Australia
July 19, 2011 •
Tags: Ahn Eun Chan, Australia, Samantha Cornett, Tasmanian Open, WISPA • Categories: all posts, players, tournaments
Samantha Cornett (pic) picked up her 2nd title of the year as she won the Tasmanian Open in Hobart in Australia. On the way into the final, 3rd seed Cornett produced 2 straight games wins against Deon Saffery (WAL) and Samantha Davies (AUS) to overcome...
July 11, 2011 •
Tags: Australia, Leo Au, Melbourne, PSA, Victorian Open • Categories: all posts, players, tournaments
After surviving two four-games matches en-route to the final of the Victorian Open in Melbourne, Hong Kong's Leo Au (pic) despatched England's Lewis Walters in straight games to take a 11-5, 11-9, 11-8 victory in 51 minutes in Melbourne. Au, boasting a...
June 28, 2011 •
Tags: Amr Shabana, Australia, Australian Open, David Palmer, PSA • Categories: all posts, tournaments
Australia's David Palmer (pic le) will have to get past world No5 Amr Shabana (pic ri) of Egypt in the 1st round of the Australian Open if he is to have any chance of adding a 2nd title to the one he claimed in 2008. The 2011 Australian Open will be pl...
June 22, 2011 •
Tags: Amanda Landers-Murphy, Australia, Melody Francis, South Australian Open, WISPA • Categories: all posts, players, tournaments
3rd seed Australian Melody Francis’s (pic) victory in this week’s South Australian Open brought her the 3rd title in 2011. After Francis overcame 2nd seed Siti Munirah Jusoh of Malaysia 11-13, 11-7, 11-3, 11-5, she met Amanda Landers-Murphy (NZL). ...
June 20, 2011 •
Tags: Adelaide, Australia, Kashif Shuja, Mike Corren, PSA, South Australian Open • Categories: all posts, players, tournaments
New Zealander Kashif Shuja (pic) edged out home favourite Mike Corren in the final of the South Australian Open to win in Adelaide. Corren, the South Australian-born 2nd seed in his 4th final in 5 years, was looking for his 3rd successive title as he c...
March 11, 2011 •
Tags: Australia, Chennai, Egypt, England, India, Malaysia, World Cup, WSF • Categories: all posts, associations, teams, tournaments
In the final qualifying round of the WSF World Cup in Chennai, Malaysia produced the event's first upset by beating 4th seeds France to earn a surprise place in the semi-finals in India. 5th seeds Malaysia fell behind when Muhd Asyraf Azan went down 11...
December 4, 2010 •
Tags: Australia, Donna Urquart, Kasey Brown, Rachael Grinham, Sarah Fitz-Gerald, Women's World Teams Championship, WSF • Categories: all posts, teams, tournaments
After last winning the title in 2004 - and finishing in 10th place two years later - Australia re-established their authority in women's world squash by beating England in the final of the Women's World Team Championship in Palmerston North, New Zealan...
November 28, 2010 •
Tags: Australia, New Zealand, Sarah Fitz-Gerald, Women's World Teams Championship, WSF • Categories: all posts, players, teams, tournaments
National pride was behind Sarah Fitz-Gerald‘s (pic) decision to play for Australia at the Women’s World Team Squash Championships New Zealand. The 5 times world champion compete in her 1st big squash event in almost 10 years, as she retired in 2002...
