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 Cambridge
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20-Jan, Finals
Nick Matthew (Eng) 3-1 Omar Mosaad
13-11,
12-10, 9-11, 11-7 (59m)
3rd/4th: Max Lee
3-1 Ryan Cuskelly 12-10, 4-11, 11-7, 11-9 (59m)
5th/6th: Mathieu Castagnet v Karim Abdel Gawad
7th/8th: Ali Farag 3-2 Amr Shabana 11-6, 11-13,
11-9, 10-12, 11-3
Matthew Raises His First Cambridge Cup
Chris Hollow reports
It was Finals night in Toronto and there would be a new
Cambridge Cup champion by the end of the night. In a
heavy-weight engagement, World #3 Nick Matthew
battled World #4 Omar Mosaad for the title.
 First
on court was a highly entertaining undercard featuring
four-time World Champion Amr Shabana, now the
Egyptian National Coach, going head-to-head with one of his
disciples, 24 year-old World #22 Ali Farag in the 7/8
match.
They showed us every shot in the book (and then some) but in
the end youth prevailed over experience with Farag besting
his childhood idol and current coach in five games.
The pump was primed for the Main Event. The top two seeds
achieved their rankings and stepped on court at 7:48p local
time to battle for Canada's most prestigious squash title.
 The
opening rallies were long and measured. It became apparent
early that they weren't here to impress the crowd with flair
but rather to win the title. Matthew got out to a 3-1 lead
when Mosaad couldn't scrape a tight backhand off the left
wall at the end of a long rally, providing the Englishman a
straight-drop winner.
Playing through some interference in the front right cost
Matthew a point when he tee'd up a drop for Mosaad that was
3 feet high. "Should have asked for let. Got punished." he'd
mutter to himself. Matthew maintained a small lead until a
poor trickle boast at 6-4 never fooled Mosaad, who took one
step forward and crunched it into the open crosscourt to
pull within 1.
Mosaad hit a forehand winner and followed up with a
crowd-pleasing crosscourt kill to take his first lead of the
game at 7-6. The stayed deadlocked to 10-10 when both
players, sensing the importance of the moment, upped the
pace significantly.
Mosaad got bailed out when a loose ball got straightened out
by the crevasse, sending it back wallpaper tight. As we all
know, crevasse giveth and it taketh away and on the very
next rally, it spat one out back into Mosaad's chest for a
stroke. Matthew won the game 13-11 on the next point.
 The
big Egyptian was moving his opponent well in the early-going
of Game Two, getting out to a 3-1 lead on a drop-cross-drop
combination that would put some mileage into the legs of
Nick Matthew. Starting to feel it, Mosaad fired in a couple
of near-miss backhand crosscourt kills in a row. He'd pay
for it on the second when Matthew pushed in a simple drop in
response. Matthew played down-the-middle crosscourt at 7-5
catching Mosaad off guard.
But the World No. 4 got just enough on it to get it back to
the wall and Nick Matthew crossed the next shot out of
court. "He's so big!" was the only thing the Yorkshireman
could say after his lob at 9-6 ended up in the crosscourt
nick at warp speed. They played it tight into extra points
again but MicK Matthew's experience showed through,
stringing together three excellent shots in a row at 11-10,
eventually forcing his opponent into a backwall boast. A
straight drop later and it was 2-0 in games for the
Englishman.
They'd jab their way to 5-5 tie in Game Three when a
questionable Mosaad pickup was followed by an even more
questionable stroke call against Nick Matthew. The crowd
groaned, audibly voicing it's disagreement. One fan wondered
aloud if the ref's badge read WSF or WTF?
 No
one giving an inch, they'd fight their way through 7-7, 8-8
and 9-9 ties. But the softest of crosscourt gravity drops by
Mosaad sent Matthew chasing from the front right to the
front left, only watch the balls roll out DOA in front of
his outstretched racquet. Mosaad on the board with an 11-9
'W' in Game Three.
Not wanting to see a fifth, Matthew came out firing in Game
Four, burying a crosscourt winner to take an early 1-0 lead.
The intensity was ratcheted up as evidenced by the three let
calls in a row at 3-all. A correct guess to the forehand
volley by the Englishman kept him in the rally on the next
point but Mosaad hit the shot of the match off his weak
return, backhanding a spectacular wide-angle crosscourt
roller from just in front of the front left corner.
