother Marwan hits back to beat Miguel
By ALAN THATCHER (Squash Mad Editor) and CONNOR SHEEN (PSA)
England’s Mohamed ElShorbagy recorded an 11th consecutive victory over India’s Saurav Ghosal to move into...
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Mohamed ElShorbagy and Lisa Aitken the only Brits to cross the bridge into San Francisco quarter-finals
By ALAN THATCHER (Squash Mad Editor)
Mohamed ElShorbagy and Lisa Aitken are the only British players to reach the quarter-finals of the Oracle NetSuite Open...
Interviews
Shawn Delierre Part 2: Working night shifts in a hospital and training during the day gives me a perfect life balance
‘I have some bad vices in my life but I can get the demons out of my system by going on to the squash...
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England’s Nick Wall races through as day one in San Francisco turns into a lightning round
By ALAN THATCHER (Squash Mad Editor)
England’s Nick Wall took just 14 minutes to win through to the second round of the Oracle NetSuite Open...
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Mohamed ElShorbagy and Sarah-Jane Perry team up for England in new-look Nations Cup
By ALAN THATCHER (Squash Mad Editor)
Mohamed ElShorbagy and Sarah-Jane Perry will team up for England in the new Nations Cup tournament being launched in...
Fun Stuff
Nick Matthew leads a day full of fun as Crowborough celebrates the launch of interactiveSQUASH
By ALAN THATCHER (Squash Mad Editor)
Nick Matthew is travelling from Yorkshire down to Sussex today to spearhead the launch of interactiveSQUASH at Crowborough Tennis...
Interviews
Exclusive: How Canadian ace Shawn Delierre swapped squash for helping the health service during lockdown
‘I saw death first-hand, witnessing countless people depart the planet on my watch’
EXCLUSIVE by ALAN THATCHER (Squash Mad Editor)
Some of my happiest squash adventures...
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World champion Ali Farag loves the ASB glass floor he won on at The Pyramids as PSA confirm its continued use in Egypt
EXCLUSIVE by ALAN THATCHER (Squash Mad Editor)
The ASB GlassFloor used on court during the CIB Egyptian Open received glowing praise from world champion Ali...
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Paul Coll and Joelle King seeded to meet England’s Mohamed ElShorbagy and Sarah-Jane Perry in New Zealand Open finals
By ALAN THATCHER (Squash Mad Editor)
England’s Mohamed ElShorbagy and Sarah-Jane Perry are seeded to meet home favourites Paul Coll and Joelle King in the...
Interviews
Exclusive Interview: Nele Gilis talks about the joy of winning and the constant quest for improvement
INTERVIEW by MIKE DALE
Squash Mad caught up with Nele Gilis on her return from the CIB Egyptian Open to talk about her fabulous victory...
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France’s Green Squash Tour grows with an extra event and a big boost in prize money
By Jérôme Elhaïk (Squash Mad Correspondent)
Launched in 2021, the Green Squash Tour will be back from October 26. With five events instead of four...
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Ali Farag and Hania El Hammamy lift CIB Egyptian Open titles after superb wins over Paul Coll and Nouran Gohar
Farag stays on top of the rankings as El Hammamy sets her sights on becoming No.1
By ALAN THATCHER (Squash Mad Editor) and SIMON DENT...
Coaching and Development
Tech Week: The online video squash coaching innovator
They say necessity is the mother of invention, and the idiom has certainly proved true for Ahad Raza. When Covid-19 wiped out his squash...
Interviews
Tech Week: Liz Irving breaks new ground with the SquashLab App, helping players, coaches, clubs and federations to connect and improve
By ALAN THATCHER (Squash Mad Editor)
Liz Irving has poured a lifetime of energy into squash. While reaching a highest ranking of two in the...
Growing the game
Squash makes a big splash in Singapore with some creative marketing
By ALAN THATCHER (Squash Mad Editor)
We saw plenty of graffiti around the glass court in Nantes last week for the Open de France inside...
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Top coach Glen Wilson set to be inducted into the New Zealand Squash Hall of Fame
By ALAN THATCHER (Squash Mad Editor)
The latest inductee to the New Zealand Squash Hall of Fame has been announced with Glen Wilson confirmed to...
Interviews
Tech Week: Ross Gerring and Squash Players App busy tracking down every squash court on the planet
By ALAN THATCHER (Squash Mad Editor)
Self-confessed squash geek Ross Gerring is a man on a mission. He is busy locating and listing every single...
