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14-Nov:
The FINAL:
[2] Jonathon Power (Can) bt [1]
Peter Nicol (Eng)
15-8, 15-3,
16-17, 15-7 (94m)
Nicol v Power -
full head to head record
HOME WIN
AT POWER'S PLACE
Doug Maybee reports
Montreal's Jonathon Power is the 2002 YMG Capital Canadian Squash
Classic champion after defeating his perennial rival and top-seed Peter
Nicol of England in the four-game final match 15-8, 15-3, 16-17, 15-7
tonight in the glass court at Toronto's BCE Place in front of a packed
house.
Tonight was a battle of
gladiators, each taking the others best shots and kept coming back for
more battle.
After handily beating
Nicol in the first two games, Power, the second seed in the US$50,000
tournament, twisted his right ankle at the start of game three when he
stepped on Nicol's foot during a point and was carried off the court for
45 long minutes to receive treatment before returning to complete the
match.
"It wasn't too bad," Power
told the Globe and Mail. "I was moving all
right, once I got comfortable on it. I just wanted to go for it, hard,
get back out there and win the match."
At every point, Power said he kept saying to himself, "Don't think about
it. Don't think about it. No excuses. No excuses."
Nicol was leading the game
1-0 at the time, and eventually prevailed 17-16 to
take the match into a fourth game.
Then in game four, Nicol
aggravated an injury to his right ankle which he suffered in an English
National League match on Tuesday, November 5. After a three-minute
delay, Nicol was back, but lacked the oomph and aggressivity he
displayed earlier in the match.
"It's
always difficult playing Jonathon. He's so much faster-paced than anyone
else, and he moves and he twists and he turns you. And you can't play
him on one leg,"
said Nicol afterwards.
When play resumed, Power
increased his lead and won after a total of 94 minutes of play, not
including the 48 minutes for injuries.
"I didn't want to give it to
him," said Power after the bout. "I played so well here today. He
didn't deserve it. So I just wanted to go for it hard, and that's what
I did."
Power and Nicol have
been battling each other for the world's No. 1 ranking the last few
years. While Power was out to avenge his loss to Nicol in the 2001
tournament here in Toronto, Nicol was trying to avenge his loss last
summer to Power in the gold-medal match at the Commonwealth Games.
This result levels up their head to head series at 16-all.
Once the thunderous applause faded, Power thanked
the crowd, saying it was the fans that gave him the inspiration tonight
to come back and fight this fight to the finish and take back the YMG
Capital Canadian Squash Classic title.
Nicol v Power -
full head to head record
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Globe and Mail Reports
Power scores painful win
Power overcomes stumble
Nicol overruns Ryding
Canadian Press
Previews
Power & Nicol - opposites attract
Power's temper chills with age
Juniors mix it up with the stars
World stars head for Toronto
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YMG
Capital Classic 2002 |
1st Round
Sun/Mon 10/11 Nov |
Quarters
Wed 12 Nov |
Semis
Thu 13 Nov |
Final
Fri 14 Nov |
[1] Peter Nicol (Eng)
15-12, 11-15,
15-13, 15-8
Graham Ryding (Can) |
Peter Nicol
15-8,
16-17, 15-8, 15-12
Rodney Durbach |
Peter Nicol
15-13, 15-8, 15-6 (58m)
Stewart Boswell |
Peter Nicol
15-8, 15-3, 16-17, 15-7
(94m)
Jonathon Power |
[8] Martin Heath (Sco)
15-9, 15-8, 15-8
[Q] Rodney Durbach (Rsa) |
[3] Stewart Boswell (Aus)
15-5, 15-7, 15-8
[Q] James Willstrop (Eng)
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Stewart Boswell
15-11,
9-15, 15-6, 15-13
Ong Beng Hee |
[5] Ong Beng Hee (Mas)
16-17, 15-4,
15-6, 10-15, 15-10
Paul Price (Aus)
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Joseph Kneipp (Aus)
17-16,
15-12, 14-17, 8-15, 15-3
[6] Lee Beachill (Eng) |
Joseph Kneipp
6-15,
7-15, 15-12, 15-13, 15-10
John White |
Joseph Kneipp
15-11, 15-1, 15-12 (59m)
Jonathon Power |
[Q] Stefan Casteleyn (Bel)
13/15, 15/13, 7/15, 15/4, 15/5
[4] John White (Sco) |
[Q] Simon Parke (Eng)
15-9, 12-15,
15-4, 15-13
[7] Mark Chaloner (Eng) |
Mark Chaloner
11-15, 15-7, 15-12, 15-11
Jonathon Power |
David Evans (Wal)
15/7, 15/8, 15/7
[2] Jonathon Power (Can) |
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RESULTS & Reports |
Final |
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[2] Jonathon Power
(CAN) bt [1] Peter Nicol (ENG)
15-8,
15-3, 16-17, 15-7 (94m)
Power scores painful win
Globe and Mail
Power beats arch-rival in YMG final Toronto
Star
HOME
WIN AT POWER'S PLACE
Doug Maybee reports
Montreal's Jonathon Power is the 2002 YMG Capital Canadian Squash
Classic champion after defeating his perennial rival and top-seed
Peter Nicol of England in the four-game final match 15-8, 15-3, 16-17,
15-7 tonight in the glass court at Toronto's BCE Place in front of a
packed house.
