Will’s World: Loss Avoidance
By Will Carlin
At a few minutes before 5pm on a September Saturday in 2011, Novak Djokovic was facing double match point against Roger Federer in the U.S. Open semifinals. Novak Djokovic clenched his jaw,...
World Doubles: From MetroSquash to Onwentsia, and Streamed to the World
By Chris McClintick
The 2015 J.P. Morgan & Trunk Club World Squash Doubles Championships commenced with the fanfare of the MetroSquash Academic & Squash Center’s grand opening in Chicago, Wednesday, May 6. Following the ceremonial,...
Strong Showing Predicted for Pan American Contingent
By Nell Schwed
The seventeenth Pan American Games in Toronto in July will showcase the strongest American squash contingent in history. Of the six competitors, half are returning veterans to the Pan Am stage—Natalie Grainger,...
National Doubles Finds a New Home in Philadelphia
By Chris McClintick
Eighty-two years ago, the second U.S. Squash Doubles Championships were hosted on the court that invented the game at the Racquet Club of Philadelphia. Philadelphia has long been the American beacon of...
World Record Broken for Longest Squash Match
By James Zug
Brett Meyer and James Meyer, a father and son duo in New Zealand, are the Guinness Book of World Records holders for the longest squash singles match in history. They set the...
MetroSquash Opens New Facility
By James Zug
Photos by Marian Kraus
The MetroSquash Academic & Squash Center, the fourth stand-alone purpose-built urban squash youth enrichment facility in the U.S., opened this spring in Chicago.
The certificate of occupancy was issued on...
USOC Volunteer Coach of the Year Awarded to MetroSquash Mentor Paul M. Cussen
By James Zug
During the gala dinner at the biennial World Doubles tournament in Chicago, US Squash honored Paul M. Cussen with the United States Olympic Committee Volunteer Coach of the Year Award.
Cussen started his...
The Secret Story of Anti-Doping: How Squash Keeps Clean
By James Zug
Squash is one of the cleanest sports in the world. Only twenty professionals have been suspended in the history of testing.
Drilling down into these positive tests, one sees a few facts. Although...
Trends in Stringing III: Next Generation R&D
By Steve Crandall
Vice President, Sales & Marketing
Ashaway Racket Strings
If the past is prelude, then we can expect a couple things from the next generation of squash strings. First, they are going to be thinner....
Salming Squash Shoes
By Pierre Bastien, Squash Equipment Blogger at squashsource.com
Salming squash shoes came onto the scene a few years ago, when England’s Adrian Grant started wearing the brand. Salming now sponsors a number of top men’s...