ROWE British Grand Prix

Greg Gaultier next to make semis in Manchester!

Fourth seed French fellow Greg Gaultier (pic) was on fire when he beat 7th seed Englishman Daryl Selby in straight games (11-3 11-8 11-5). All shots of the Frenchman found their targets and after 57 minutes Gaultier reaches the ROWE British Grand Prix ...

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...

Gaultier and Grant – all over the Court!

The 1st four matches of today’s 2nd round matches at the ROWE British Grand Prix did show sensational squash, but no upset have been produced. Best match out of the 4: Gaultier (pic ri) beats Grant (pic le) even on the floor. Results: [14] Saurav Gho...

Qualifier Clyne downed Mehboob in British Grand Prix!

Star of today’s evening matches of the ROWE British Grand Prix was the Scotsman Alan Clyne (pic front), when he downed 16th seed Farhan Mehboob from Pakistan. After being 0:8 down in the 5th game, Clyne managed to come back, saved 3 matchballs of Meh...

Seeded players made the 2nd round without problems!

The 1st four games of today’s 1st round matches of the ROWE British Grand Prix did not last very long. All seeded players have been through and now one of them wasted any time on the ASB all-glass court. Results: [12] Aamir Atlas Khan (pic, PAK) bt [...

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...

Big shock in Manchester – Matthew pulled out!

After the 5th match of day one saw 11th seed Australian Stewart Boswell survived a 5 games encounter against New Zealander Kashif Shuja (11-7, 11-2, 7-11, 11-13, 11-3, 57m) a shocking news came up in Manchester. No.1 seed Nick Matthew (pic) did pull ou...

ROWE British Grand Prix 2010 started!

First 4 matches are done – no surprises did arise and all seeded players have gone through to round two. Adrian Grand ended wild card Jens Schoor's Grand Prix run. Results: [4] Gregory Gaultier (FRA) bt Martin Knight (NZL) 11-6, 11-2, 11-3 (27m), [9...