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Wild card Richie has a hunger for success By ALAN THATCHER – Squash Mad Editor Richie Fallows, the rising squash star from Stratford, aims to serve up a real treat for his army of fans in the St. James’s Place Canary Wharf Classic on Sunday. He warmed up for the event by playing doubles – [...]

Willstrop and Fallows launch Canary Wharf with Makin v Selby to follow By ALAN THATCHER – Squash Mad Editor The opening day of the St. James’s Place Canary Wharf Classic boasts eight blockbuster battles in Sunday’s first round at the East Wintergarden. Former world number one James Willstrop, who recently won a fourth British National [...]

“12 courts on three levels, with two all-glass showcourts” By HOWARD HARDING – Squash Mad International Correspondent The transformation of the squash complex at the US University of Pennsylvania into a state-of-the-art 12-court facility which is the envy of the Ivy League has signalled a new era for ASB as the world’s leading squash court [...]

Carrara national centre on Gold Coast set to host major events  By HOWARD HARDING – Squash Mad International Correspondent Hosted by Australia for the first time since 1986, the 2020 WSF Men’s World Junior Team Squash Championship will see 24 nations compete for the biennial World Squash Federation title in Queensland from 25-30 July. The [...]

Peruvian pushes up to seventh in the list By ELLIE MAWSON – Squash Mad Correspondent Peru’s World No.6 Diego Elias has moved into the top eight of the PSA World Tour Finals Leaderboard following his victory at the Motor City Open last month. Elias defeated Egypt’s Mohamed ElSherbini in the final in Detroit to win [...]

After the Pyramids, the Black Ball Club is one of the great wonders of the squash world By ALAN THATCHER and ELLIE MAWSON The main draw for the women’s 2020 CIB Black Ball Squash Open has been released, with defending champion Raneem El Welily predicted to play World No.2 Nouran Gohar in the final of [...]

Farag stops Coll from claiming a trio of Egyptian scalps  By SEAN REUTHE – Squash Mad Correspondent Egyptian duo Ali Farag and Nour El Sherbini have been crowned champions of the 2020 Windy City Open, presented by the Walter Family, after they achieved thrilling five-game victories over men’s World No.5 Paul Coll and women’s World [...]

Yasser El Halaby, Gail Ramsay and Amanda Sobhy were four-midable foes CSA Intercollegiate Individual Championship preview by RICHARD MILLMAN – Squash Mad Correspondent The team cheers, heartbreaks, crazy celebrations, heroic comeback victories and soul destroying ‘almost wons’ are done for another season for both the men’s and the women’s teams, in the CSA Intercollegiate team [...]

‘I have a great coach, a great team behind me, and hopefully I can reach the top’  By SEAN REUTHE – Squash Mad Correspondent New Zealand’s World No.5 Paul Coll has reached his first ever PSA World Tour Platinum final after overcoming Egypt’s World No.4 Karim Abdel Gawad in their semi-final clash at the Windy [...]

World No.1’s fury at disciplinary verdict handed out before Windy City Open loss to Paul Coll By ROD GILMOUR – Squash Mad Correspondent Mohamed Elshorbagy, Egypt’s Bristol-based world No 1, has launched an explosive attack on the Professional Squash Association (PSA) after being sent a disciplinary email by the players’ body hours before losing at [...]

‘After a year of rehab, I needed two operations on a prolapsed disc’ INTERVIEW by ALAN THATCHER – Squash Mad Editor Joe Lee is ready to put his body on the line again in full-time professional squash after suffering a serious back injury. After two operations to cure a prolapsed disc, he is prepared to [...]

Coll: ‘I just wanted to get into a good headspace and enjoy the match’ By SEAN REUTHE – Squash Mad Correspondent New Zealand’s Paul Coll claimed his first ever win over World No.1 Mohamed ElShorbagy to send the defending champion out at the quarter-final stage of the Windy City Open presented by the Walter Family. [...]

Victor Crouin leads a Crimson team with incredible depth By College Squash Correspondents Harvard University won the Potter Cup on Sunday evening, earning the National Championship with 5-0 win against University of Pennsylvania. This is the second straight year that Harvard has won the College Squash Association (CSA) National Men’s Team Championship and the 27th [...]

‘Women’s squash is the best it has ever been,’ says Serme By SEAN REUTHE – Squash Mad Correspondent The University Club of Chicago’s stunning Cathedral Hall played host to one of the matches of the season as World No.3 Camille Serme overcame Egypt’s Hania El Hammamy in a thrilling 81-minute encounter to reach the quarter-finals [...]

First Welshman in top 10 since David Evans in 2002 By ELLIE MAWSON – Squash Mad Correspondent Joel Makin has become the first Welshman since David Evans in 2002 to break the top 10 after the PSA Men’s World Rankings for March were released today (March 1). Makin, the 25-year-old from Pembrokeshire, rises one place [...]