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Tech Week: ‘This could be a game changer for players,’ says Jethro Binns after SquashSkills relaunch
By ALAN THATCHER (Squash Mad Editor)
We begin Squash Mad’s Tech Week by looking at SquashSkills, the world’s biggest online squash coaching and training platform,...
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Crouin and Gilis Claim Biggest Career Titles At Open de France de Squash
Victorious Victor thrills the home crowd, while Nele wins the Battle of the Belgian Sisters
By Matt Coles - PSA World Tour
France’s Victor Crouin and...
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Late show in Nantes as Victor Crouin reaches the final against top seed Marwan ElShorbagy
Gilis sisters to clash in women’s final as top seed Nele beats Tesni Evans in 77-minute thriller
By ALAN THATCHER (Squash Mad Editor)
Victor Crouin began...
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Victor Crouin meets Auguste Dussourd in all-French semi-final in Nantes
Last Brit standing Tesni Evans wins through to face top seed Nele Gilis
By ALAN THATCHER (Squash Mad Editor)
Victor Crouin will meet Auguste Dussourd in...
Comment
This gladiatorial warehouse arena, covered in graffiti, creates a unique atmosphere for squash in Nantes
‘I have never seen anything like this before – the louder the better, the drunker the better, it’s amazing,’ says Tesni Evans
EXCLUSIVE By JEROME...
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Marwan ElShorbagy battles past Declan James to reach Nantes semi-finals
16-year-old Egyptian Fayrouz Aboelkheir continues her dream run
By ALAN THATCHER (Squash Mad Editor)
Top seed Marwan ElShorbagy made a winning debut on the glass court at...
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England’s Declan James and George Parker through in Nantes but Lucy Turmel suffers shock defeat
By ALAN THATCHER - Squash Mad Editor
England’s Declan James and George Parker made it through to the men’s quarter-finals in the Open de France...
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English trio win through in Nantes first round with Nick Wall now up against top seed Marwan ElShorbagy
Open de France moves to a graffiti-covered warehouse as street grime meets world squash
By ALAN THATCHER (Squash Mad Editor)
The English trio of Declan James,...
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Patrick Rooney returns to the PSA world top 20 as Victor Crouin climbs to 11
By ALAN THATCHER (Squash Mad Editor)
England’s Patrick Rooney has returned to the world top 20 today in the latest PSA rankings.
The talented 25-year-old Merseysider,...
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Runner-up in Qatar, Victor Crouin flies home to travel from the airport to Hangar 24 in Nantes
Belgian sisters Nele and Tinne Gilis are top seeds in the women’s draw
By JAMES ROBERTS (Squash Mad Correspondent)
Victor Crouin has climbed to a career...
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World No.1 Nouran Gohar is too hot in Houston for Nour El Tayeb with a final win in straight games
By JANE BALL (Squash Mad Reporter) and CONNOR SHEEN (PSA)
World No.1 Nouran Gohar has claimed the inaugural South Western Women’s Open title in Houston...
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Rod Gilmour’s Doha Diary: PSA to look at new scoring systems to reduce lets and make the game flow
By ROD GILMOUR in Doha
Squash chiefs are looking into ways of stemming the number of lets in tournaments, which could include innovations such as...
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Nour El Tayeb sinks Amanda Sobhy to meet top seed Nouran Gohar in all-Egyptian Houston final
By JANE BALL (Squash Mad Reporter) and CONNOR SHEEN (PSA)
World No.8 Nour El Tayeb continued her impressive start to the season as she defeated...
Interviews
Qatar champion Mohamed ElShorbagy has his swagger back thanks to Gregory Gaultier
‘I was crying after losing in my first match in the British Open and I thought it could be the end’
EXCLUSIVE by ROD GILMOUR...
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Masterclass gives Mohamed ElShorbagy his fourth Qatar title but Victor Crouin is here to stay
By ALAN THATCHER (Squash Mad Editor) and JONATHAN SMITH (PSA)
England’s Mohamed ElShorbagy won the first Platinum title of the season and his first since...
Features
Alongside the many tributes, England Squash offers tournament guidance following the death of Queen Elizabeth II
By ALAN THATCHER (Squash Mad Editor)
England Squash has published advice for the game on how best to proceed during the period of mourning for...
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Gina Kennedy forced to retire with a hamstring injury against Nour El Tayeb in Houston
By JANE BALL (Squash Mad Reporter) and CONNOR SHEEN (PSA)
England’s Gina Kennedy saw her season get off to a disappointing start as a hamstring...