Stewart Boswell has retired from professional squash.
“While it’s been a difficult decision, I feel I’ve reached the stage in my life both on and off court where it’s time I called it a day on my playing career. Squash has been my whole life since I was about nine years old, and I feel extremely fortunate to have been able to play professionally for as long as I have.
“I’d like to thank all the people who’ve coached and helped me along the way, as well as the AIS and Squash Australia for their constant backing. Most of all though, I want to thank my family, my mum, dad and sister back in Australia for the sacrifices they all made when I was younger to give me this opportunity.
“And finally, to my wife Vicky (Botwright) for her unwavering support and understanding of how much playing squash has meant to me.”
Boswell steps away from the sport after a run of recent good form in PSA World Series events, including a semifinal berth in the Qatar classic and quarterfinal finishes in the Hong Kong Open and PSA cup—results which put him into 9th place in the current 2011 PSA World Series Standings.
Born in Canberra, Boswell reached 35 PSA Tour finals and won 20 tournaments in his career, including four Australian Opens and the Swedish Open and US Open. After a career-threatening back injury that kept him away from the Tour for two full years, he returned in April 2005 and began a remarkable run of seven successive Tour title wins—four as a qualifier — and catapulted from 299 to 20 in the world rankings in the year.
