ISSUE01-2018InternationalSquashMagazine

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INTERNATIONAL
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World No.1 Mohamed ElShorbagy winner of
the 2018 Canary Wharf Classic
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CONTENTS
MOHAMED ELSHORBAGY WINS CANARY WHARF CLASSIC
05 WORLD NO.1 MOHAMED ELSHORBAGY BECAME THE FIRST EVER
EGYPTIAN WINNER OF THE CANARY WHARF CLASSIC AFTER HE
DEFEATED COMPATRIOT TAREK MOMEN IN A THRILLING FIVE-GAME
CONTEST INSIDE LONDON’S STUNNING EAST WINTERGARDEN
NOUR EL TAYEB & MOHAMED ELSHORBAGY CROWNED
WINDY CITY OPEN CHAMPIONS
08 EGYPTIANS NOUR EL TAYEB AND MOHAMED ELSHORBAGY WERE
TRIUMPHANT AT THE 2018 WINDY CITY OPEN IN CHICAGO TO CLAIM
THE SPORT’S MOST LUCRATIVE WORLD SERIES TITLE
NICK MATTHEW & TESNI EVANS CROWNED BRITISH
NATIONAL CHAMPIONS
10 WHILST NICK MATTHEW COLLECTED A RECORD TENTH TITLE IN
HIS LAST APPEARANCE AT THE BRITISH NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS,
TESNI EVANS OF WALES PRODUCED A SCINTILLATING PERFORMANCE
TO OVERCOME ENGLAND’S FOUR-TIME CHAMPION ALISON WATERS TO
MAKE HER THE FIRST NON-ENGLISH WOMAN AND FIRST WELSH PLAYER
OF EITHER GENDER TO CLAIM A TROPHY IN THE CHAMPIONSHIPS’
ILLUSTRIOUS HISTORY
ALI FARAG WINS UCS SWEDISH OPEN
15 EGYPT’S ALI FARAG WON HIS FIRST TITLE OF THE YEAR COURTESY
OF A 11-7 6-11 11-3 11-5 VICTORY OVER GERMANY’S SIMON RÖSNER IN THE
FINAL OF THE 2018 UCS SWEDISH OPEN IN LINKÖPING, SWEDEN
SIMON RÖSNER & NOUR EL SHERBINI LIFT J.P. MORGAN
TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS TITLES
19 SIMON RÖSNER AND NOUR EL SHERBINI PREVAILED ON FINALS DAY
AT THE 2018 J.P. MORGAN TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS, BEATING
EGYPTIAN DUO TAREK MOMEN AND NOUR EL TAYEB RESPECTIVELY
UNDER THE CHANDELIERS OF GRAND CENTRAL TERMINAL’S VANDERBILT
HALL IN NEW YORK TO TAKE ONE OF SQUASH’S MOST PRESTIGIOUS
TITLES
QUESTION & ANSWER: EMILY WHITLOCK
20 ENGLAND’S EMILY WHITLOCK TALKS WITH INTERNATIONAL SQUASH
MAGAZINE
BARCELONA GLOBAL SQUASH
23 BARCELONA GLOBAL SQUASH WAS ESTABLISHED IN DECEMBER
2015 BY HEAD COACH VICTOR MONTSERRAT AND CEO ADRIAN
BLAKEMORE AND COMPRISES WHAT IS NOW CONSIDERED ONE OF
EUROPE’S MOST PROGRESSIVE SQUASH ACADEMIES. ALONGSIDE
ITS PERFORMANCE ACADEMY, BARCELONA GLOBAL SQUASH ALSO
REACHES-OUT TO A WIDE VARIETY OF PLAYERS, FROM AMATEUR
CLUB AND TEAM PLAYERS TO ELITE JUNIORS AND COLLEGE AND HIGH
SCHOOL TEAMS
EQUALITY IN SPORT: FROM AN IDEAL TO ACHIEVABLE
24 ENGLAND SQUASH NATIONAL PERFORMANCE COACH &
UNSQUASHABLE BRAND AMBASSADOR JOSH TAYLOR EXPLAINS THAT
WHILST THE AJ BELL PSA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS WAS NOTABLE FOR
MANY HIGHLIGHTS, FROM HIS OWN STANDPOINT THE TOURNAMENT’S
DEFINING CHARACTERISTIC AND ACHIEVEMENT WAS THE PARITY
SHOWN BETWEEN THE MEN’S AND WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIPS
WORLD RANKINGS
29 MEN’S & WOMEN’S WORLD RANKINGS AT A GLANCE
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