Tonight was a battle of
gladiators, each taking the others best shots and kept coming back for
more battle.
After handily beating
Nicol in the first two games, Power, the second seed in the US$50,000
tournament, twisted his right ankle at the start of game three when he
stepped on Nicol's foot during a point and was carried off the court
for 45 long minutes to receive treatment before returning to complete
the match. Nicol was leading the game 1-0 at the time,
and eventually prevailed 17-16 to take the match into a fourth game.
Then in game four, Nicol
aggravated an injury to his right ankle which he suffered in an
English National League match on Tuesday, November 5. After a
three-minute delay, Nicol was back, but lacked the oomph and
aggressivity he displayed earlier in the match. When play resumed,
Power increased his lead and won after a total of 94 minutes of play
tonight, not including the 48 minutes for injuries.
"I didn't want to give it
to him," said Power after the bout. "I played so well here today. He
didn't deserve it. So I just wanted to go for it hard, and that's
what I did."
Power and Nicol have
been battling each other for the world's No. 1 ranking the last few
years. While Power was out to avenge his loss to Nicol in the 2001
tournament here in Toronto, Nicol was trying to avenge his loss last
summer to Power in the gold-medal match at the Commonwealth Games.
Once the thunderous applause faded, Power
thanked the crowd, saying it was the fans that gave him the
inspiration tonight to come back and fight this fight to the finish
and take back the YMG Capital Canadian Squash Classic title.
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Semi-Finals |
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[1] Peter Nicol (ENG) bt [3]
Stewart Boswell (AUS) 15-13, 15-8, 15-6 (58m)
[2] Jonathon Power (CAN) bt Joseph Kneipp (AUS) 15-11, 15-1, 15-12 (59m)
Dream squash matchup
Toronto Star
POWER
DESTROYS KNEIPP,
NICOL BRUSHES BOSWELL ASIDE
Doug Maybee reports
It was classical Jonathon Power tonight as the home favourite
crushed Joe Kneipp of Australia in three straight semi-final games in
only 59 minutes in front of another sold-out crowd at BCE Place, ending
Kneipp's awesome roll here in Toronto. Unseed in the main draw, Kneipp
knocked out sixth-seed Lee Beachill of England in a five- game match in
the opening round and then ousted fourth-seed John White of Scotland in
another five game match in the quarter-finals. Then he hit a brick wall.
Power handily won the semi-final match 15-11, 15-1, 15-12. Going into
tonight's match, Kneipp had played 10 main draw games, compared to
Power's seven. Both are 28, both are righthanders.
Kneipp was a crowd pleaser from beginning to end, full of bluster and
showmanship, challenging the referees on many of their decisions. Power
also had his fair share of complaints against head referee Gerry Poulton
of Victoria, BC.
The first game opened with long, tough-fought rallies. Kneipp's
complaining began when the score was 6-2 in Power's favour. Both showed
equal talent, but in the end, Power prevailed, holding no less than a
two point advantage over Kneipp.
The second game was disastrous for Kneipp. He came out strong but was
held off the scoreboard while Power amassed 13 consecutive points. For
points 10, 11 and 12, Power landed three dead nicks in a row to the
front left. Kneipp was clearly frustrated and fatigue began to set in.
In game three, Power put Kneipp on the defensive right away, though
Kneipp was the first to score a point in the game. Knowing he was facing
elimination if he didn't do soemthing soon, Kneipp pulled al the stops
and went point for point with Power till it was all tied at 12. Then
Power pulled away and ended the semi-final match 15-12.
