http://i-love-squash.com Sat, 04 Feb 2012 09:40:43 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://i-love-squash.com/video-interview-nicol-david-squash/ http://i-love-squash.com/video-interview-nicol-david-squash/#comments Sat, 04 Feb 2012 09:36:53 +0000 i-love-squash http://i-love-squash.com/?guid=d5859bcc0fb0ade7baaf4c0df15ff4ae ]]> http://i-love-squash.com/video-interview-nicol-david-squash/feed/ 0 http://i-love-squash.com/top-seeds-into-swedish-open-semis/ http://i-love-squash.com/top-seeds-into-swedish-open-semis/#comments Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:17:11 +0000 i-love-squash http://i-love-squash.com/?guid=d72da54d22a3d3240183edd68954b44c
By contrast, French favourite Greg Gaultier took only 26 minutes to earn his place in the last 4 after despatching England's Tom Richards 11-6, 11-2, 11-5. Gaultier, the world No3, will now take on another Englishman Peter Barker after the No3 seed beat South African Stephen Coppinger 11-5, 11-4, 11-5.

Unseeded Daryl Selby maintained his powerful run in the event after the world No12 from England recovered from a game down to see off Germany's Simon Rosner 2-11, 11-8, 11-8, 11-5.

"We have had four very good days here at the Case Swedish Open, including two days of qualification and now two days in the main draw on the ASB GlassCourt," said tournament promoter Fredrik Johnson.

"Saturday looks very promising with all the semi-finalists being in the top 12 in the world. It will be a very big crowd at the arena and it looks as it will be sold out.

"We also a very good pro am when Greg Gaultier played a game with Stefan Edberg," added the former top-ranked Swede.

Semi-final line-up:
[1] Gregory Gaultier (FRA) v [3] Peter Barker (ENG)
[2] Karim Darwish (EGY) v Daryl Selby (ENG)

Quarter-finals:
[1] Gregory Gaultier (FRA) bt Tom Richards (ENG) 11-6, 11-2, 11-5 (26m)
[3] Peter Barker (ENG) bt Stephen Coppinger (RSA) 11-5, 11-4, 11-5 (32m)
Daryl Selby (ENG) bt Simon Rosner (GER) 2-11, 11-8, 11-8, 11-5 (60m)
[2] Karim Darwish (EGY) bt Nicolas Mueller (SUI) 11-5, 11-7, 6-11, 12-10 (49m) ]]> http://i-love-squash.com/top-seeds-into-swedish-open-semis/feed/ 0 http://i-love-squash.com/selby-scores-swedish-open-upset-squash/ http://i-love-squash.com/selby-scores-swedish-open-upset-squash/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:09:40 +0000 i-love-squash http://i-love-squash.com/?guid=c75b0141b16c0ae3b5a06b1ea731886e
Selby will meet now German Simon Rosner who eased through into the quarters with a 11-5, 11-9, 11-5 over Egyptian 2010 World Junior Champion Amr Khaled Khalifa.

Further 1st round results:
[1] Gregory Gaultier (FRA) bt Saurav Ghosal (IND) 11-8, 11-3, 11-6 (49m)
Tom Richards (ENG) bt [Q] Chris Simpson (ENG) 6-11, 6-11, 11-7, 11-8, 12-10 (70m)
Stephen Coppinger (RSA) bt [Q] Campbell Grayson (NZL) 11-9, 8-11, 7-11, 14-12, 11-4 (92m)
[3] Peter Barker (ENG) bt Rasmus Hult (SWE) 11-4, 11-8, 11-7 (31m)
Nicolas Mueller (SUI) bt Mohd Nafiizwan Adnan (MAS) 11-8, 9-11, 11-9, 12-10 (57m)
[2] Karim Darwish (EGY) bt [Q] Henrik Mustonen (FIN) 11-7, 11-7, 11-4.

