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Atkinson World
Champion
Vanessa Atkinson, who remained in The Hague when her
British father moved on to pursue his civil engineering career
elsewhere, became the first Dutch player ever to win a world squash
title.
The sport's most surprising late developer achieved that with an
overwhelming 9-1, 9-1, 9-5 victory in the final over Natalie Grinham,
the Australian who had beaten her at the Dutch Open at her home city
six months ago.
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Willstrop
Wins
Pakistan Open Title
England's James Willstrop claimed the biggest squash title of his
career when he beat Australia's Anthony Ricketts in the
final of the $85,000 Bank Alfalah Pakistan Open Championship at the
Mushaf Squash Complex in Islamabad.
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NEWS LATEST:
WORLD DOUBLES IN CHENNAI:
Palmer and Ricketts into Medals
Palmer and Grinham at the
Double in final qualifying
aMalaysian's Ong Beng Hee and
Nicol David struggle
Doubles update
IRISH JUNIOR OPEN:
Le Roux surprise winner
HEAD UK GRAND PRIX: Boston Open:
Berrett wins final over Stait
Nicol to take on Irish
PAKISTAN OPEN:
Final:
Willstrop beats Ricketts 9-11, 11-9, 11-10 (3-1), 11-3.
Semi-Finals: Willstrop beats Matthews 3/0 to go through to final. Ricketts beats Power 3/2.
Quarter-finals: Shabana withdraws against
Willstrop
Zaman Zaps Kneipp in Islamabad
Grant knocked out by Shahid
Amjad makes comeback in qualifying final
White out of Pakistan Open
WOMEN'S WORLD OPEN:
Shock Defeat. World Champion
Rachael Grinham Out
Round 1: Bailey beats Geaves
Round 2: (Right:) Jackman out to Kitchen
in shock defeat
Quarter-finals:
Local hope Nicol David puts out Kitchen to earn semi-final place
Semi-finals: Atkinson beats Grinham 9-0, 9-2,
9-2.
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England Cause
Upsets on Day 1
Cassie Jackman, the former World Champion, considered quitting her bid
to win the world title.
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Jackman Reports From
World Open in Kuala
Lumpur
Former World Champion and world
no.2 Cassie Jackman has joined the Squash Player to report on the Women’s
World Open in Kuala Lumpur. Jackman, who withdrew from the Qatar Classic
following a health scare says she is in top form and that four players can win
the event.
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Lincou
Wins
World Title
Thierry Lincou became the first Frenchman ever to win the
World Open squash title when he saved a match point for the second day in
succession and overcame the top-seeded Englishman Lee Beachill 5-11, 11-2,
2-11, 12-10, 11-8.
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Lincou
Another Chance:
Thierry Lincou, the history-making Frenchman who has always blamed himself for
failing to win last year’s World Open final in Lahore, saved a match point to
earn himself a second successive final and a chance of redemption
...
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Nicol's Column:
"I’m
out and very disappointed. Graham Ryding played very very well against me. He
came out fast..."
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Nicol Joins Squash Player
Team for
Worlds Coverage
Peter Nicol joins
the Squash Player commentary team to report for squash fans on the Qatar World
Open. In an exclusive column he will report on his preparation, his matches,
the play and the players.
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Beachill Top Seed
For World Open
For the
first time in the 28-year history of the event, an
Englishman is seeded to win the world
title.
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PSA Poach Wallbutton
Three World Championships being staged in three separate
countries over 20 days will round off the calendar year..
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World Championships
Jamboree
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Cut Throat Clashes in League
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Lincou Cuts Off Power
Although Jonathon Power came close to winning his
fourth PACE Canadian Squash Classic in Toronto, it was world
number two, Thierry Lincou of France, who
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Jackman crushes David in Shanghai Final
WISPA:
Cassie Jackman crushed both her semi-final and final opponents to win the
Shanghai WorldStars Championships
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An Epic Night in
Nottingham
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Manchester & Nottingham
win in week three
NAT LGE:
Round three of the National League saw
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Grasshopper dies suddenly
NEWS:
One of the great
players of the 70’s and 80’s Gamal Awad died suddenly in his sleep in
Alexandria
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Rachael
the Mini-Champion:
The New Palmer ...
Framboise on the British Open finals ...
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Another
G'day for the Aussies
BRITISH:
FINALS DAY of the 2004 British Open
in Nottingham saw David Palmer and Rachael Grinham both retain their British
Open titles ...
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Teran Takes
Florida Title
FLORIDA:
Unseeded Samantha Teran
claimed the Florida State Open, with another five game victory over Canada's
Alana Miller in the final ...