"Kneipp was getting in the referee's head so the referee made a few bad
judgements, but there weren't that many calls," said Power after the
match. "I really picked up the pace and got my drops going. He fell off
the pace a little bit. I was really pissed off I didn't get that zero
(sic 15-0). Those are rare.
"My strategy was to get on top of him and play fast and it worked. I
have a physical advantage. He's a really
skilled racquet player, but I'm quicker than he is. I just started to
use my athleticism and go a little bit faster than him. That was the
difference.
"Peter is not at his best. It'll be more fun to play Peter tomorrow
right here in front of a home crowd.
"Against Boswell I have to play my game and get on top of him. If I play
like I did today, I'll be alright. He plays really tight. He doesn't
give a lot of room to use my speed and to use my shots. He plays tight
against the walls. I have to do all the creating. He doesn't open up the
court for me to counter-attack. So it's a tactical game tight along the
wall all rally.
"For me the YMG Capital Canadian Classic is one of the most important
tournaments of the year. It's the only time I play in Canada, For me
it's `the only chance to showcase my squash here at home."
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Quarter-Finals |
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[1] Peter
Nicol (Eng) bt [Q]
Rodney Durbach (Rsa) 15-8, 16-17, 15-8, 15-12
(71m)
[3]
Stewart Boswell (Aus) bt [5] Ong Beng
Hee (Mas) 15-11, 9-15, 15-6, 15-13 (74m)
Joseph Kneipp (Aus)
bt [4] John White (Sco) 6-15, 7-15, 15-12, 15-13, 15-10
(84m)
[2] Jonathon Power (Can)
bt [7] Mark Chaloner (Eng)
11-15, 15-7, 15-12, 15-11 (86m)
Power overcomes stumble
Globe and Mail
KNEIPP KO FOR WHITE
Doug Maybee reports
After a flat slow start, Canada's Jonathon Power managed to advance to
the semi-finals after defeating England's Mark Chaloner tonight in a
four-game, 86-minute match in front of yet another capacity crowd at
the glass court in Toronto's BCE Place. Chaloner, seventh seed and
World #10, took the first game 15-11 but from the outset of Game 2,
Power took control of the "T" and played a mix of long and drop shots
that sent Chaloner off his game. "Towards the end of each game, I saw
that Mark was getting tired which gave me a strong edge," Power said
after the match. "I had a slow start and wasn't concentrating well,
but got my rhythm midway through the second." Power managed to keep a
lid on his classic hot temper until early in the fourth when he threw
his racquet against the front wall in disgust with himself after
blowing an easy drop shot. Chalonder's lightning fast reflexes were
not enough to compensate for Power's precision. Power took the last
three games straight 15-7, 15-12, 15-11.
Joe Kneipp of Australia tonight upset fourth-seed John White of
Scotland in a five-game match that lasted 84 minutes. White took the
first two games in 20 minutes with scores of 15-6 and 15-7. But then
Kneipp poured it on in the third and manged to sweep the next three
games to win the match. Kneipp said that White played unbelievebale
squash in the first two games. "But in the last three, I played a
little tighter, a little better. I was able to capitalize on the win
in the third game. I tried to limit his options, kept him moving
around, got him tired, and took him off his game."
"I had what I thought would be the White/Power semi-final match on the
brain," said a dejected White, who beat Power in the Qatar Classic in
Doha last month. "I was thinking about tomorrow's match when I should
have been focussing on beating Joe here tonight. Joe was frustrated in
the first two games. By half way through the third he had so much more
self-control and started playing his game and took it all the way to
the end. I let him get into it in the third and I started struggling
as he began playing a tighter squash. He clearly dominated the "T" in
the fourth and in the fifth. My calf was fine. It didn't play a factor
in tonight's loss."
"I'm really, really looking forward to playing Jonathon tomorrow in
the semis," added Kneipp. "I haven't played him in about three years.
I'm excited. Can't wait."
Also a winner tonight was top-seed Peter Nicol, who beat World #33
Rodney Durbach from South Africa in a four-game, 71-minute match.
