Ashour The Happiest Moment of His Life
By Richard Eaton
Photos by Steve Line/squashpics.com
There were many well-publicized reasons why Ramy Ashour’s capture of the British Open title—at a pioneering outdoor venue in Hull City’s soccer stadium—has carried him further along the road...
Massaro British Queen
By Richard Eaton
Photos by Steve Line/squashpics.com
There was a throw-away hint as to why the world’s most successful squash player might suffer her most startling defeat in four years, not long before the British Open...
Seven Signals Change for David, Women’s World Open
By Richard Eaton
A few days after Nicol David had extended her record of World Open titles to seven it emerged just how much of a watershed in her career this latest success might be.
Instead...
World Title Highlights Ramys’s Career Rescue, Men’s World Open
By Richard Eaton
Photos by Steve Line/squashpics.com
Ramy Ashour’s recapture of the world title amidst the soaring city of Doha completed a shift in power at the top of the game and highlighted a pilgrimage of...
His Cup Runneth Over: Willstrop Celebrates Kuwaiti History on the Way to the Top
By Richard Eaton
Photos by Steve Line/SquashPics.com
From the moment James Willstrop stood arms aloft and triumphant, not far from what used to be Saddam Hussein's killing fields, it was clear that squash was likely to...
The Schoolgirl who could Depose a Legend
By Richard Eaton
Photos by Steve Line/squashpics.com
The next new world number one has announced herself. She will get to the top within three years. In doing so she will depose the highest profile woman the...
Matthew Achieves One of the Great Surprises
By Richard Eaton
Photos by Steve Line/Squashpics.com
It was one of the three or four greatest World Championships surprises of all time. Those who witnessed the U.S. Open final only sixteen days before might rate it...
Ripples From Philadelphia to Hull
by Richard Eaton
It felt as though the splash created at the U.S. Open, by awarding equal prize money to women, had sent ripples all the way across the Atlantic to the world's most venerable...
Was This The Biggest Shock of All?
By Richard Eaton
Photos Courtesy: Lynn Khoo
Is it the beginning of the end for the highest profile player of all time? The question had been regarded by many as unthinkable but it certainly entered a few people’s minds after...
Husband and Wife Push Back Frontiers of the Worlds
By Richard Eaton
Photos by Steve Line/Squashpics.com
Tommy Berden and Natalie Grinham are more than the most famous husband and wife team in the sport. They are aiming for achievements at the World Open in Rotterdam which...