Daryl Selby took opponent Nick Matthew to a 5-game thriller and came out on top. Final Score: Daryl Selby bt Nick Matthew 7/11, 11/9, 6/11, 11/9, 11/7 in 84 minutes. After being dominated by the Yorkshireman in the opening game of the men’s final, world No10 Selby fought back to draw level as Matthew dropped… [Read more…]
February 13, 2011
Laura Massaro defeated Jenny Duncalf in 62minutes to become the first Lancashire woman to win a national title. Both players started the game strongly and there was very little separating the two until the midpoint when Massaro pulled ahead. Under pressure, Duncalf put two shots in a row in the tin, to gift Massaro… [Read more…]
February 13, 2011
We’ve had an excellent week of squash in Manchester’s National Squash Centre, and this culminates in the Men’s and Women’s Finals this afternoon. England no.1 Jenny Duncalf lost last time she faced her opponent Laura Massaro, last week at the Cleveland Classic. Despite this, Duncalf still holds a strong head-to-head lead over Massaro, though today’s… [Read more…]
February 12, 2011
Anticipation of the Semi’s here at the National Squash Centre has risen in the last 24hours, with the final match of last night’s quarters which saw second seed James Willstrop bested by no.5 seed Jonathan Kemp. This surprise results was Kemp’s first ever victory over Willstrop out of the ten previous head-to-head clashes. It’s now… [Read more…]
February 10, 2011
The glass show court is primed and ready to host night two of the Quarter-Final matches. Fourth seed Sarah Kippax will play Dominique Lloyd-Walter in the first game of the evening, looking for only her second win over her opponent in 8 matches. Thanks to Peter Barker withdrawing before the tournament due to an injury… [Read more…]
February 9, 2011
The British National Championships continued today in Manchester, with a surprise defeat for no.4 seed Adrian Grant. The 30-year-old from Kent lost in straight sets to tournament seed no.10 Alan Clyne. The rest of the men’s results were as expected. Top seeds Matthew and Willstrop made short work of their second round matches and after… [Read more…]
February 8, 2011
The main draw for the men’s British National Squash Championships kicks off today. There are eight early matches this afternoon, the highlights of which feature sixth seed Tom Richards, fourth seed Adrian Grant and tournament favourite Nick Matthew at 3pm. This evenings matches feature seventh seed Chris Ryder, Johnathan Kemp seed 5, third seed Daryl… [Read more…]
February 4, 2011
Round two of the CASE Swedish Open 2011 starts in under an hour. Stewart Boswell (bt Aamir Atlas Khan 3/0) will play Karim Darwish (bt Simon Rösner) Peter Barker (bt Rasmus Hult 3/0) will play Farhan Mehboob (bt Mathieu Castagnet 3/1) Davide Bianchetti (bt Alan Clyne 3/1) will play Daryl Selby (bt Chris Simpson 3/0). Nick Matthew (who yesterday beat Tom Richards 3/0)… [Read more…]
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