Nicol, who severely twisted his right ankle Tuesday of last week in an
English National League match, was in top shape this evening, showing
no evidence of pain at all. "Rodney did well. He made me do a lot of
work." said Nicol on the physio table after the match. "At times, he
did extremely well cutting down the angles. Other times he managed to
get in front of me and put me under pressure." The second game was
definitely Durbach's, said Nicol of Durbach's 17-16 finish. Durbach
was in control most of that game, playing his best squash of the
night. And in the fourth when Nicol had a 10-2 lead, Durbach managed
to close the gap and win another 10 points before Nicol was able to
shut him down 15-12. "He had nothing to lose," said Nicol. "And I was
struggling to move a little bit and that makes a huge difference. He
got his confidence back and we had a few great rallies. At that point,
I was hoping to get lucky, like I did at the end!"
Semi-final play gets underway at 6 p.m. EST, Wednesday, November 13
with:
Power vs Kneipp at 6 p.m.; and Nicol vs Boswell at 7 p.m.
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First Round |
Day two:
[1] Peter Nicol
(Eng) bt Graham Ryding (Can) 15-12, 11-15,
15-13, 15-8 (71m)
[5] Ong Beng Hee (Mas)
bt Paul Price (Aus) 16-17,
15-4, 15-6, 10-15,
15-10 ( 69m)
[3] Stewart Boswell (Aus) bt
[Q] James
Willstrop (Eng) 15-5, 15-7, 15-8 (41m)
[Q] Rodney Durbach
(Rsa) bt [8] Martin Heath (Sco) 15-9, 15-8,
15-8 (39m)
Nicol overruns Ryding
- Globe & Mail
RYDING
PUSHES NICOL
Doug Maybee reports
Graham Ryding, the Canadian number two,
tonight gave complete justification to the idea of granting a
wild card to a decent home town player in
major PSA World Tour squash events when he forced
the world number one, Peter Nicol of England, into fiercely
concentrated top gear to achieve a 71
minute 15-12 11-15 15-13 15-8 first round win in
his defence of the YMG Capital Canadian Squash Classic at BCE
Place in downtown Toronto.
Ranked 23 in the world with a career of playing in the shadow of
Jonathon Power, the Commonwealth Games
champion from Montreal who is second seed for
the YMG title, Ryding is a world class technician too often
distracted from his own best interests by
conflict with referees.
Tonight he plainly decided to show his hometown supporters the best
of his craft. Only once did he offer the
officials an argument, over the slow call
of a penalty stroke against him at 6-12 in the fourth game, and from
the first rally was a picture of
concentrated skill.
He took a 3-0 lead from the opening exchanges, worked the world
number one efficiently during the
inevitable fightback, returned willingly to the fray
from 6-11 and might be seen as unfortunate to have lost from
12-13 to an extraordinary backhand kill
after an extended rally and a slight error on a
forehand return.
The second game suggested Ryding might almost be ready to spring the
surprise of the tournament. With the loud and happily biased
supported of the packed house, he
converted a 4-9 deficit into a 15-11 game win in just
three hands and went to a 6-2 lead in the third.
"I was really enjoying the open play and the fight for control of
the court," he said later. "I thought
myself at that stage that I might even be
in with a chance of a famous win. But Peter upped the pace, as he
always does in those
situations, and gradually the match moved away from me."
It was a backhand straight pass from Nicol for 6-7 after a long and
patient testing rally that signalled the
end of the Canadian challenge in real
terms. From that point on the rallies were just a bit too long, the
deliveries a bit to tight and accurate, the pace a bit too
sharp for the wild card to stay in the
race.
Ryding contested that third game to 13-14, but he lost it to a
tightly clinging backhand dropshot. Then
he saw the increasingly mobile lefthanded
Englishman assemble an 8-3 lead before taking time off court to
change a broken racket and to retie his
shoelaces.
After that he managed a few fresher rallies and went as close as
8-12, but Nicol had the finish in sight by
that time and produced an overhead
backhand reverse angled dropshot for 14-8 that left the local hero
sufficiently dispirited to fire just a looping backhand
return into the tin at
matchball.
BENGY BENEFITS FROM PRICEY'S
PAIN
In the adjacent quarter the fifth seeded Asian Champion,
Ong Beng Hee of Malaysia, took 69 minutes
to defeat Australia's Paul Price 16-17 15-4 15-6
10-15 15-10, but was never seriously in danger of losing to
an opponent only recently back in action
after eight weeks off with an ankle sprain and
plainly inhibited in his court
movement.