Quarter-final line-up:
[1] Gregory Gaultier (FRA) v Tom Richards (ENG)
[3] Peter Barker (ENG) v Stephen Coppinger (RSA)
Daryl Selby (ENG) v Simon Rosner (GER)
[2] Karim Darwish (EGY) v Nicolas Mueller (SUI) ]]> http://i-love-squash.com/selby-scores-swedish-open-upset-squash/feed/ 0 http://i-love-squash.com/nicol-david-triumphs-cleveland-squash/ http://i-love-squash.com/nicol-david-triumphs-cleveland-squash/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:21:09 +0000 i-love-squash http://i-love-squash.com/?guid=8528a6febb50d8b279f72bf74c309b08
David’s victory brought down the number of tournaments she was unable to win to just one, the US Open. The English No2 took the 1st game, as David upped the pace to get the game under control and take her 59th WSA Tour title.]]> http://i-love-squash.com/nicol-david-triumphs-cleveland-squash/feed/ 0 http://i-love-squash.com/egypt-waltz-through-england-struggle-chennai-squash/ http://i-love-squash.com/egypt-waltz-through-england-struggle-chennai-squash/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:30:49 +0000 i-love-squash http://i-love-squash.com/?guid=935dcdb527cc5d729d1e12a48b5f4c4f
Qualifying rounds - Pool A:
[1] EGYPT bt [5] AUSTRALIA 3/0
Marwan El Shorbagy bt Jamie McErvale 11-8, 11-3, 11-3 (26m)
Nour El Tayeb bt Tamika Saxby 11-4, 11-4, 11-7 (28m)
Mohamed Abouelghar bt Walter Koteka 11-8, 11-7, 11-4 (18m)

[4] INDIA bt [8] GERMANY 3/0
Ramit Tandon bt Rudi Rohrmuller 11-2, 11-5, 12-10 (45m)
Dipika Pallikal bt Franziska Hennes 11-2, 11-4, 11-7 (20m)
Karan Malik bt Valentin Rapp 11-8, 11-6, 11-4 (33m)

[5] AUSTRALIA bt [8] GERMANY 2/1
Jamie McErvale lost to Rudi Rohrmuller 10-12, 12-10, 3-11, 8-11 (62m)
Sarah Cardwell bt Annika Wiese 11-6, 11-7, 11-4 (20m)
Walter Koteka bt Sven Lemmermann 13-11, 11-9, 11-0 (30m)

[1] EGYPT bt [4] INDIA 3/0
Marwan El Shorbagy bt Ravi Dixit 11-7, 6-11, 11-4, 12-10 (44m)
Nour El Sherbini bt Anaka Alankamony 11-6, 11-3, 11-7 (25m)
Karim Abdel Gawad bt Karan Malik 3-11, 11-9, 11-0, 11-3 (31m)

[1] EGYPT v [8] GERMANY
[4] INDIA v [5] AUSTRALIA

Pool B:
[2] ENGLAND bt [6] HONG KONG CHINA 3/0
Charles Sharpes bt Cheuk Yan Tang 11-1, 11-2, 11-8 (28m)
Emily Whitlock bt Karman Siu 11-2, 11-9, 9-11, 11-7 (35m)
Declan James bt Wong Chi-Him 11-6, 11-8, 12-10 (35m)

[3] FRANCE bt [7] MALAYSIA 2/1
Lucas Serme bt Affeeq Abedeen Ismail 11-5, 11-9, 11-9 (31m)
Cyrielle Peltier lost to Tan Yan Xin 6-11, 11-13, 13-11, 2-11 (42m)
Geoffrey Demont bt Sanjay Singh 11-5, 11-7, 11-6 (33m)

[6] HONG KONG CHINA bt [7] MALAYSIA 2/1
Yeung Ho Wai bt Affeeq Abedeen Ismail 11-5, 6-11, 11-9, 11-4 (53m)
Tong Tsz-Wing bt Tan Yan Xin 11-6, 6-11, 11-8, 11-4 (39m)
Wong Chi-Him lost to Sanjay Singh 11-5, 6-11, 11-6, 10-12, 6-11 (50m)

