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2015 World Champion in Washington
The Flying Frenchman Greg Gaultier wins his 1st World Championships 
Greg paid tribute to France when he said about the recent terror attacks “Our hearts were broken, all the French people and all around the world. But so many people came to talk to me and support me about it, we got emails, texts. There should be peace in this world and respect. Whoever you are you have to give respect to people. There should be no terror and today we put on a great fight, but it was a fight with respect on and off court.”
Men’s US Open Final Highlights – Greg Gaultier v Omar Mosaad
Draw available here
19th -24th October PSA Squash Classic – in support of CLIC Sargent
Calling all squash fans! We are delighted to announce that CLIC Sargent has been chosen as the official charity for this fantastic tournament which will feature several of the world’s top players.
To join us as a spectator at one of the squash events, or at the post tournament party, please contact event organiser Danny Lee on 07905 102 094 or email: dannylee62@btinternet.com.
Organiser Danny Lee said: “I’m running The CLIC Sargent PSA Classic Squash Tournament to help promote squash to people in Surrey, but also to raise both funds and awareness for this fantastic charity which does so much to support children with cancer.” 
CLIC Sargent Fundraising Manager Helen Farquharson said: “We’re very excited to be benefiting from this tournament.
“With tickets ranging from £10 to £30 this is a great opportunity to watch some world-class sporting action, or join us for drinks and dancing while supporting CLIC Sargent.”
To find out how you could organise your own event for CLIC Sargent, please contact CLIC Sargent Fundraising Manager Helen Farquharson on 01273 573 848 or email: helen.farquharson@clicsargent.org.uk.
Nick Matthew & Mohamed Elshorbagy in the Final of the British Grand Prix 2015
Nick Matthew beat Karim Abdel Gawad in the semi-final of the 2015 AJ Bell British Grand Prix. The World No.2 progresses to his third consecutive final at the British Grand Prix, where this year he will face World No.1 Mohamed Elshorbagy.
Nick said about his semi-final opponent “Karim offered a different challenge to my other opponents. I’ve never played him before and with his silky skills he presented a totally different challenge. I never felt totally settled” (Nick Matthew (ENG) bt Karim Abdel Gawad 3-0: 11-7, 11-6, 13-11)
Top seed Mohamed Elshorbagy won 3-2 against Gregory Gaultier in the 2nd semi-final as the crowd were treated to an impressive display of athleticism from both players, which went in Elshorbagy’s favour as the 24-year-old finished won in the 5th game 7-11, 11-9, 11-7, 6-11, 11-8.
Harrow’s Raneem El Welily is the New Women’s WORLD NO.1
Egyptian Raneem El Welily has topped the September 2015 PSA Women’s World Rankings and ended Nicol David’s nine-year run as No.1
The Harrow sponsored player has won 3 major titles major titles already this year (the New York Tournament of Champions, the Windy City Open and her home tournament the Alexandria Open) which have all helped her become the first player since 2006 to overtake Nicol at the top of the World Rankings.
“I’m absolutely thrilled to have become the new World No.1,” said El Welily, “I’m trying to be hungrier this season than ever before and I’ll need that hunger if I’m to stay at the top and hopefully I can start the season well at the China Open starting on the 3rd of September.”
Congratulations Raneem – a truly remarkable achievement (she is also the first Egyptian female star in any sport to be crowned World No.1)
Dougie Kempsell wins the Shepparton International PSA $5K Tournament in Melbourne
Dougie Kempsell wins the P.S.A. $5K Shepparton International Tournament in Melbourne this weekend with a stunning run of form and determination to clinch the top prize.
He was seeded No.5 and so had to beat the No.4 and No.2 seeds on the way to the final. The first of these matches was an hour and a half marathon against Tayyab Aslam the No.2 seed from Pakistan (and World No.84) which Dougie won 11-5 in the 5th.
And if that was a marathon then the very next day was a triathlon as Dougie beat the home player and No.4 seed Josua Larkin in a match lasting 2 and a half hours! And it went all the way to 13-11 in the last game – what an effort!
So to The Final and it’s amazing that Dougie had anything left after those last two matches, but he did and won the final 3-0 against Josh Masters from England in just 34 minutes.
Fantastic win Doug and many congratulations.
Greg Lobban Runner Up at the $15K P.S.A. Victorian Open (Melbourne) 29th July-2nd Aug 2015
Greg Lobban was runner up to Ryan Cuskelly in the Victorian Open, PSA $15K title against in a dramatic final.
Ryan (No.1 seed and World Ranked No.35) swept past Mahesh Mangaonkar in the semi-final while Greg (No.4 seed and world Ranked 50) had a massive 5 game encounter to triumph against Steven Finitsis in his semi-final.
So in the final the first game was a tense affair with Cuskelly narrowly edging it on a tie-break. Game number two was even closer as both players traded a number of highly-charged blows with Cuskelly just edging it 13-11.
The third game again saw both players put each other through their paces, but Cuskelly eventually managed sneak home taking the match 11-9 and claiming his 13th PSA World Tour title in the process.
“It was a tough match,” said Cuskelly. “It was pretty physical and it was quite bouncy out there and, with the higher tin, difficult to really finish the ball. Greg was hitting the ball quite hard and trying to keep the ball really hot and I was trying to hit more winners so it was a real contrast of styles. I’ve just got a few minor things to change for next week and to step up for the $25k Australian Open.
Result – Final: Victorian Open 2015
[1] Ryan Cuskelly (AUS) bt [4] Greg Lobban (SCO) 3-0: 12-10, 13-11, 11-9 (65m)
Nick Matthew OBE – Could Help Squash Push for Olympic Recognition
El Gouna Final – Ashour v El Shorbagy (another classic!)
These 2 guys could create the the finest matches of this generation if they keep on like the last 2 encounters!
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