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Greg Gaultier, the fourth seed from France, looked as though he were playing the best squash of his career as he became the first player for eight years successfully to defend the Super Series title, fashioning a beautifully constructed win over Thierry Lincou in the first final between players of the same nation.
[1] Karim Darwish bt [2] Amr Shabana 11/8, 11/9, 11/5
Karim Darwish may not quite have lived up to his world number one ranking this week, but his third place, the $14,250 prize money, and his confirmed status as the leading Egyptian were at least some consolation.
[5] James Willstrop bt [7] Thierry Lincou 11/8, 11/8, 4/11, 3/11,11/6 (63m) Thierry Lincou ensured that there will be an all-French final to the Super Series final, even though he was beaten in his last group match by James Willstrop in a curiously high-charged five-game encounter in which Lincou was close to elimination at two games down and Willstrop was at risk of disqualification through what is politely called the bleeding rule.
[2] Amr Shabana bt [3] Ramy Ashour 11/9, 11/4, 11/2 [24m] Amr Shabana, the former world number one who began the Super Series final with a defeat, with his left knee taped, and with continued doubts about his fitness, enjoyed proving his doubters wrong with some typically entertaining deception
[7] Thierry Lincou bt [3] Ramy Ashour 11/7, 11/7, 8/11, 11/5 Thierry Lincou defied the years, the brightest young player in the game, and in many people's minds, the odds as well, to give himself a great chance of making the title match of the Super Series finals only two weeks short of his 33rd birthday
[1] Karim Darwish bt [6] David Palmer 11/3, 15/13, 11/9 (62m) Karim Darwish suggested his game may permanently have reached a new level since becoming world number one in January, producing a tough, disciplined, and yet fluent performance which saw off the challenge of the former top dog David Palmer in a dramatically edgy tussle.
[4] Gregory Gaultier bt [8] Wael El Hindi 11/3, 11/5, 11/6 (38m) Greg Gaultier looks more and more capable of becoming the first player in eight years successfully to defend the Super Series title. The second-seeded Frenchman roared through his second match in less than 40 minutes, beating a slightly jaded-looking Wael El Hindi 11-3, 11-5, 11-6 to get to the verge of winning his group.
[4] Gregory Gaultier bt [6] David Palmer 11-7, 3-11, 11-6, 11-2 (67m) Greg Gaultier could have not given us a much better start to the defence of his Super Series finals title. The champion went through his complete repertoire of extraordinary flairy strokes, mixed in with passages of orthodox, disciplined line and length – almost as though it were two players in one – while beating David Palmer, a former holder of the title.
[7] Thierry Lincou bt [2] Amr Shabana 11-3, 11-9, 11-5 (37m) Thierry Lincou, the former world number one, caused the first upset of the Super Series finals when he brought down Amr Shabana, the man who stood for 30 months at the top of the rankings until the start of this year.
There is a romantic novel written by a Cairo scholar said to have made a multi-million fortune in royalties throughout the Muslim world, called Ayat-Ayat Cinta, which is about a man pursued by several women but who marries just one of them
Ziad Al-Turki admits that he didn't even know what the Professional Squash Association (PSA) was when he first became involved in the professional game; now he's become the man most likely to steer the sport to destinations it has always needed to reach.
The 2009 ATCO Super Series Finals will bring together the top eight qualifiers from the annual PSA Super Series World Tour and will be staged at the world-famous Queen’s Club in London, England from the 14th to 17th March.
Organisers of the campaign to make squash an Olympic sport believe that the ATCO Super Series Finals, to be staged at the world-famous Queen’s Club in London from the 14th to 17th March 2009, could make a crucial difference as to whether their efforts to be included in the Olympic Games succeed.
Egypt's new world number one Karim Darwish will head the line-up for the 2009 ATCO Super Series Finals, which will bring together the top eight qualifiers from the 2008 PSA Super Series World Tour. This year's event will be staged for the first time at the world famous Queen's Club in London from 14-17 March.
As you walk from Baron’s Court tube station to the famous English Club, you cannot help feeling like you are in a time warp. The imposing building sits as if it owns the place, and its calm tradition impregnates the whole neighbourhood.
The world-famous Queen’s Club in London will play host to the ATCO Super Series Squash Finals next year.