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America Has New Champions
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Julian Illingworth regained his U.S. title this past week. And 17 year old Sabrina Sobhy is now America's youngest ever U.S. Champion. To see U.S. Squash's article, please click here. |
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Guy Cipriano Crushes American Squash
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 Guy Cipriano is America's perfect squash player. He's rich. He's round. And he talks loudly ... in hyperbole. This week he pounced on US Squash's National Squash Tournament. To see Daily Squash Report's coverage and reader comments, please click here. |
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Skipping for Squash
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America's used to call it a jump rope. Now "speed rope" is better marketing in the U.S. But international squash players "skip" to improve fitness and footwork. To see see 23 variations for skipping, please click here.
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Caroline Wozniaki's Off-Court Training
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Danish pro tennis player Caroline Wozniacki was #1 on the WTA Tour's 67 weeks. Her off-court training will be of interest to squash player as well. To see Caroline's video, please click here.
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Targets and Tactics for Your Serve
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Working on your serve?
Here are some good pointers for the beginning to intermediate level player.
To see the video, please click here.
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Miles for Marc
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 Matt Callahan is the administrative liaison for the Brandeis University squash team. He and his family are running the Boston Marathon in honor of his cousin Marc, who lost his leg in last year's Boston Marthon. To see their page, please click here. |
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Women's College Team Final Rankings
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Congratulations again to the Trinity women's team on their national championship. In our pre-season predictions, we had 'em 5th, but wrote " they could still win it all." CSA and Squash Ezine both released pre-season picks. See our graph below to see who was closer.  To see College Squash's (CSA) complete women's team finals rankings, please click here. |
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TRUTH & Rumors
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 Ramy Ashour is a special squash talent who has been battling injuries since the end of his junior days. - We hear he's been in Boston these days consulting with squash legend Thierry Lincou to learn how to play elite squash and remain healthy.
- Ali Farag brought individual and team national championships back to the Harvard men's program. Now that he's graduating, what's next?
- Our sources say he'll be joining the Egyptian Army shortly after graduation.
- India's #1, and constant complainer, Dipika Pallikal told SquashMad she isn't playing tournaments in India until there's pay equity. But she is continuing to register for tournaments in other countries where the pay isn't equal.
- Jonathon Power's new company Power Courts is worth a look.
- America just crowned two national champions. Since each purse was $7,500, we're estimating that the payout for being a U.S. national champion was ~$2,500.
- U.S. rising star Todd Harrity had hoped to get some court time with newly New York based Peter Nicol. But our sources say Nicol stopped returning Harrity's calls.
- Los Angeles Athletic Club is one of America's great clubs, but they seem incapable of finding a new squash pro.
- Or any good-to-great squash pro isn't interested in the job.
- The Sobhy sisters appear on the verge of dominating American women's squash for the foreseeable future.
- Before they came along, it was Philadelphia based Demer Holleran who did the same. She reached a career high rank of 21 on the WISPA tour and won 9 US National Championships.
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More Squash News
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DSR: What's On My Mind:by Aubrey Waddy
DSR: Blacknight Squash Fiction Novel
DSR: Head Pro, Winnipeg
SquashSite: England Squash Seeking CEO
DSR: What's on my Mind by Pierre Bastien
DSR: US Age Group Winners
DSR: LAAC Still Seeking a Squash Pro
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