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Sabrina Sobhy stuns Hania El Hammamy to join sister Amanda in U.S. Open quarter-finals
By ALAN THATCHER (Squash Mad Editor)
World No.20 Sabrina Sobhy has reached the quarter-finals of a PSA World Tour Platinum event for the first time...
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Egyptian superstars Ali Farag and Tarek Momen to meet in U.S. Open quarter-finals
By ALAN THATCHER (Squash Mad Editor)
World champion and top seed Ali Farag meets long-time friend and rival Tarek Momen in the quarter-finals of the...
Interviews
Exclusive Interview: Fierce rivalry at the top of the women’s game is good for the sport says Nouran Gohar’s coach Rodney Martin
‘Nouran is now 100 per cent healthy and will develop her game through this season’
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW by RJ MITCHELL
IN the first part of an...
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American trio make history as Olivia Clyne and the Sobhy sisters reach U.S. Open third round
By ALAN THATCHER (Squash Mad Editor)
History will be made in the U.S. Open this week when three American women line up together in the...
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Top seed Ali Farag powers past Eain Yow to set up revenge battle with Miguel Rodriguez
By ALAN THATCHER (Squash Mad Editor)
Two-time champion Ali Farag got his U.S. Open title challenge off to a winning start with a clinical display...
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Mostafa Asal disqualified from the U.S. Open after bursting opponent Lucas Serme’s eardrum with a wayward shot
By ALAN THATCHER (Squash Mad Editor)
Defending champion Mostafa Asal has made a dramatic exit from this year’s U.S. Open after his opponent Lucas Serme...
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Watch out, Marwan! Patrick Rooney says he’s inspired by martial arts movie ahead of U.S. Open clash
By ALAN THATCHER (Squash Mad Editor)
England’s Patrick Rooney says he will be inspired by a martial arts movie as he contemplates facing Egypt’s Marwan...
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Amanda Sobhy and Olivia Fiechter aim to shine in Philly as Nouran Gohar goes for a hat-trick of U.S. Open titles
By ALAN THATCHER (Squash Mad Editor)
As competition hots up at the top of the women’s world rankings, Egypt’s Nouran Gohar will be aiming for...
Interviews
Geoff Hunt Exclusive: US Open will be exciting and wide open with so many potential winners
‘Covid allowed players to take stock and they have all come back looking much stronger’
By RJ MITCHELL (Squash Mad Correspondent)
GEOFF HUNT believes that this...
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PSA renews TV deal with BT Sport
By ALAN THATCHER (Squash Mad Editor)
The Professional Squash Association (PSA) has renewed its multi-year partnership with BT Sport which will see the broadcaster remain...
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Squash makes initial Olympic pitch via Zoom meeting with Los Angeles 2028 after being confirmed for 2026 Commonwealth Games
By ALAN THATCHER (Squash Mad Editor)
Squash is among nine sports making an initial pitch this week to the Organising Committee for the 2028 Los...
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Padel at the Pyramids highlights the growing gulf between the two sports as squash numbers continue to fall
By MIKE DALE
Padel’s extraordinary boom reminds many of us old enough to remember a similar explosion in another rebound racket sport in the 1970s...
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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...
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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...