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Matthew & Walters Wins 2014 British Championships
Nick Matthew won the 2014 British Closed Championships this weekend in Manchester to secure his 6th title. He beat an inform James Wilstrop 3-1 in a tough 78 minute match.
James joked that he was 800-1 down in the series against Nick and although it’s not 800 it has been 7 years since James beat Nick in a PSA tour match (in 2007). 
In the women’s event Alison Walters defended her title beating Madeline Perry 3-0 to collect her 4th British Closed Championship. She made the most of her record-equalling eighth appearance in a Nationals Final as she beat first-time finalist Madeline Perry 11-3, 11-6, 11-6 in just over half an hour to claim her second title in a row. Read more…
Tournament of Champions 2014
Amr Shabana is the 2014 New York ‘Tournament of Champions’ winner.
In an amazing run he beat Gregory Gaultier (No.1 seed) in the Final at Grand Central Station 3-0 (11-4 13-11 11-8) to claim his 3rd ToC title – and the last one was 8 years ago!
And on the way he beat the seeds 2 & 4 in Nick Matthew and James Wilstrop to seal an amazing win for the No.7 seed.
Nicol David beat Laura Massaro in the women’s W.S.A. final to take her 1st ToC championship and she was delighted to do it saying “I get goose bumps every time I walk into Grand Central.”
It’s great to see 2 legends of the game on the top of their games.
To see both draw’s click here
To see some more about the tournament click here
World Squash Championship 2013: BBC to show tournament
The 2013 World Squash Championship will be shown on the BBC from the quarter-final stage.
Nick Matthew and James Willstrop are two of the British competitors featuring in the event which begins on 26 October and runs to 3 November.
The BBC Sport website will show the quarter-finals and semi-finals live.
The final will be aired on the Red Button and also on the BBC Sport website and connected TVs with a highlights programme on BBC Two.
2013 U.S.Open in Philly
Greg and Nicol take the U.S. Open titles in Philly!
The finals on Friday night saw some great squash with a really exciting 3-2 in the W.S.A. women’s event and a master class in the P.S.A. men’s event.
http://www.usopensquash.com says:
What a women’s final to mark the first ever World series event to offer equal prize money for the women and the men!
It was a meeting of the world No. 1 and world No. 2 and Nicol David retained her U.S. Open title with a thrilling five-game victory over Laura Massaro—eighty-four minutes of captivating play that could have been choreographed to say to to the men’s finalists “follow that if you can!”
What followed was a masterful performance from Gregory Gaultier as the French top seed added to his U.S. Open title of 2006 with a straight games win over Nick Matthew, the third seed and 2007 champion.
Picture left shows Harrow’s James Simpson take on the Number 2 seed James Wilstrop in the 1st round.
To see the men’s U.S. Open Draw click here
To see the women’s U.S. Open draw click here
Squash On Sky (Sun/Mon/Wed)
2013 British Open – Results so far
The 2013 British Open kicked off yesterday in Hull, with the 1st rounds of the Open Tournament being played at the K.C. Football stadium.
To see the Open Draw click here
To see the Woman’s Draw click here
To see the Masters Draws click here
The top 2 seeds in the Men’s Draw are Ramy Ashour (No.1) and Nick Matthew (No.2 and defending champion) – and they could meet for a showdown on Sunday. However James Willstrop (No.3), Greg Gaultier (No.4 seed) will no doubt have something to say about that!
In the Women’s Event it’s once again hard to see past Nicol David to retain her title, but the big challenge may come from Laura Massaro (seeded No.2)
Squash & the Olympics
Squash On Sky – The North American Open 2013
Well why not kick back over Easter and watch the squash on Sky.
They are covering the North American Open this weekend on the 31st March and the 1st April (no joke!).
Sky Sports 4 on the Sunday 31st March – 7.00am – 11.00am – 4.30pm
Sky Sports 4 on the Monday 1st April – 1.00am – 6.00am – 3.00pm – 7..00pm
And don’t forget the clocks change on Sunday, if you’re getting up to watch it!
Willstrop v Matthew – The Rivalry (Trans World Sport)
All Aboard the Showboat!
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