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White moves up to five
RANKINGS: The new PSA and
WISPA rankings for November reveal only minor changes in the top 20,
with John White rising from seven to five and Natalie Grainger
moving back up to four ...
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Saffery wins U17
title
U13/U17: Yorkshire's Deon Saffery
scored a surprise victory in the Kall Kwik Bishop’s Stortford British Under
17/13 Championships ...
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White
is up to the Lambs Challenge
LAMBS: Two top
juniors, two of the world's best-ever - it added up to a great night at
Lambs ...
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Super League at full
strength for 2005
SUPER LGE: The National Squash Super League
kicks off in January, boasting a full complement of six teams and 19 of the
world's top 30 players already signed up ...
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Wimbledon
local derby
LEAGUES: Week
four of the Surrey Cup saw Wimbledon Racquets and Fitness sneak a 3-2
win against local rivals Wimbledon Lakeside - Framboise was there ...
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Edgbaston end Manchester's unbeaten run
NAT LGE:
Two days after Manchester United ended Arsenal's unbeaten
run, Edgbaston Priory turned the tables as they put paid to
Manchester-Pontefract's 14-match winning streak ...-
Fifth Canadian Classic boasts Top Five
CANADIAN:
The fifth running of the Canadian Classic promises
to be the best yet, with the world's top five heading for Toronto in
November ...
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Gerrard
Super 8 - a retrospect
SUPER 8: Malcolm Willstrop rounds up the inaugural Gerrard Super 8
Grand Prix ...-
Lincou beats White in
marathon Super 8 final
SUPER 8: France's Thierry Lincou won a
marathon final against John White in the final of the Gerrard Super 8
Grand Prix in Manchester...-
Power
wins at last
in Budapest
HUNGARY: After a run of semi-final defeats, Canada's Jonathon Power
got back to winning ways in the Nissan Hungarian Open
in Budapest, beating Gregory Gaultier 3/0 in the final ...
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Gaultier
on Hungary
HUNGARY: No reports came out of Budapest on the Hungarian Open,
but here's the story of the tournament from finalist Gregory Gaultier's
perspective ...-
Macree takes Ottawa
title
OTTAWA: England's Rebecca Macree claimed the
title in the Ottawa International in Canada, beating second seeded
compatriot Stephanie Brind in the final ...
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Jackman
claims Monte Carlo Hat Trick
MONACO:
Top seed Cassie Jackman claimed her
third Monte Carlo Classic title in Monaco,
beating Jenny Tranfield in straight games ...
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Handley whips Whipp for Mega win
ITALIA:
England's Scott Handley survived two tie-breaks in the final of the
Mega Italia Open to beat compatriot Andrew Whipp ...
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More
money, less sense
KALEIDOSCOPE:
How do sports look after their prime assets, the
players? Rob Richardson on the good and the bad ...
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Grainger
Claims US Open
WEYMULLER: The USA's
Natalie Grainger continued a sensational comeback to the WISPA tour as
she claimed her first Weymuller US Open title with a 3/1 victory over
England's Linda Elriani ...-
Jenson Collects in Cleveland
CLEVELAND:
Australia's Dan Jenson became the first ever
Cleveland Classic
champion as he defeated Canada's second seed Graham Ryding in the final ...-
Azlan wins
Malaysian final in Peshawar
CAS: A Malaysian winner of the $25k CAS International
in Peshawar was guaranteed, but it was Azlan Iskandar who upset
the seedings in beating Ong Beng Hee in five games to take the title ...-
White wins in Oslo
OSLO: Scottish's
John White entertains crowd... An excellent TV cover for the event
should raise the profile of the sport in Norway...-
The
WISPA Tour
KALEIDOSCOPE: One of the rising stars of women's squash,
Jenny
Duncalf gives an insight into life on the WISPA tour ...
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Ball bags
Berkshire title
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Koukal completes Czech double in Prague-
WISPA Tour hits the Million
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Qatar to host
Men's World Open
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Brit extend Super Series Finals
sponsorship
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Jahangir re-elected WSF President
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Gaultier
stops Olli'srun in
Detroit final
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Vicky
is the Princess of Tenerife
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Grainger back on
track in Atlanta
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Chiu and
Tenant Perrier champions
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Hedley's Hallamshire
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British Open hails new sponsor
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Grinhams
Clinch World Team
Title for Aussies
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Beach
at the Summit
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Golan
retains Brazilian title in Goiania-
Bermuda's Big Deal
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Pilley takes
Fog City Title
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Hafiz captures
Barcelona hat-trick
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