Tournament of Champions 23/29 January 09
Published: 12 Dec 2008 - 07:25 by rippa rit
Updated: 02 Feb 2009 - 14:27
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From January 23/29 the top sixteen players can be seen at Grand Central Terminal, New York, for the Tournament of Champions. Ramy Ashhour (EGY) is the defending champion. There will not be too much rest for these players over the festive season.
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From rippa rit - 02 Feb 2009 - 14:25 - Updated: 02 Feb 2009 - 14:27
From bosartek - 29 Jan 2009 - 15:09 - Updated: 29 Jan 2009 - 15:13
For the first time in years there will be no Egyptians in the finals of the TOC!
Top-seeds R. Ashour and Darwish have been eliminated, losing to Matthew and Gaultier respectively, tonight in the semi-final round of the tournament. Lobbing nearly every attacking shot and taking away any open angles, Matthew played very tactical squash and succeeded in restricing Ramy to the back of the court. Ramy was able to find a few nicks, but his confidence was clearly lacking. By the end of the fourth game, Ramy seemed resigned to concede the match, and the unseeded Matthew pushed through to secure his place in the final.
Gaultier played some equally inspired squash and managed to frustrate his opponent with seemingly impossible gets. After losing the first game 2-11, Gaultier found his stride and came back in force winning 12-10, 11-5, and 11-6 with very strong positional play. More to come!
From bosartek - 28 Jan 2009 - 17:15 - Updated: 28 Jan 2009 - 17:18
Some truly excellent squash from the TOC in New York!!! I will try to update with more details, but some matches of note thus far (all but one going to 5 games!):
R. Ashour vs. LJ Anjema*
Iskandar vs. El Hindi
Matthew vs. Willstrop
R. Ashour vs. Lincou***
The last two days are sure to be exciting!
From rippa rit - 28 Jan 2009 - 16:27 - Updated: 29 Jan 2009 - 07:56
Semis coming up Wednesday night:
Gregory Gaultier (FR) v Karim Darwish (EG)
Ramy Ashour (EG) v Nick Matthews (ENG)
From rippa rit - 23 Jan 2009 - 21:23 - Updated: 23 Jan 2009 - 21:25
psalive.tv have advised of the matches coming up at this prestigous tournament.
Qualifying final results from squashsite and draw..
From rippa rit - 04 Jan 2009 - 10:55
Not too much rest, but plenty of festive season activities to fuel the appetite for the top sixteen players heading to the JP Morgan Tournament of Champions NY. The two Egyptians, Amr Shabana and Karim Darwish seeded 1 and 2 respectively. What a smorgasboard for those able to attend.
From mike - 12 Dec 2008 - 08:13
Unless Julian Illingworth and Natalie Grangier happen to win the tournament the prize money will be more valuable than a year ago too, since the US dollar is now a lot stronger against most currencies.
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Greg Gaultier (FRA) defeated Nick Matthews (ENG) in the final. The two Egyptians, Karim Darwish and Ramy Ashour, got beaten in the semis - this goes to show there is not much between the top men players.
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