Double the Fun in the Hamptons
By Tracy Gates
Why can’t women play doubles like men? Call me sexist, but I’m also female and I couldn’t help thinking that as I watched match after match of doubles during DONAT (Doubles or Nothing...
SPA-tlight: Lauren Doline
Lauren Doline, Squash Professional, Yale Club NYC
How old were you when you first picked up a squash racquet?
I was 12 years old at a clinic with Mark Talbott as an introduction to squash at The...
Fighting Frustration
By Tracy Gates
The ball flies by me, down the wall, again and again and again. And my attempts to dig it out of the back right corner are pitiful. Humiliating. Finally, after my opponent...
Historic Finish: Americans Come in Second at World Women’s Junior
By James Zug
It is a sign of rude and robust health that the lingering feeling about the 2011 Women’s World Juniors Squash Championships was one of disappointment. On the surface, the tournament went off...
Fanning The Flames of Women’s Doubles
By Tracy Gates
I am a Flamingo. Well, I was for a few months this past spring, as a team member on the inaugural women’s hardball doubles league in NYC. Flamingoes are better at fishing...
Turner Cup
This year’s Turner Cup marked the beginning of the era of women’s doubles squash. The tournament, which is the largest stop on the WDSA tour, had both a record number of participants at the professional...
Massaro Stuns David in Cleveland
Report by Nathan Dugan
There were over 200 spectators in the crowd at the Cleveland Racquet Club who were just as stunned as Nicol David, after Laura Massaro played the match of her life to claim...
Women in Squash
By Jennifer Gabler
The best part of being tournament director for the Howe Cup this year was all the people I met through email and then met in person at the event. I got a call a...
Grainger Steps Down From WISPA Tour
Squash fans around the world are sad to see Natalie Grainger has decided to bring to an end a distinguished career lasting 14 “glittering” years at the top of her sport.
Grainger announced her decision to...
Australia Reclaim World Team Title in New Zealand: US Team Finish 7th on a...
By Grant Smith
After last winning the title in 2004—and finishing in 10th place two years later—Australia re-established their authority in women’s world squash by beating England in the final of the Women’s World Team Championships...