Malaysia's world no.1 Nicol David (pic ri) beat England's Jenny Duncalf, the world no.2, in straight games (11-6, 12-10, 12-10) in the Hong Kong Open final, to secure her 6th successive title triumph. The win boosts David's career Tour tally to 47 titles, including six this year. After 90 action-packed minutes Egypt's Ramy Ashour (pic le) took his 1st Hong Kong title, by beating Frenchman Greg Gaultier in a thrilling five-games encounter (10-12, 11-9, 11-9, 9-11, 11-9). This victory ensured Ashour’s return to the top of the PSA world rankings next month. It was the Egyptian's 1st Super Series trophy of the year and it takes Ashour's career PSA Tour title tally to 16.
Category: "players"
David goes for no.6 – Ashour celebrates his 1st Hong Kong title!
August 29, 2010 • Tags: Greg Gaultier, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Open, Jenny Duncalf, Nicol David, PSA, Ramy Ashour, WISPA • Categories: all posts, players, tournaments
Gaultier and Ashour to contest Hong Kong Open final!
August 28, 2010 • Tags: Greg Gaultier, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Open, Jenny Duncalf, Nicol David, PSA, Ramy Ashour, WISPA • Categories: all posts, players, tournaments
Ramy Ashour (pic ri) is one step away from regaining his world no.1 ranking after beating fellow Egyptian Karim Darwish in the semi-finals of the Hong Kong Open. But the 22-year-old from Cairo will have to beat French rival Greg Gaultier (pic le) in tomorrow's final to reclaim the pole position from England's Nick Matthew. Final contender and 5th seed Gaultier reached the final for the fourth year in a row after beating England's Peter Barker 11-7, 11-3, 11-5. The world's top two women Nicol David (MAS) and Jenny Duncalf (ENG) will line up in women's final. Both finalists overcame their semi-final rivals Rachael Grinham (AUS) and Alison Waters (ENG) in straight games.
Peter Barker downs Nick Matthew in Hong Kong!
August 27, 2010 • Tags: Amr Shabana, Greg Gaultier, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Open, Nick Matthew, Peter Barker, PSA, WISPA • Categories: all posts, players, tournaments
The English No.8 of the World, Peter Barker (pic), produced a major up-set in the Hong Kong quarter-finals, when he downed his compatriot and World No.1 Nick Matthew in four games (3-11, 11-8, 11-5, 11-5) in 55 minutes. Barker will meet Frenchman Greg Gaultier in the semi-final, who took out the five times and defending Hong Kong champion Amr Shabana (11-9, 8-11, 11-5, 11-8). No surprise at the women’s draw so far. Quarter-final line up: [1] Nicol David (MAS) v [3] Rachael Grinham (AUS) and [2] Jenny Duncalf (ENG) v [4] Alison Waters (ENG).
Sabine Schoene set to win the World Masters title in Germany!
August 24, 2010 • Tags: Cologne, Germany, Renan Lavigne, Sabine Schoene, World Open Masters, WSF • Categories: all posts, players, tournaments
Germany's former world no. 6 Sabine Schoene (pic) is set to star the World Masters Championships in Cologne where she is the only local player seeded to win one of the 17 titles. The World Masters are being staged in Germany for the 1st time in its 34-year history. The 36-year-old from Munich is top seed in the Women's Over-35 championship. Schoene, the German national champion an incredible 17 times, enjoyed a distinguished career on the international circuit, reaching the World Open semi-finals in 1993 and winning the silver medal in the World Games in 1997. Frenchman Renan Lavigne - a former world no.17 - is also making his Masters debut as top seed in the Men's Over-35 event. England is expected to win six titles in the championships, with Australia and South Africa each predicted to gain four.
Shabana aims for 6th title – Ashour to reclaim World no.1 spot!
August 22, 2010 • Tags: Amr Shabana, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Open, Nick Matthew, PSA, Ramy Ashour • Categories: all posts, players, tournaments
Egypt's Amr Shabana (pic) is ready for to win his 6th successive title in next week's Hong Kong Open. Reigning world champion Shabana boasts a 25-match unbeaten run in Hong Kong since beginning his record bid in the 2005 championship, which was upgraded to a World Open. Contrasting to this scenario young compatriot Ramy Ashour has the chance of reclaiming the world number one ranking from Englishman Nick Matthew, but only if he wins the Hong Kong Open title - without Matthew making the final.
Brown doubled doubles title in Melbourne!
August 21, 2010 • Tags: Australia, Australian Doubles Championship, Commonwealth Games, Kasey Brown • Categories: all posts, players, tournaments
Australia's Kasey Brown (pic) boosted her chances of doubles squash medal success in next month's Commonwealth Games in Delhi with two titles in the finals of the Australian Open Doubles Championships. In an all-Australian Women's Doubles final, the 25-year-old world no.10 partnered Donna Urquhart to an 11-8, 10-11, 11-5 victory over Lisa Camilleri and Amelia Pittock. 3rd seeds in the Mixed Doubles event, Brown and Cameron Pilley despatched English favourites James Willstrop and Jenny Duncalf 11-6, 11-3. England denied the hosts a clean sweep of titles when top seeds Nick Matthew and Adrian Grant triumphed 11-10, 6-11, 11-8 in a tough battle against 2nd-seeded Australians David Palmer and Stewart Boswell in the Men's Doubles final.
Nicol David seeded to win her 5th World Title in Egypt!
August 19, 2010 • Tags: Egypt, Nicol David, Sarah Fitz-Gerald, WISPA, Women's World Open • Categories: all posts, players, tournaments
Malaysia's world no.1 Nicol David (pic) is set to equal Australian Sarah Fitz-Gerald's record 5 world squash titles. The 1st Women's World Open ever to be held in Egypt, will be staged at Sharm El Sheikh. It was in December 2005, 3 years after Sarah Fitz-Gerald made history with her fifth world title in Qatar, that Nicol David began the assault on her mentor's record. The 26-year-old from Penang clinched her 4th world title in five years last September, beating Dutch rival Natalie Grinham in the final in her hometown of Amsterdam. David, who has dominated the women's game since January 2006, has already overtaken one of Fitz-Gerald's achievements – surpassing her Australian training partner to become the player with the 3rd longest reign at the top of the rankings.
The world’s top two squash players seeded to meet!
August 18, 2010 • Tags: James Willstrop, Manchester, Nick Matthew, PSA, Ramy Ashour, ROWE British Grand Prix • Categories: all posts, players, tournaments
The world's top two squash players Nick Matthew and Ramy Ashour (pic) are seeded to meet in the final of the ROWE British Grand Prix, to be staged at the National Squash Centre in Manchester from 15-20 September. But, according to the draw the standout to be the predicted quarter-final clash between career-long English rivals Nick Matthew and James Willstrop. Nick Matthew, who became England's first world number one for six years in June, leads a star-studded field which boasts eight players from the current world's top 10 and five former world number ones. The complete draw is provided at the official website.
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ROWE British Grand Prix Manchester 2010 -
www.britishsquashgrandprix.com
internationalSPORTgroup Ltd No. 4 The Spinney Chester Road Poynton Cheshire SK12 1HB England EMAIL: info@isportgroup.com
