International Squash Magazine – April 2020

ISSN 2042-7611
CONTENTS
INTERNATIONAL
JAMES WILLSTROP
WINS FOURTH BRITISH
NATIONAL TITLE
PSA TOUR SUSPENDED
DUE TO COVID-19
LAURA MASSARO
AWARDED MBE
Front Cover
2020 British National Champion,
James Willstrop.
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CONTENTS
PSA TOUR SUSPENDED DUE TO COVID-19
03 DUE TO THE ESCALATING HEALTH AND SAFETY ISSUES ARISING FROM THE GLOBAL
OUTBREAK OF COVID-19, THE PROFESSIONAL SQUASH ASSOCIATION (PSA) HAS CONFIRMED
THAT ALL PSA WORLD TOUR AND PSA CHALLENGER TOUR EVENTS TAKING PLACE UP TO AND
INCLUDING THE WEEK COMMENCING APRIL 27 WILL NOT TAKE PLACE DURING THIS PERIOD
MOHAMED ELSHORBAGY BEATS ALI FARAG TO LIFT 2ND
CANARY WHARF TITLE
06 EGYPT’S MOHAMED ELSHORBAGY CLAIMED THE ST. JAMES’S PLACE CANARY WHARF
CLASSIC TITLE FOR THE SECOND TIME IN HIS CAREER AFTER HE PREVAILED IN A THRILLING
FINAL AGAINST COMPATRIOT ALI FARAG AT THE SPECTACULAR EAST WINTERGARDEN IN
LONDON
ALI FARAG & NOUR EL SHERBINI CROWNED WINDY CITY
CHAMPIONS
08 EGYPTIAN DUO ALI FARAG AND NOUR EL SHERBINI WERE CROWNED CHAMPIONS OF
THE 2020 WINDY CITY OPEN PRESENTED BY THE WALTER FAMILY AFTER THEY ACHIEVED
VICTORIES OVER PAUL COLL AND RANEEM EL WELILY, RESPECTIVELY, IN THE UNIVERSITY
CLUB OF CHICAGO’S STUNNING CATHEDRAL HALL
JAMES WILLSTROP & SARAH-JANE PERRY CROWNED BRITISH
NATIONAL CHAMPIONS
11 JAMES WILLSTROP AND SARAH-JANE PERRY PREVAILED ON FINALS DAY AT THE AJ BELL
BRITISH NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS AFTER OVERCOMING CHALLENGES FROM JOEL MAKIN
AND SURPRISE FINALIST JASMINE HUTTON RESPECTIVELY TO TAKE THE PRESTIGIOUS TITLES
AT THE DAVID ROSS SPORTS VILLAGE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM
UNSQUASHABLE UNVEIL JAMES WILLSTROP EXPERIENCE
14 AS PART OF ITS RECENTLY LAUNCHED ACADEMY PROGRAMME, UNSQUASHABLE HAVE
UNVEILED A PIONEERING JAMES WILLSTROP EXPERIENCE WHICH HAS BEEN DESIGNED
TO PROVIDE AN INSPIRING AND UNFORGETTABLE SQUASH EXPERIENCE BY ALLOWING
PARTICIPANTS TO ACCESS THE UNIQUE PHILOSOPHY, APPROACH AND INSIGHTS FROM ONE
OF ITS LEADING PLAYERS
THE BIG PICTURE: LAURA MASSARO AWARDED MBE
16 FORMER WORLD CHAMPION LAURA MASSARO HAS BEEN AWARDED AN MBE FOR SERVICES
TO SQUASH IN HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN’S NEW YEAR’S HONOURS LIST. THE THIRTY-SIX-
YEAR-OLD IS GREAT BRITAIN’S MOST SUCCESSFUL EVER FEMALE SQUASH PLAYER, HAVING
BEEN RANKED WORLD NO.1, CROWNED WORLD CHAMPION IN 2013 AND HAVING WON TWO
BRITISH OPEN TITLES, MOST RECENTLY IN 2017, AND THREE COMMONWEALTH GAMES SILVER
MEDALS FOR ENGLAND
HANIA EL HAMMAMY CROWNED BLACK BALL OPEN CHAMPION
19 HANIA EL HAMMAMY DEFIED THE ODDS TO BE CROWNED THE 2020 CIB WOMEN’S BLACK
BALL OPEN CHAMPION AFTER BEATING FOUR-TIME WORLD CHAMPION NOUR EL SHERBINI IN
THE FINAL IN CAIRO, EGYPT, TO LIFT HER MAIDEN PSA PLATINUM TITLE
COACHING & INSTRUCTION: DEVELOPING JUNIORS
20 ENGLAND SQUASH NATIONAL COACH AND DUNLOP AMBASSADOR DAVID CAMPION
EXPLAINS WHY THE TACTICAL ELEMENTS AND DEVELOPMENT OF A PLAYER ARE AS EVERY
BIT AS IMPORTANT AS THEIR TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENT
TAREK MOMEN WINS TROILUS CANADA CUP
23 WORLD CHAMPION TAREK MOMEN MADE IT BACK-TO-BACK WINS OVER PAUL COLL TO
CAPTURE THE TROILUS GOLD CANADA CUP IN TORONTO. THE EGYPTIAN OVERCAME THE KIWI
IN STRAIGHT GAMES TO WIN THE PSA MEN’S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP IN QATAR IN NOVEMBER
AND REPEATED THE FEAT IN CANADA TO CLAIM HIS EIGHTH PSA WORLD TOUR TITLE
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA PROJECT HERALDS NEW ASB
PARTNERSHIP PROGRAMME
24 THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE SQUASH CENTRE AT THE US UNIVERSITY OF
PENNSYLVANIA INTO A STATE-OF-THE-ART 12-COURT FACILITY WHICH IS THE ENVY OF THE
IVY LEAGUE HAS SIGNALLED A NEW ERA FOR ASB AS THE WORLD’S LEADING SQUASH COURT
MANUFACTURER MOVES INTO ITS SIXTH DECADE OF OPERATION.
ENTREPRENEURS, BUSINESS & SQUASH
27 FILIP MADARIC EXPLAINS WHY SQUASH IS CONNECTED TO SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSMEN
AND IS REGARDED AS THE IDEAL ACTIVITY FOR ENTREPRENEURS AND TEAMS ALL OVER THE
WORLD?
WORLD RANKINGS
29 MEN’S & WOMEN’S WORLD RANKINGS AT A GLANCE
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