There was plenty of splendid racket work from Price, the world
number nineteen on the latest PSA world
ranking list, but Ong Beng Hee, under
insistent corner instruction from Nicol, his London training
partner, kept him moving on a heavily
strapped right ankle, twice benefiting from
sprawling falls by the Australian.
On the second fall, as price virtually nosedived into the top right
corner to give away a penalty stroke for
matchball at 14-9 in the fifth game, a
laconic Australian voice from the back of the players box asked :
"Do they have earth quakes in Toronto ?"
ONE
QUALIFIER GOES THROUGH
Third seed Stewart Boswell, last year's runner-up,
quickly ended qualifier James Willstrop's hopes of further progress,
not letting the favourite for next month's World Junior Championship
into double figures in any of the games.
Rodney Durbach, the
other qualifier in action, fared better though, putting out eighth
seed Martin Heath with a similarly emphatic scoreline.
Day
one:
[4] John White (Sco) bt [Q] Stefan Casteleyn (Bel) 13-15, 15-13, 7-15,
15-4, 15-5 (101m)
[2] Jonathon Power (Can) bt David Evans (Wal) 15-7, 15-8, 15-7 (49m)
Joseph Kneipp (Aus) bt [6] Lee Beachill (Eng) 17-16, 15-12, 14-17,
8-15, 15-3 (91m)
[7] Mark Chaloner (Eng) bt
[Q] Simon Parke (Eng) 15-9, 12-15, 15-4, 15-13 (86m)
POWER ADVANCES, BEACHILL CRASHES ...
Doug Maybee reports
Canada's Jonathon
Power, 28, advanced to the quarter-final round of the 2002 YMG
Capital Canadian Squash Classic this evening in the glass court at
BCE Place before a sold-out crowd, defeating World #29 David Evans
of Wales three games straight in a 49-minute opening round match
15-7, 15-8, 15-7. Sporting his new line of squash shoe and dressed
in Canadian red and white, Power made quick work of the 6'3"
Welshman. With only a few choice outbursts at the referees, Power
dominated the court, disarming Evans with precise drops and
amazing wrist shots. "I wanted to go out there and get settled in
right away," said Power post-match. "I'm happy with tonight's
match. I think this is indicative of how the tournament is going
to go."
Also advancing to the
quarter-final round is 28-year-old World #3 John White of Scotland
who, in the first match of the tournament, defeated World #24
Stefan Casteleyn of Belgium in an evenly contested 101-minute
fight to score a 13-15, 15-13, 7-15, 15-4, 15-5 win.
Casteleyn earned his spot in the main draw from the qualifying
matches earlier this week. Casteleyn opened the match with flare,
but seemed to run out of steam in game four. At the beginning
of game five, Casteleyn's knee caught White's right calf, but
White managed to shake it off and soundly routed Casteleyn, who
has ranked as high as seventh, robbing him of any chances of
advancing in the tournament. "With a little more stamina and a
little more willpower, I think he could have taken me," said White
after the match. "But I held on and played him deep in the final
games to beat him in the end."
In other opening
round play this evening, unseeded Joseph Kneipp of
Australia, World #13, upset sixth-seed Lee Beachill of England,
World #8, in a 91-minute five-game match 17-16, 15-12, 14-17,
8-15, 15-3.
Seventh-seed Mark Chaloner of England, World
#10, beat fellow countryman Simon Parke, World #26, in the fourth
match of the evening 15-9, 12-15, 15-4, 15-13 i 86 minutes of
play. Parke played a five-game qualifying match yesterday to earn
his spot in the main draw.
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Qualifying |
Qualifying Finals:
Rodney Durbach (Rsa) bt Shahier Razik
(Can) 7/15,
15/3, 8/2,
rtd
Stefan Casteleyn (Bel) bt Shawn Delierre
(Can) 15/4, 15/12,
15/8
Simon Parke (Eng) bt Victor Berg (Can) 13/15,
15/7, 15/9,
10/15, 15/4
James Willstrop (Eng) bt Del Harris (Eng) 15/14,
15/11, 15/13
First Round:
Stefan Casteleyn (BEL) bye
Shawn DeLierre (CAN) bt Dan Jenson (AUS) 15-12, 17-15, 9-15, 9-15,
15-7
Shahier Razik (CAN) bt Ian Power (CAN) 15-6, 15-8, 15-8
Rodney Durbach (RSA) bt Scott Handley (ENG) 15-10, 8-15, 14-17, 15-12,
15-10
Simon Parke (ENG) bt Mathew Giuffre (CAN) 15-10, 15-5, 15-7
Viktor Berg (CAN) bt Sabir Butt (CAN) 15-9, 15-5, 15-9
James Willstrop (ENG) bt Bradley Ball (ENG) 15-2, 15-7, 15-8
Del Harris (ENG) bye
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Preview |
WORLD SQUASH STARS
HEAD FOR TORONTO
The 2002 YMG Capital Canadian
Classic is the next battlefield for 11 of the top 16 male squash titans –
including Canada’s own and Commonwealth Games gold medal winner Jonathon
Power – who will fight it out for the $75,000 purse in Canada’s only major
professional squash event November 10 to 14 in the Allen Lambert Galleria
of downtown Toronto's BCE Place. The main draw event, which commences at 4
p.m., Sunday, November 10, will be played in a glass squash court with
seating for 550 ticketed spectators.
