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...
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...
Birth Pangs of a “New Era”
By Richard Eaton
Photos by Steve Line/SquashPics.com
The World Series finals at the Queens Club in London were billed as the “new face of squash,” which would “lead it into a new era.” Perhaps it was, and...
Are you ‘The Man (Woman) from U.N.C.L.E?’ How good is your Solo Napoleon?
By Richard Millman, Owner—Westchester Squash
One of my stock pieces of advice to enthusiastic players and the parents of enthusiastic juniors starts with the statement: “I have never known a top class player that hasn’t done hour...
Tales of the Unexpected in Arabia
By Richard Eaton
Photos by Steve line/SquashPics.com
From the moment the car darted across the glittering Gulf, following a mighty wheel-tread across the sea and ignoring the waves as if they would be obeying the command of...
Commonwealth Games: David’s atonement is feted
By Richard Eaton
Photos by Steve Line/SquashPics.com
It is an event which many regard as an anachronism—the legacy of a British empire long since dismantled and even longer ago discredited in the eyes of some.
Despite this...
Fire in the Sky as Shabana Enters Pantheon of the Greats
By Richard Eaton
Photos by Steve Line/SquashPics.com
No player in the history of the game can have received as spectacular a response to the capture of a World Open title as Amr Shabana did for his fourth,...
Women’s World Open: A tongue that wouldn’t work—the struggles of an icon.
By Richard Eaton
Photos by Steve Line/SquashPics.com
The depth of the ordeal that Nicol David had endured became more apparent within moments of winning her fourth World Open after an initially hesitant but eventually beautifully taken...
British Open Still Hoping For a New Future
By Richard Eaton
Photos by Steve Line/SquashPics.com
It’s 87 years old and it almost died. But the old tourney, the parent of the international game, and the talismanic event on the PSA Tour even in its...
The Super Series Finals: The Frenchman who kissed the Duchess
By Richard Eaton
Photos by Steve Line/SquashPics.com
Without wishing to bore you with tales of arcane protocol by the British, it was quite an insight to see the different reactions to Gregory Gaultier determinedly kissing the...