Mosaad got a generous stroke call with a broken string
moving him to 6-5, much to the chagrin of Nick Matthew.
"He's allowed to play with a broken racquet." the ref would
respond to his complaint. A new racquet wouldn't be enough
for the Hammer of Thor though. Feeling hard-done by, the
Englishman seemed to step up the court and step up the pace,
effectively neutralizing the colossal power game of his
larger opponent.
 Knotted
at 7-7, Matthew leaned on the experience of winning three
World Open titles and put the pedal down. He'd win the match
on his first gameball, smashing a loose offering for a
crosscourt winner to secure the match 13-11, 12-10, 9-11,
11-7 in 59m.
With his first Cambridge Cup title, he won a lifetime
membership to the Cambridge Club.
"With no Gaultier and no Shorbagy, I saw this as a great
opportunity to get my hands on that bathrobe!" he'd joke
in his victory speech, referencing the famous Cambridge Club
robe that came part and parcel with his prize package.
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19-Jan, Semi-Finals
@ Cambridge Club
Nick Matthew (Eng)
3-1 Max Lee (Hkg)
7-11, 13-11, 11-7, 11-9 (72m)
Omar Mosaad (Egy) 3-1 Ryan Cuskelly (Aus)
9-11, 11-6, 11-8, 11-9 (58m)
5/8 Playoffs:
Mathieu Castagnet 3-1 Amr Shabana
11-7, 11-7, 11-9, 11-9 (47m)
Karim Abdel Gawad 3-1 Ali Farag
7-11, 11-9, 16-14, 11-7 (64m)
Matthew and Mosaad
recover to reach final
Chris Hollow reports
Semi-final night of the Cambridge Cup and the club was
abuzz! The single-dot went in the air at 620p local time and
we were under way ...
 First
up on the card was three-time World Champion Nick Matthew
versus first-time Cambridge Cup participant Max Lee.
Matthew jumped out to a quick 2-0 lead, employing his
down-the-middler from the front left twice in the first two
rallies.
These guys didn't opt to go measured out of the gate and
feel each other out but rather brought the attack from the
get-go, firing at the nick whenever the opportunity
presented itself. They'd stay close all the way up in Game
One until Lee pulled ahead on a series of tight straight
drives that Matthew couldn't scrape off the wall, pulling
away to a comfortable 11-7 win.
Not wanting to get behind the eightball, the Englishman
started Game Two in his 'office', pushed well up the court
in a high-tee position. Lee floated a cross-lob onto the
Englishman's forehand that resembled more of a feed,
allowing Matthew to put it away with his patented forehand
short kill. Down 4-1, Max Lee shot one in on the forehand
that was up enough to be retrieved but left Matthew showing
his cards, all his eggs in the forehand basket.
A hold and crosscourt drive later and the Hong Kong native
had cut the deficit in half. Having gone to the well one too
many times with the middle-shot, Nick Matthew saw a
crosscourt winner ripped by his right ear when it failed to
have the desired effect of handcuffing his opponent.
They'd exchange crosscourt winners off the server at 8-5 en
route to a 9-9 knot. A long, straight, patient rally
followed with Lee finally slotting a tight halfcourt nick
winner once he'd earned a loose ball on the forehand. But
Matthew gritted his teeth, buckled down and took the game in
extra points 13-11 to square up the match.
 At
2-0 in Game Three a devastating hold by Nick Matthew left
the Hong Kong national literally floored, feet coming out
from under him as he dove forward in vain. Mr. Lee had a
couple of tricks of his own, wrong-footing the 3x world
champion in successive rallies to draw even at 2-2.
Matthew slotted back-to-back forehand and back winners and
then made Lee pay on a missed cross-court kill attempt,
softly redropping for a 6-4 lead. It was Matthew being
Matthew from then on, winning points despite weathering
immense pressure by retrieving winner after winner until Lee
finally smashed one into the tin. A spirited effort and some
well-constructed rallies notwithstanding, Matthew grinded
his way to a 11-7 'W' in Game Three.
 Lee
never led in Game Four, stuck a point or two to the English
juggernaut throughout, in spite of a seriously valiant
effort. Down 5-6, Max Lee was able to move his opponent to
back and forward, back and forward and then finish with the
silkiest of backhand drop once he had him open. They'd
remain close until a mammoth 106 shot rally at 9-9 that left
the players doubled over and the Cambridge Club crowd
hooting and hollering in appreciation!
