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Egyptian Mazen Hesham Ga Sabry celebrated his twentieth birthday in the best possible style when he upset an opponent ranked twelve places higher to claim the sixth PSA World Tour title of his career at the Hampco Houston Open in Texas.

The No. 2 seed from Cairo reached the final of the PSA Challenger 15 event at the Life Time Athletic City Center in Houston without dropping a game.  Continue reading Birthday Boy Hesham Has Lift Off in Houston →

Friday evening’s Hampco Houston Open quarterfinals saw the top four seeds victorious at Life Time Athletic CityCentre.

Top-seeded world No. 23 Stephen Coppinger ended home hopes as the South African defeated American world No. 49 Chris Gordon 11-3, 11-7, 11-9. Coppinger will face defending Houston Open champion Campbell Grayson in the semifinals, after the New Zealander dispatched fifth-seeded Mexican Cesar Salazar 11-4, 12-10, 11-2.  Continue reading Houston Open Seeds Through to Semis →

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Peruvian seventeen-year-old Diego Elias pulled off the shock of the Hampco Houston Open Thursday evening when he defeated nine-time U.S. Champion and world No. 49 Julian Illingworth. Playing in his largest prize money tournament to date, the U.S. Junior Open champion (pictured, right, with Life Time Athletic CityCentre’s Jahanzeb Khan) had made waves already in the qualifying rounds with his first top-100 upset, Continue reading Elias Stuns Illingworth; Gordon Advances in Houston →

U.S. Champion Julian Illingworth, finalist Todd Harrity, and 2013 champion Chris Gordon, will contest for spots in the quarterfinals in Thursday’s Hampco Houston Open main draw round of sixteen. Second annual Houston Open at Life Time Athletic CityCentre boasts the highest prize money purse.  Continue reading American Trio Set for Houston Open Main Draw →

The first round of qualifying for the 2014 Houston Open–the eighth U.S. Pro Series event of 2014 and second Life Time Squash Series event–at Life Time Athletic CityCentre is complete.

The Professional Squash Association event marks its second year at the Life Time Athletic CityCentre in downtown Houston and includes an increased prize money purse of $15,000 from $10,000 in 2013.  Continue reading Harrity Confidently Advances; Teenagers Upset in Houston Qualifying →

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Todd Harrity made an impressive international squash breakthrough on home soil when he won his first PSA World Tour title at the Squash Revolution NY Pro Open in New York City.

Seeded three, the twenty-three-year-old Princeton graduate from Pennsylvania upset the seedings in the semi-finals of the PSA Challenger 5 squash event when he dispatched Australia’s No. 2 seed Zac Alexander in straight games.  Continue reading Harrity Claims First Professional Title →

An old collegiate rivalry between twenty-three-year-old Princeton Graduate, Todd Harrity, and current Columbia University junior and No. 1, Ramit Tandon, will be renewed on the professional stage in the final of the Squash Revolution NY Pro Open Saturday evening at the Princeton Club of New York.

Both Harrity, American world No. 113, and Tandon, Indian world No. 195, are making their inaugural professional final appearances after knocking out the top two seeds in Friday’s semifinals of the $5,000 Professional Squash Association (PSA) event.  Continue reading Harrity and Tandon to Contest First Professional Final →

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England’s Joe Lee claimed the biggest PSA World Tour title of his career after cruising to success in the final of the Oregon Open, the PSA Challenger 15 squash event at the Multnomah Athletic Club in Portland, Oregon.

Lee, the London-born No. 4 seed, reached the final after surviving an eighty-five-minute semifinal marathon against Mexican qualifier Alfredo Avila.  Continue reading Joe Lee Lands Biggest Title in Oregon →

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Qualifying for the 2014 Oregon Open is complete as American Todd Harrity and Seattle-based eighteen-year-old Shahjahan Khan join the sixteen-player main draw at the Multnomah Athletic Club in Portland.

With four main draw qualifying positions on the line, two rounds of play involved a number of club members—including tournament promoter Anders Gilvedt—up against professionals in the first round. Continue reading Harrity and Khan Qualify for Oregon Open Main Draw →