January 13, 2016 •
Tags: Alison Waters, Amanda Sobhy, Laura Massaro, New York, Nouran Gohar, PSA Women, Tournament of Champions, USA • Categories: all posts, players, tournaments
A number of surprise results lit up the quarter-final stage of the 2016 Women’s J.P. Morgan Tournament of Champions. Egypt’s Nouran Gohar (ri) and USA No.1 Amanda Sobhy catching the eye after they both rose to cause stunning upsets against World No.1 Laura Massaro and England No.2 Alison Waters, respectively.
January 12, 2016 •
Tags: Camille Serme, Mathieu Castagnet, Mohamed Elshorbagy, New York, Nour El Sherbini, PSA Men, PSA Women, Tournament of Champions, USA • Categories: all posts, players, tournaments
French No.2 Mathieu Castagnet (ri) overcame former World No.5 Borja Golan in a 72-minute encounter in the quarter-final of the 2016 Men’s J.P. Morgan Tournament of Champions in New York’s Grand Central Terminal – reaching the last four of a PSA World Series event for the first time in his career.
January 11, 2016 •
Tags: James Willstrop, New York, PSA Men, Simon Rosner, Tournament of Champions, USA • Categories: players, tournaments
In the men’s draw hard-hitting German Simon Rösner (ri) pulled off one of the most impressive wins of his career to defeat 2010 champion James Willstrop (le) and book his place in the quarter-finals against the current World Champion Gregory Gaultier from France.
January 11, 2016 •
Tags: Amanda Sobhy, New York, PSA Women, Raneem El Welily, Tournament of Champions, USA • Categories: all posts, players, tournaments
Team USA's 2015 triple-PanAm Games Gold medal winning hero Amanda Sobhy (ri) pulled off the biggest win of her career, and arguably one of the most significant triumphs in the history of US Squash, as she eliminated defending champion and World No.2 Raneem El Welily (le) 11-5, 6-11, 11-5, 11-6 in the 2nd round of the J.P. Morgan Tournament of Champions – taking place in her home city of New York.
January 10, 2016 •
Tags: Laura Massaro, New York, Nicol David, PSA Women, Raneem El Welily, Tournament of Champions, USA • Categories: all posts, players, tournaments
On the opening day of Women’s action at the 2016 J.P. Morgan Tournament of Champions, which for the 1st time in tournament history is offering equal prize money across both the Men’s and Women’s draws, title favourites Nicol David, Laura Massaro and Raneem El Welily, the defending champion, signalled their intentions to triumph on the sport’s grandest stage with a trio of dominant first round performances.
January 10, 2016 •
Tags: Mohamed Elshorbagy, New York, PSA Men, Tournament of Champions, USA • Categories: all posts, players, tournaments
World No1 Mohamed Elshorbagy (le) beat Australian fellow Cameron Pilley (ri) 11-5, 11-9, 11-9 in an intense paced match to out gun the 33-year-old in an exhibition of ferocious hitting.
January 9, 2016 •
Tags: Fares Dessouki, New York, Nick Matthew, PSA Men, Tournament of Champions, USA • Categories: all posts, players, tournaments
The second day of 1st round action at the 2016 J.P. Morgan Tournament of Champions in New York saw local wild card player Todd Harrity crashing out of the tournament losing 11-6, 8-11, 11-6, 11-8 to 21-year-old Egyptian talent Fares Dessouki.
January 8, 2016 •
Tags: New York, PSA Men, Tournament of Champions, USA • Categories: all posts, players, tournaments
On the opening day of action at the 2016 Men’s J.P. Morgan Tournament of Champions staged in the iconic setting of New York’s Grand Central Terminal it was Spaniard and World No19 Borja Golan (le) who made the headlines as he downs crowd-favourite and World No5 Miguel Angel Rodriguez (ri) 11-6, 11-6, 11-5. “I’m really happy to win today,” said Golan.