"Rally like that should be winner takes all," quipped
Matthew. Smelling blood, the Englishmen stepped up the
pressure, taking every ball as early as he could and putting
Lee in some compromising spots. Max absorbed and defended
the best he could but, as the expression goes, something had
to give, and the World Number 12 fell 11-9 in fourth.
Players hit with Sponsors
Next up on Centre court was
World #4 Omar Mosaad taking on the surging Australian
left-hander Ryan Cuskelly.
 If
you'd never seen Mosaad play, it would not have taken long
to figure out how he got his nickname 'The Hammer of Thor'.
He came out absolutely punishing the ball. He was hitting it
so hard that Cuskelly, down 3-2, lamented "I'm just trying
to warm up here! He's crushing it!!" Cuskelly brought some
good, penetrating length to the game and managed to keep it
close at 4-5.
A quick-fire series of crosscourts hit from inside the
short-line had long-time tournament supporter Mike
Capombassis nodding with approval from behind his Pinot
Grigio (or was it Chardonnay?). These two guys brought the
fireworks. Forget playing it cool, not risking the error at
8-all and 9-all.
Hard-angle crosscourt nicks from 3 feet off the frontwall
were the norm for Cuskelly, never turning down the dramatic
shot. Down gameball 10-9, Mosaad was forced into a big,
defensive boast from the back left that Cuskelly jumped all
over, hammering it behind the Egyptian's momentum, back to
where it came from. Game to Cuskelly 11-9.
 Imagine
for a moment that you're one of the hardest hitters on the
PSA Tour, one the purest, hardest hitters of the squash ball
in the history of the game. You find yourself down 1-0 in
the semis of the Cambridge Cup.
What would you do? If you said, I'd hammer the snot out of
it then you are on the same page as Omar Mosaad. He came
back on court and hit the ball so hard that it's going to
have to seek counseling.
Even the educated Cambridge squash crowd was in awe of just
how hard the 27 year-old Egyptian could hit a squash ball.
Combined with the silky smooth hands of a surgeon when
called upon, he makes for one helluva player.
Pounding his way out to a 9-4 lead, he buried Cuskelly in
the back right corner where he lost against the navy blue
carpet. "I can't see!" he complained. First time at the
club, Mr. Cuskelly? A flattened Mosaad backhand kill would
end Game Two and tie the match at 1-1.
The southpaw Australian would keep Game Three close for the
early-going but, like Georgia in August, the heat was
unbearable. A backhand width and forehand hammer crosscourt
kill would put Mosaad ahead 7-3 and have central referee
Wayne Smith wondering aloud if the needed a conduct warning
for "Ball Abuse".
Not to be outdone, Cuskelly flattened a backhand drive from
depths of the court into the short nick to keep his campaign
afloat. "That was gonna roll!" he'd say of another
spectacular wide-angle crosscourt kill attempt that found
the tin instead of the nick. His next backhand drop also
tinned, sealing the game for Mosaad 11-8.
 More
of the same followed in Game Four with Omar Mosaad pumping
screaming drives into the back and Cuskelly doing his best
to weather the storm. His pace and power opening up the
short-court, Mosaad went up 5-3 with a trickle boast that
caught Cuskelly on his heels.
The powerful forehand kill he put down at 7-3 was so good
that Mosaad had to give himself props, turning to the crowd
to ask "What? No applause?" eliciting a chuckle. Cuskelly
didn't fold and brought it all the back to 8-10 where Mosaad
would earn himself a cross-court drive into the open court
only to have his winner clip the top of the tin.
Undeterred, he dropped the hammer on the next serve,
crushing his forehand receipt into the cross-court nick to
earn himself a place in tomorrow's final.
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20-Jan, FINAL
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Castagnet beats Shabana at
Adelaide
The Adelaide crowd were treated to an amazing display of
squash between rising French star Mathieu Castagnet and
Egyptian grandmaster Amr Shabana.
Castagnet started strong, using his trademark strength and
fitness to put pressure on Shabana, extending the rallies
whenever possible. Shabana started to find his rhythm but it
was the Frenchman who finished the stronger of the two,
first game Castagnet.
Game 2 saw Shabana build a great lead, pushing up the court
and attacking on the volley more. Castagnet was working hard
to stay with the maestro but it was the free flowing Shabana
who took control of the T and the game.
The third game was a great contrast between the rhythmic,
smooth moving Shabana and the determined, fast paced
Castagnet. Two brilliant straight drops at 9 all was just
enough for Castagnet to edge the game out.
Building in confidence and moving better as the match went
on, Castagnet leapt out to a big lead in the fourth, only to
have Shabana reel him back in with his best squash of the
match, demonstrating the perfect straight line hitting that
saw him become the most dominant player of his era. It was
the Frenchman however, who managed to hold on in a tight
finish to close the game and match out.
A thoroughly appreciative crowd gave the players a huge
round of applause and were then treated to a question and
answer session with some fascinating insight into life as a
squash professional from the players.
A great night all around - the recently retired Amr Shabana,
showing everyone why he is rightly regarded as a legend of
the game and the irrepressible Castagnet, who looks full of
confidence and will be looking to build on recent impressive
performances.
Laurence Delasaux
Gawad outlasts Farag @
Athletic
Karim Abdel Gawad 3-1 Ali Farag
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18-Jan, Quarter-Finals:
Nick Matthew
(Eng) 3-1 Amr Shabana (Egy)
8-11, 11-8,
13-11, 11-9 (43m)
Max Lee (Hkg)
3-2 Mathieu Castagnet (Fra)
12-10, 10-12,
11-7, 10-12, 13-11 (41m)
Ryan Cuskelly (Aus) 3-2 Karim Abdel Gawad (Egy)
9-11, 13-11,
9-11, 11-7, 11-8 (62m)
Omar Mosaad (Egy) 3-2 Ali Farag (Egy)
9-11, 8-11,
11-8, 11-7, 11-6 (55m)
Cuskelly & Lee spring surprises at
Cambridge Club
Jonathon Madruga reports
 Cambridge
Cup Quarter Final Action commences on this Monday night at
the home club. Aussie native Cuskelly and the late entry
Gawad face off to kick off the roars at the Cambridge. Both
players are fresh off of last weeks excitement at the
Tournament of Champions hosted at Penn Station in New York,
where both had impressive finishes. Back at it.
Karim Gawad #8 v Ryan Cuskelly #16
Things start off in true PSA fashion with a 47 shot 'feeler'
rally to get the blood flowing and Gawad strikes first blood
with both players giving big sighs after rally #1. It's
clear that these are a couple shot makers on court starting
with Gawad stepping up early with quick counter drops, nicks
and trickle boasts showing glimpses of his Egyptian Idol
Ramy Ashour early.
Cuskelly, is upto the test, making Gawad hit 5 shots more
than he thinks he has too because he's digging everything
and pouncing to showcase his finishing strikes on Gawad with
left handed nicks and front right backhand holds that are
freezing the unfreezeable Gawad. Bit of a tug-o-war on our
hands tonight with both pros looking to make their mark at
the Cambridge cup. The Egyptian's accuracy is spot on with
painted drives, tear drop lobs and not forfeiting any
errors, Gawad prevails in Game 1.
 Back
at it and Gawad comes out firing with a forehand cross court
nick into the front left corner. The next rally was a dog
fight, but again Gawad finishes with a nick.
Now Cuskelly was getting a bit of a snarl going and keen to
stop the bleeding. The aussie gets a jump in his step and
starts commanding the court, smashing penetrating drives
that are pushing the pace of the match and then quickly
slowing it down catching Karim over committing to the front
with a straight flick lob 4-5 Karim, with Cuskelly pushing.
Ryan keep the position and mixing in some great variety,
carving in drops from the back and hitting tight angle down
the wall nicks ... 10-10. Next up Gawad steps into what is
sure to be a cross drive and Ryan bites as Karim finishes
the ball with a forehand straight drive with Cuskelly
looking from afar. Not enough though as Ryan digs in and
hits a quick power trickle boast and a dying length to
finish things off in game two ...13-11 All square.
Game 3 is under way and both combatants are now invested in
the match and shirts are well soaked through. A jockeying
contest gets us half way through the 3rd with a sprinkle of
errors that were obsolete in the first two from both
parties. Ryan draws things even with a beauty mid-court hold
cut drop that is executed perfectly ... 6-6.
