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Tarek Momen is the World Champion By ALEX WAN – Squash Mad Asian Bureau Editor Egypt’s Tarek Momen was crowned World Champion today at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex. The World No.3 put up a stellar performance to beat New Zealand’s World No.5 Paul Coll in straight games to win his maiden World [...]

Paul Coll creates history as first Kiwi to play in the World Champs final since Ross Norman in 1986 as Tarek Momen reaches his second successive final By ALEX WAN – Squash Mad Asian Bureau Editor Paul Coll and Tarek Momen will contest the 2019 PSA Men’s World Championships final tomorrow after they both won [...]

A new World Champion to be crowned after Marwan stops elder brother Mohamed By ALEX WAN – Squash Mad Asian Bureau Editor There will be a new name etched onto the PSA Men’s World Championship trophy on Friday after Mohamed ElShorbagy was beaten by his own younger brother Marwan in a seesaw match that went [...]

Paul Coll survives while Zahed Salem takes out Miguel Rodriguez By ALEX WAN – Squash Mad Asian Bureau Editor Zahed Salem produced the upset of the day here at the Khalifa Tennis and Squash Centre in Doha, Qatar when he took out the flashy Columbian Miguel Rodriguez. But it was Paul Coll and Omar Mosaad [...]

It’s joy for England’s Willstrop while fairy tale for Tamimi ends By ALEX WAN – Squash Mad Asian Bureau Editor James Willstrop rolled back the years today as he put up a magnificent display to send third seed and 2016 World Champion Karim Abdel Gawad packing in the last 16 of the 2019 Men’s World [...]

No upsets but heartbreak for Leo Au By ALEX WAN – Squash Mad Asian Bureau Editor There were no upsets on the lower half of the draw today as all seeds made it through to the round of 16. Five Egyptians, led by top seed Mohamed ElShorbagy, Marwan ElShorbagy, Mohamed Abouelghar, Omar Mosaad and Zahed [...]

On fire Abdulla Al Tamimi powers through into the last 16 By ALEX WAN – Squash Mad Asian Bureau Editor Abdulla Al Tamimi rewrote his own history today when he broke a record he made barely 24 hours ago at the Khalifah Tennis and Squash Centre in Doha. After being the first Qatari to reach [...]

Tamimi overcomes home court jitters to make second round of World Champs By ALEX WAN – Squash Mad Asian Bureau Editor History was made today at the Khalifa Tennis and Squash Centre when two Qataris made it into the second round of the 2019 Men’s World Championships held here in Doha, Qatar. Top player Abdulla [...]

Joel Makin in fifth place as chase hots up for finale in Egypt By ELLIE MAWSON – Squash Mad Correspondent Egypt’s Nour El Sherbini and Karim Abdel Gawad have qualified for the season-ending PSA World Tour Finals after they claimed the PSA Women’s World Championship and CIB Egyptian Squash Open titles, respectively. Former World No.1 [...]

Top titles for Todd and Adderley By ELIZABETH BOTCHERBY – Squash Mad Correspondent The Dunlop British Junior Championships 2019 reached a dramatic conclusion as eight of the top seeds triumphed, with Ireland’s Denis Gilevskiy making history by becoming the first Irishman to lift the Boys Under 17 title. Champions were crowned from five English counties, [...]

Anderson aims for flying finale By ELIZABETH BOTCHERBY – Squash Mad Correspondent Warwickshire’s Lewis Anderson overcame top seed Max Forster (Northumbria) in a thrilling four-setter to reach his second consecutive Dunlop British Junior Championships (BJC) BU19 final on the all-glass show court at the University of Nottingham. The 3/4 seed Anderson, the World Junior bronze [...]

Back from a knee injury, Nour wins world title and $61,000 in prize money  By SEAN REUTHE – Squash Mad Correspondent Egypt’s Nour El Sherbini celebrated her 24th birthday in style as she captured her fourth World Championship trophy after overcoming compatriot and World No.1 Raneem El Welily in front of Cairo’s spectacular Great Pyramid [...]

British and US Open triumphs confirm her return to top form By SEAN REUTHE – Squash Mad Correspondent Egypt’s Nouran Gohar has returned to World No.2 in the PSA Women’s World Rankings. Gohar reached a career-high ranking of World No.2 in January 2017 but a loss of form and motivation saw her drop out of [...]

Another new England number one By SEAN REUTHE and ALAN THATCHER Ever since Nick Matthew retired, England has witnessed something of a merry-go-round as James Willstrop, Daryl Selby and Declan James have enjoyed spells as the new national number one. Now we can add Adrian Waller to the list. Waller, from a squash-loving family in [...]

Home rule for Egyptian squash dynasty By SEAN REUTHE – Squash Mad Correspondent Three years on from becoming the first female squash players in history to contest a final in front of Cairo’s spectacular Great Pyramid of Giza, World No.1 Raneem El Welily and World No.4 Nour El Sherbini will once again go head-to-head at [...]