Mohamed El Shorbagy won the 2013 Qatar Classic — his first major PSA tournament victory — beating Nick Matthew in a tense 5 gamer.
Here are my equipment notes from the event. I’ve also included all the PSA Squash TV video roundups at the bottom.
This is an old category... I used to post squash videos here, but now I post them over at Free Squash Videos, so check it out!
Carol Weymuller Open
The Carol Weymuller Open is a WSA World Tour event held at the Heights Casino Club in Brooklyn, New York. It usually gets a great turnout from the top women.
The 2012 winner was Laura Massaro in 3 games over last year’s winner, Raneem El Weleily. Recap from SquashSite.
Check out this USTREAM channel for streaming replays from the event.
I’m going to post videos from the quarterfinal match between Alison Waters and Nicol David. Alison upset Nicol in 4 games to reach the semis, where she lost to eventual champion Massaro.
Game 1
Game 2
Game 3
Game 4
Playing Parth Sharma
Last night I played Parth Sharma, former Trinity Squash #2, in a local league match. I managed to get a few points off him, but he pretty much casually swatted me away like I was a pesky mosquito.
Parth is originally from India and, after his stint at Trinity, is now a coach at the Philly Cricket Club.
One thing that struck me about Parth’s shots is how much more underspin they have than mine. His shots would often hit the same spot on the front wall as mine, but they’d die much faster in the back of the court. Even in the warmup I was having trouble getting his crosscourts back. Not a good sign. Anyway, something to work on for my game.
Interestingly, Parth was playing with the EXACT same equipment as me: Dunlop Pro GTX 130 racket and Asics Gel 1130V squash shoes.
Here’s a video of Parth playing Yale’s Kenneth Chan: