The countdown for next year’s PSA World Squash Championship in England is now underway following the formal handover of the title in Qatar to the organisers of the 2013 event in Manchester. The Qatar PSA World Championship brought the elite 2012 PSA World Series calendar to a sensational climax in Doha last week when Ramy […]
Julian Illingworth, the sole US entrant in the main draw of the Betty F Griffin Memorial Florida State Open, produced the perfect home result by winning the PSA World Tour Challenger 10 squash event at the Lifetime Athletic Club in Boca Raton, USA. The top-seeded 28-year-old from New York reached the 19th Tour final of […]
Clinton Leeuw had to survive a 95-minute first round marathon in the Betty F Griffin Memorial Florida State Open before claiming his place in the quarter-finals of the PSA World Tour Challenger 10 squash event at the Lifetime Athletic Club in Boca Raton, USA. The Cape Town-born 30-year-old beat Jamaican qualifier Christopher Binnie 6-11, 11-8, […]
In a sensational all-Egyptian clash which went down to the wire, Ramy Ashour triumphed over outsider Mohamed El Shorbagy in the final of the Qatar PSA World Squash Championship at the Khalifa International Tennis & Squash Complex in Doha to become world champion for the second time since 2008. Ashour, who 24 hours earlier dethroned England’s defending […]
Chris Simpson, an Englishman who had never before progressed beyond the opening round, today earned a place in the last 16 of the Qatar PSA World Squash Championship after upsetting ninth-seeded Dutchman Laurens Jan Anjema in a dramatic five-game second round battle in Doha. Boasting a $325,000 prize-fund, the second biggest in the sport’s history, […]
The final day of another phenomenal week of squash was set-up for a cracking finish as the expected duels between the top seeds of both the men’s and ladies’ A Sections became a reality. The action shifted to Pretoria Harlequins due to the larger viewing area, which proved to be insufficient as a massive crowd […]
The expected final, winner takes all, match-ups have materialised in the Jarvis and Kaplan Cup. No 1 seeds and defending champions KwaZulu-Natal beat Northerns 5–0 to set-up a Friday cracker versus second-ranked Western Province. Steve Coppinger completed the whitewash with a 3 1 win over Kelvin Ndhlovu after the Zambian has won the opener. The […]
Day 3 of the Jarvis Kaplan Cup was full of drama, heated exchanges and disputed calls; nothing you wouldn’t expect from South Africa’s, if not the world’s, most enthralling regional competition. Most of the above was in full view in the fixture-deciding match-up between Western Province No 1 Shaun le Roux and Central Gauteng’s Eddie […]
Northerns are hosting the Jarvis Kaplan Cup for the seventh time and Day 2 proved to be fruitful for the home team. The local ladies trounced Western Province 5–0 to set themselves up for a first ever title in the A Division. The only team standing in their way now are Central Gauteng, who defeated […]
The 2012 Jarvis Kaplan Cup interprovincial tournament kicked off in Pretoria on Monday, with over 200 squash fanatics descending on the capital. The A section matches were contested at Pretoria Country Club and the results went according to script, with the favoured teams all recording comfortable victories. Defending ladies champions Western Province beat Easterns 4-1, […]