Three North Americans have advanced through the qualifying stages to the main draw of the 2013 Allam British Open including Americans Latasha Khan and Amanda Sobhy and recent Canadian champion Samantha Cornett. After defeating France’s Maud Duplomb in a half hour opening qualifier 11-8, 11-6, 13-11, Khan played out the longest women’s match of the [...]
May 20, 2013
Squash Media
News, PSA/WSA
The European Squash Federation, the sport's longest-established regional federation, has elected Zena Wooldridge as the second female President in its 40-year history.
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May 20, 2013
Squash Media
International, News
Wrestling is heeding the harshest of wakeup calls.
Besides, those other sports — squash, karate, roller sport, wushu, sport climbing, wakeboarding and a combined baseball-softball bid — all deserve a fair shot at the one available spot, which they may not get because of the justifiable outcry over wrestling’s exclusion.
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Roger Federer once again throws his weight behind the Squash 2020 campaign. [...]
The world's first all-glass hardball doubles court has officially been given the nod of approval by the world's top players. [...]
U.S. Squash has announced U.S. Championships dates for the 2013-2014 season. [...]
May 14, 2013
Squash Media
College, Doubles, Hardball, Juniors, News
US squash star Julian Illingworth scored the 10th PSA World Tour title of his career on home soil when he beat Australian Zac Alexander in the final of the Las Vegas Open, the PSA Challenger 10 event at Life Time Athletic in Las Vegas. After retiring from last week’s Houston Open with food poisoning, the [...]
May 14, 2013
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News, PSA/WSA
Julian Illingworth fittingly celebrates his 20th final on the PSA World Tour on home soil after reaching the climax of the Las Vegas Open.
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May 13, 2013
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News, PSA/WSA
Madeline Perry has become the latest WSA World Tour player to win back-to-back titles in 2013 following a successful Texas Open campaign.
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May 13, 2013
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News, PSA/WSA
Sources tell Around the Rings the eight sports bidding for Olympic inclusion are likely to be cut to a group of three by the IOC Executive Board meeting in St. Petersburg later this month.
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May 8, 2013
Squash Media
International, News, Olympic Bid
Article and images courtesy of Squash Site Shawn Delierre of Montreal, QC captured his first national squash championship on defeating Dane Sharp of Toronto, ON in a hard fought 4 game final 11-8, 11-6, 7-11, 11-9. The closely contested final saw the two combatants battled for space but Delierre’s experience proved to be too much [...]
May 7, 2013
Squash Media
International, News
England's squash players retained their men's and women's team titles at the European Championships in Amsterdam. [...]
On Sunday, Princeton University named Sean Wilkinson as its men's squash coach. He is the eighth coach in the history of the Princeton men. [...]
May 6, 2013
Squash Media
College, News
Empty retail spaces across the UK are being converted into temporary squash courts. The "pop-up" squash court is part of a campaign being launched this week, called The Big Hit. [...]
May 6, 2013
Squash Media
News, Squash in the Media
The Boar's Head Sports Club in Charlottesville has hosted professional men and women's tennis tournaments and pro squash could be next.
The club has a brand new 12-million dollar squash facility that is already regarded as one of the best in the nation. [...]
May 3, 2013
Squash Media
News, Squash in the Media
The Professional Squash Association’s May rankings revealed another big achievement for Chris Gordon, as he reached the highest ranking of his career to date. [...]
May 1, 2013
Kristi Maroc
News, PSA/WSA, Team USA
After becoming the 2013 U.S. Women's National Champion and then winning the women’s World Doubles Championship for the United States in the past month, Natalie Grainger has continued her monumental winning streak in the 2013 U.S. Mixed Doubles Championships on the weekend, teaming up with partner Steve Scharff to take out the Open division final. [...]
May 1, 2013
Squash Media
Doubles, News
PSA SquashTV, the PSA's official live and video on-demand website, is extending its operation to cover events outside the PSA World Tour for the first time.
SquashTV will cover both the KPMG Grand Slam Cup and the German Bundesliga Finals in Germany. [...]
May 1, 2013
Squash Media
News, PSA/WSA
Whilst Ramy Ashour continues to lead the May Dunlop PSA Men's World Rankings, it is the presence of 11 countries in the top 20 which provides the most noteworthy aspect of the new list published today. [...]
May 1, 2013
Squash Media
International, News, PSA/WSA
New Zealander Campbell Grayson claimed the sixth PSA World Tour title of his career when he beat Mexico's Cesar Salazar in the final of the Houston Open at Life Time Fitness in Houston. It was an unexpected climax to the PSA World Tour Challenger 10 tournament which was the seventh event of the year in the new U.S. Pro Squash Series.
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April 29, 2013
Squash Media
International, News, PSA/WSA
The 2013 U.S. Junior Bronze Squash Championships, involving two hundred and fifteen players competing in the U11, U13, U15, U17, and U19 age divisions were played on the weekend, resulting in first-time champions in each division. [...]
April 29, 2013
Squash Media
Juniors, News
US number one Julian Illingworth led home interest in the Houston Open through to the quarter-finals after beating Pakistan qualifier Shahjahan Khan in the opening round of the PSA World Tour Challenger 10 event at Life Time Fitness in Houston.
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April 26, 2013
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International, News, PSA/WSA, Team USA
A quarter-finalist in his first appearance in the event 12 months ago, US champion Christopher Gordon went one better in this year's Cannon Kirk Homes Irish Open in Dublin when he beat local star Arthur Gaskin to reach the semi-finals of the PSA World Tour Challenger 15 event at Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club.
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April 26, 2013
Squash Media
International, News, PSA/WSA, Team USA
The 2013 Mixed Squash Doubles Championships will take place this weekend at the Round Hill Club in Greenwich, CT. The tournament involves thirty-nine teams competing across four divisions: 40+, 50+, B, and a eleven team open division.
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April 25, 2013
Squash Media
Doubles, News
The recently-launched U.S. Pro Squash Series - a collaboration between U.S. Squash and the Professional Squash Association (PSA) - has been given a further boost by the inclusion of the Life Time Grand Prix Squash Tour. [...]
April 25, 2013
Squash Media
International, News, PSA/WSA