Top seed is World #1 Peter Nicol of England, Power’s perennial rival and
winner of the 2001 YMG Capital Canadian Classic. The 29-year-old
lefthander hopes to widen his 16-15 lead in head-to-head professional
matches over Power.
Power, 28 of Montreal, the #2
seed, is looking to regain the hot tempo he set at the beginning
of this year’s professional squash tour when he boasted five
consecutive wins over Nicol. That streak
ended September 1 in Hong Kong at the Cathay Pacific Open when Nicol
turned the tide against Power in a
109-minute four-game match. However, both Nicol and Power
went down to early defeat in last month’s 2002 US Open. Power
lost to World #4 Stewart Boswell of
Australia in the quarterfinals; Nicol was ousted by World #3 David
Palmer of Australia who went on to take this
year’s US Open title, defeating Boswell in the final.
“The YMG Capital Canadian Classic is definitely one of the highlights
of the year for me,” said Power. “Toronto is
a great squash city and the venue is first class all the
way. The opportunity to play in front of family, friends and
local fans is always exciting. It gives me
that little extra motivation and determination. After losing a close
match in the semis last year to Nicol, I am
extremely focused on avenging that loss and reclaiming the title
I won two years ago.”
“You can’t miss this,” said
John Nimick, president of Event Engine, Inc. and Tournament
Director. “The top players of one of the most demanding sports in
the world are playing in the heart of downtown
Toronto in a venue that offers both reserved seating and free public
viewing. Squash is like chess: it’s a game won over time through
strategic use of the entire playing surface.
We’ve chosen BCE Place, not some closed private destination, to showcase
this fascinating and compelling sport so that tens of thousands of
fans and passers-by can appreciate all or part
of the action.” Of the world’s top
five male squash professionals, only David Palmer has not registered for
the 2002 Canadian Classic. Canada’s second highest world ranking
player, Graham Ryding, currently #23, has been
granted a wildcard entry for the tournament and will compete in the
main draw.
The third annual YMG Capital Canadian Classic is the tenth largest
tournament on the 2002 Professional Squash
Association World Tour.
Read the full
press release
Juniors mix it up with world stars
For the first time in Canada, 40 junior squash players from
clubs across the Greater Toronto Area and the Niagara Region of Ontario
will get valuable court time with the world’s top-seeded player, Peter
Nicol of England, and nine other pro squash athletes on Sunday afternoon,
November 10. This Junior-Pro Clinic will take place at the Mayfair Racquet
& Fitness Club, 801 Lakeshore Boulevard East (at Logan Avenue) in Toronto,
one of the premier squash facilities in North America.
In addition to Nicol, the top pros include Stewart Boswell of Australia
(#3), Ong Beng Hee of Malaysia (#7), Martin Heath of Scotland (#11), Paul
Price of Australia (#18) and Canada’s Graham Ryding (#24).
the 40 rising stars ranging in age
from 10 to 16 will be divided into 10 pods of four juniors per court. Each
pod will have a 15-minute session with a pro on a specific skill set, such
as drives, boasts, cross-court shots and drops, and then rotate to the
next court for another 15-minute session with another pro. By the end of
the clinic, each junior will have been on court with at least five
different world-class pros.
“Squash is all about an extreme physical challenge wrapped up in a game
that is fun and incredibly rewarding,” said John Nimick, Tournament
Director of the 2002 YMG Capital Canadian Squash Classic. “Giving young
squash players the opportunity to meet the stars of the sport is a further
motivation to reach for their athletic goals of maybe competing
professionally themselves.”
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