James Willstrop

Glass court action at El Gouna!

The 1st four matches of the 2nd round at the El Gouna International Open showed very different action. While Egyptian world No1 Ramy Ashour and his compatriot Karim Abdel Gawad had more problems with the slippery court-floor than with their opponent, a...

England’s Nick Matthew wins gold in Delhi!

England's world number two squash player Nick Matthew (pic le) achieved "the most important thing in my career so far" when he beat fellow countryman James Willstrop (pic ri) in the men's Commonwealth Games singles final in Delhi to win his first gold ...

All-English men’s final in Delhi!

England’s Nick Matthew and James Willstrop (pic) secured an all-English final for Commonweath gold. In the semis Matthew beats his compatriot Peter Barker in straight games (11-9, 11-2, 11-9) and took revenge on the Barker’ defeat in Australia in A...

Willstrop and Palmer will meet in the Commonwealth Games quarters!

Australian squash veteran David Palmer (pic) claimed one of the last slots in the men's Commonwealth Games quarter-finals at in Delhi, when he .beat his Malaysian rival Ong Beng Hee 11-4, 15-13, 11-5 in 55 minutes. Palmer won a bronze medal in 2002 and...

Ramy Ashour takes the first ROWE British Grand Prix title!

Egypt's world No1 Ramy Ashour (pic front) beat England's James Willstrop 11-7, 3-11, 11-3, 11-5 in the final of the ROWE British Grand Prix 2010 to win the biggest title in Europe this year. Ashour was in full command of the game even if Willstrop mana...

Willstrop booked his final spot!

Fifth seed James Willstrop (pic le) survived an incident-packed semi-final of the ROWE British Grand Prix to beat fourth-seeded Frenchman Greg Gaultier 11-7, 11-9, 9-11, 5-11, 11-9 in 101 minutes to ensure his spot in Monday's final. The match was up a...

James Willstrop takes first semi slot!

Fifth seed Englishman James Willstrop (pic) beats his trainingspartner the 14th seed Indian Saurav Ghosal in straight games 11-7, 11-5, 11-4 (37m) to take the first semi-final slot for the ROWE British Grand Prix in Manchester. Next mat...

All English hopes last on Willstrop!

Only two matches were left after Nick Matthew’s withdrawal. English compatriot James Willstrop (pic) did not need much time to overcome Max Lee of Hong Kong. After just 26 minutes Willstrop took the straight games victory (11-7, 11-5, 11-2). In the l...