[3] FRANCE bt [2] ENGLAND 2/1
Lucas Serme bt Charles Sharpes 11-8, 11-5, 11-4 (36m)
Cyrielle Peltier lost to Emily Whitlock 4-11, 1-11, 9-11 (28m)
Geoffrey Demont bt Ben Coleman 11-8, 11-8, 11-8 (58m)

[2] ENGLAND v [7] MALAYSIA
[3] FRANCE v [6] HONG KONG CHINA ]]> http://i-love-squash.com/egypt-waltz-through-england-struggle-chennai-squash/feed/ 0 http://i-love-squash.com/david-massaro-cleveland-final-squash/ http://i-love-squash.com/david-massaro-cleveland-final-squash/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:04:42 +0000 i-love-squash http://i-love-squash.com/?guid=24b022186f3d261a6e2cac989c71ede2
In the 2nd semi last year’s runner-up Malaysian world champion Nicol David (pic ri) overcame Ireland's Madeline Perry (pic le) in straight games 11-3, 11-4, 11-6. The final will be a hotly contested affair, with Massaro looking to retain her title and David looking for revenge of last year’s defeat.]]> http://i-love-squash.com/david-massaro-cleveland-final-squash/feed/ 0 http://i-love-squash.com/beng-hee-battles-major-title-detroit-squash/ http://i-love-squash.com/beng-hee-battles-major-title-detroit-squash/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:27:27 +0000 i-love-squash http://i-love-squash.com/?guid=180ca1b305e95d610de2b3497215ac2f
It was after a difficult 2011 which brought him to the brink of retirement that the rejuvenated 31-year-old completed back-to-back upsets of the No4 and No1 seeds before ousting Ashour to secure his biggest PSA Tour title since winning the Malaysian Open in 2008.

In front of a sold-out crowd, world No34 Beng Hee completed a wild 4 days by beating the world No14 from Egypt 11-8, 11-9, 11-7. The win netted the veteran a Rolex Explorer II watch, a winner's cheque , and a standing ovation from the packed house.]]> http://i-love-squash.com/beng-hee-battles-major-title-detroit-squash/feed/ 0 http://i-love-squash.com/power-and-david-clash-toronto-squash/ http://i-love-squash.com/power-and-david-clash-toronto-squash/#comments Sat, 28 Jan 2012 16:09:21 +0000 i-love-squash http://i-love-squash.com/?guid=c195cdf2d35693b54fe1be74a084008e ]]> http://i-love-squash.com/power-and-david-clash-toronto-squash/feed/ 0 http://i-love-squash.com/grinham-takes-maiden-toc-title-squash/ http://i-love-squash.com/grinham-takes-maiden-toc-title-squash/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:24:56 +0000 i-love-squash http://i-love-squash.com/?guid=9249611fab10b098cc4a583450cb06cc
The 33-year-old, who has played under the Dutch flag since marrying fellow squash player Tommy Berden, kept opponent off guard and off balance and the match victory (11-4,11-3,11-3) for Grinham was never in doubt. The former World No2 used length and width to keep her opponent out of the middle of court to ensure winning the 1st ever ToC women’s title ever.

And Grinham’s 19-month-old son Kieran can add a new phrase to his vocabulary – instead of just saying “Mommy America”, he can say “Mommy America champion.”]]> http://i-love-squash.com/grinham-takes-maiden-toc-title-squash/feed/ 0 http://i-love-squash.com/matthew-toc-champion-world-no-1-squash/ http://i-love-squash.com/matthew-toc-champion-world-no-1-squash/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 10:25:22 +0000 i-love-squash http://i-love-squash.com/?guid=554f723738e6a33ef2339ba8346e198c
It was their first confrontation since Willstrop had run off 3 PSA World Series titles in a row and replaced his rival at the top of the PSA world rankings at the beginning of this year.

The match was marked by physical play, wall-hugging rallies and several mini shifts in momentum. "I think one of the differences tonight was that I did a better job of capitalising on the momentum when it shifted my way," said Matthew.

The 8-11, 11-9, 11-5, 11-7 triumph earns Matthew the 22nd PSA World Tour title of his career.]]> http://i-love-squash.com/matthew-toc-champion-world-no-1-squash/feed/ 0