National Championship, New Delhi 15-20 Dec 2009

Top ranked Saurav Ghosal and Joshna Chinappa crowned themselves national champions for the 5th and 9th time resp. after notching up contrasting wins in the Senior National Squash tournament held at Delhi Gymkhana.

Saudi International, Saudi Arabia 13 – 18 Dec 2009

Pakistan’s Aamir Atlas Khan 15th seed from Peshawar ended Indian interest when he dismissed qualifier Saurav Ghosal 11-5, 11-9, 11-4 in 30 minutes in the Saudi Internationala $250,000 PSA World Tour Super Series event.

Punj Lloyd PSA Masters Squash, Mumbai 5-10 Dec 2009

Saurav Ghosal celebrated a stunning success on home soil in the first round of the Punj Lloyd PSA Masters when he beat 15th seed Cameron Pilley to reach the last 16 of the $152,500 PSA World Tour Super Series squash event at the Bombay Gymkhana in Mumbai. This was the first time after a gap of 12 years a PSA Super Series event was being staged in India.

WSF Delegation Boosted By IOC Lausanne Meeting

Issued by Howard Harding on behalf of the WSF
World Squash Federation President N Ramachandran has expressed his confidence that, despite losing out on a place in the 2016 Olympic Games, Squash is highly regarded by the International Olympic Committee.

December – PSA/WISPA Rankings

Siddharth, Harinder & Anaka see new highs in the latest PSA & WISPA rankings.

Siddharth loses to Delasaux In BC Open (24-29 Nov ‘09)

England’s Laurence Delasaux extended his remarkable run on the PSA World Squash Tour in Canada when he beat Siddharth Suchde in the final of the $6,000 BC Open at Sport Central in Richmond, BC, to claim his third Tour title in five weeks as a qualifier!

PSA Masters in Mumbai

By Howard Harding, PSA World Media Manager
The Professional Squash Association is celebrating the first PSA Super Series event in India for 12 years with next month’s staging of the Punj Lloyd PSA Masters, a $152,500 championship featuring the top 32 players in the world, in Mumbai.

Qatar Squash Classic, Qatar (17-23 Nov)

Saurav Ghosal & Dipika Pallikal earned surprise places in the main draws of one of the year’s biggest men’s and women’s international squash circuit events at Khalifa International Tennis & Squash Complex in the Qatar capital Doha.

Rhode Island Squash Open, USA (18-22 November 2009)

Unseeded Siddharth Suchde, excelled on his return to North America by upsetting Muhd Asyraf Azan in a marathon match in the 1st round of the 1star event before bowing out to Irish Liam Kenny.

Harinder & Fiona win PSA 5 & WISPA 3 (16-21Nov)

Issued by Howard Harding on behalf of PSA & WISPA
England’s Fiona Moverley and local hero Harinder Pal Sandhu came away with the spoils in the latest Indian Squash Challengers at the Indian Squash Academy in Chennai.