I went through the US Open Squash 2012 photo gallery and tried to identify EVERY piece of equipment on every player.
All photos are from the usopensquash.com photo gallery. Thank you to Steve Cubbins, who I think took all these pictures for US Open Squash.s
Ready? Here we go!
P.S. one more thing — if you see any errors or can fill in some of the blanks, please let me know in the comments section at the bottom.
Men’s Draw
James Willstrop
Racket: Prince O3 Black
Shoes: Adidas Adipower Stabil 10
Alister Walker
Racket: Tecnifibre Suprem NG 130
Shoes: Adidas Adizero BT Feather
Daryl Selby
Racket: Head Argon 155
Shoes: Adidas Opticourt
Omar Abdel Aziz
Racket: Harrow Vapor
Shoes: Hi-Tec S700 4SYS
Cameron Pilley
Racket: Karakal Tec Gel 120
Shoes: Asics Gel Blast 4
Stephen Coppinger
Racket: Prince EXO3 Rebel
Shoes: Prince NFS V
Simon Rosner
Racket: Oliver Apex RS7
Shoes: Prince NFS V
Mohamed El Shorbagy
Racket: Tecnifibre Carboflex 125
Shoes: Asics Gel Blast 3
Karim Darwish
Racket: Head Xenon 135
Shoes: Asics Gel Blade 3
Max Lee
Racket: Prince EXO3 Rebel
Shoes: Asics Gel Rocket 6
Hisham Ashour
Racket: Dunlop Blackstorm Graphite
Shoes: Asics Gel Game 3
Chris Gordon
Racket: Tecnifibre Suprem Sword (review coming soon)
Shoes: Adidas Adizero BT Feather
Borja Golan
Racket: Dunlop Biomimetic Pro GTX 140
Shoes: Asics Gel Domain 4790
Joe Lee
Racket: Tecnifibre Suprem Sword (review coming soon)
Shoes: Asics Gel Blade 3
Olli Tuominen
Racket: Dunlop Biomimetic Pro GTX 130
Shoes: VICTOR SH8600
Greg Gaultier
Racket: Dunlop Aerogel 4D Elite (kind of)
Shoes: Adidas Adipower Stabil
Ramy Ashour
Racket: Dunlop Biomimetic Max. Maybe.
Shoes: Asics Seigyo
Saurav Ghosal
Racket: Prince EXO3 Rebel
Shoes: Nike. Probably the Court Shuttle 4 (thanks to Prashant for the tip).
Tarek Momen
Racket: Dunlop Biomimetic Pro GTX 140
Shoes: Hi-Tec S700 4SYS
Nicolas Mueller
Racket: Wilson Tour BLX
Shoes: Wilson Court Elite 1000 (review coming soon)
Tom Richards
Racket: Wilson Tour BLX
Shoes: Asics Gel Blade 3
Ong Beng Hee
Racket: Dunlop Biomimetic Evolution 130
Shoes: Asics Gel Progressive
Shahier Razik
Racket: Head YouTex Xenon 135
Shoes: Asics Gel 1130V
Peter Barker
Racket: Wilson Tour BLX
Shoes: Adidas Stabil Optifit
Amr Shabana
Racket: Dunlop Biomimetic Ultimate
Shoes: Hi-Tec S700 4SYS
Miguel Rodriguez
Racket: Tecnifibre Carboflex 130
Shoes: Asics Gel Blast 4
LJ Anjema
Racket: Head YouTex Xenon 135
Shoes: Asics Gel Blade 3
Aamir Atlas Khan
Racket: Tecnifibre Carboflex 130 (he uses the 2011 version of that racket)
Shoes: Adidas. Looks like the Opticourt Ligra maybe, but I can’t find a picture.
Adrian Grant
Racket: Harrow Jonathon Power Spark
Shoes: Salming Race R1
Karim Abdel Gawad
Racket: Harrow Neon Vapor (review coming soon)
Shoes: Asics Gel Blade 3
Omar Mosaad
Racket: Tecnifibre Carboflex 140
Shoes: Asics Gel Blast 4
Nick Matthew
Racket: Dunlop Biomimetic Evolution 130
Shoes: Hi Tec S701 4SYS
Women’s Draw
I could only include the last 8 players in this roundup, because that is the round when the ladies started playing on the glass court and you start to get pictures taken from the front of the court.
Nicol David
Racket: Prince EXO3 Rebel
Shoes: Asics Gel Blade 3 W. Apparently these are a custom design. TDG Sports wrote in to say that Nicol was invited to the Asics research center in Kobe, Japan to have a custom shoe made for her. Cool.
Alison Waters
Racket: Dunlop Biomimetic Evolution 120
Shoes: Asics Gel Task (review coming soon)
Jenny Duncalf
Racket: Head Anion 135
Shoes: Adidas Court Stabil 10 W
Joelle King
Racket: Head Anion 135
Shoes: Asics Gel Domain 2 W
Madeline Perry
Racket: Dunlop Biomimetic Evolution 120
Shoes: Asics Gel Rocket 6 W
Laura Massaro
Racket: Head Xenon2 135
Shoes: Asics Gel Task (review coming soon)
Kasey Brown
Racket: Harrow Custom Spark, Kasey Brown Signature
Shoes: Asics Gel Volley Elite. Thanks to TDG Sports for the tip.
Raneem El Weleily
Racket: Harrow Vapor
Shoes: Asics Gel Blade 3 W
That’s it! If you noticed anything different in the pictures above, please let me know in the comments.
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Prashant says
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Sourav Ghoshal might be wearing Nike court shuttle 4.
Pierre says
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Thanks Prashant! That is a promising lead. I can’t seem to find a picture of that shoe in black though. I will search around some more and see if I can find it.
Cheers
Prashant says
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Found this on an obscure website. I recognized Sourav’s shoes as my first squash shoes were the court shuttle 4 in white and organe. http://www.lojatenisbrasil.com.br/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/4/0/408071-001.jpg
Pierre says
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Thanks Prashant. Interesting. The style does look very similar. Check out this alternate image from the US Open. The Nike swoosh is black as opposed to tan in the image you found. I agree it’s probably the Court Shuttle 4 though so I have updated the post http://www.usopensquash.com/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=lg_image_request&file=DayFour/12%20US%20Open%20Day%204c%20125.JPG
Nick says
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Hi,
James Willstrop has the Prince O3 Black here, which is actually silver not black. The following years model the O3 Speedport black (which you have listed) was changed to be black. It’s an old model, he’s had problems recently with breakages on his latest model.
Pierre says
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Thanks for the insight Nick! I have updated the post.
Cheers,
Pierre
TDG Sports says
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Karim Darwish – Asics Gel Blade 3, 2011 color
Nicol David – CUSTOM Asics Gel Blade, she was invited to Asics research center in Kobe, Japan to have a custom shoe made for her
Kasey Brown – Asics Gel Volley Elite
Pierre says
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Thanks TDG for sending in these tips – much appreciated! I have updated the post.
Cheers,
Pierre