Cuskelly keeps mixing and after a short, short, short
exchange, turns his wrist over from the front left rolling
the ball cross court with top spin into the dead nick ...
incredible to witness. Next rally more pressure from the
aussie and Gawad moves to track the front left drop and mis
steps, scraping his knee ... injury timeout for the
Egyptian.
The aussie raises his brow to the crowd and after 3 minutes
of stoppage gets caught flat footed by rejuvenated Karim who
quickly wins 11-9 coming back from 8-9 down. On to Game 4
and Ryan is playing hungry for a quick comeback and proves
successful. He strings some picturesque early shots together
with Karim watching, volley gut backhand nick ... Hold
backhand straight drive winner ... Tight boast forces Karim
to cough up a loose ball, Cuskelly shows power and executes
finesse with a touch drop. Gawad wins a few grinding points
back but a few late mis-timed decisions allows Ryan to make
no mistake, anticipate and attack a late trickle boast from
Karim to perfection ... We're going 5.
These guys want it ... quick fire rallies almost as if it's
a hard hitting contest throwing points back and forth. Gawad
shows first blood just catching a couple tins. He snaps out
of it and jumps on a backhand front right drop from Ryan and
snaps an down the middle drive that jams Cuskelly to get the
game to 3-6 for the aussie.
Again, cuskelly has a nose for recognizing momentum and
killing it with nicks ... backhand cross nick into the front
left ... followed by an ambitious tin from Gawad. Ryan pulls
it ahead to 8-7 with a dying forehand length.
 These
guys are grinding ... then goes for a quick win ... tin ...
8-8. Who wants it more ... Karim starts to play cautious not
wanting to cough up an error and Ryan keeps his eye on the
prize and throws up a philly from centre court that is just
high enough to tempt Gawad to leap for it, but can only get
frame on it and ball goes out.
Karim jumps back waiting on an off the back wall return ...
double pumps, sells Ryan and finishes the straight dying
length drive into the back.
Still, not enough Gawad falls to Cuskelly's finishing
pressure and the Aussie prevailed in the match of the night
11-8 ... 3-2 Ryan Cuskelly world #16 over world #8.
The stage was set for Quarter Final Match #2 @ the
Cambridge. These two rising stars on tour faced off in New
York last week in one of the matches of the tournament a 5
game 2 hour marathon that saw both hobbling off the court -
time for a re-match
Mathieu Castagnet #9 v Max Lee #12
 And
their off, both players full of energy getting off to a
quicker start than the previous match Castagnet is going for
it kicking things off with a backhand nick. Max returns the
favor, with sheepish glares being exchanged. Exceptional
footwork and dying length on full display with these two
moving the ball around well and tracking it effortlessly ...
7-7.
After a straight backhand exchange Mathieu hits a off the
back retrieval and Max ofcourse decides to hit a sharp angle
cross nick standing about 4 ft from the front left ... rolls
... unbelievable and even Castagnet has applause for the
Hong Kong descendant. Grinding 53 shot rally ensues with
both guys groaning into the back corners already in game
one. Max just has the extra step in game 1 and closes the
door.
Game 2 underway and both competitors decide to display their
short game in a fast but soft exchange and Catagnet ends it
with a fake power soft forhand cut drop into the backhand
nick from mid front court. Here they go again, 43 shot rally
from front to back, side to side, lob to drive and yet again
Max prevails by getting one shot more than the Frenchmen.
Lee is human apparently and gives back a few gifts as
Mathieu starts to execute his precision ball striking with
cut volley drops and hold drives causing Max to hesitate a
half second.
 Castagnet
finishes game two in style with a down the wall nick drive
from the backcourt, where no one thought a nick was possible
... incredible. 1-1 in games 12-10 in both, tight contest.
Game three and again back and forth they go with quick
dynamic rallies showing their incredible range of movement
forcing the other to hit multiple winners. Mathieu goes up
early with Max going for a little much and starting to catch
a few tins as Castagnet is applying pressure. Max re-sets
keeps the ball both short and long, but incredibly tight
forcing Mathieu to cough up too many to comeback from 11-7
Max.
Game 4 and Castagnet wants more, really settling into the
match and performing for the crowd with some quite comical
showmanship, he quick steps squeeking his shoes on the
surface trying to trick Max into thinking he's running to
the front, but Lee is cool as ice and pushes the tight drop
into the front right with Mathieu glued to the back wall 7-5
Max.
Now Castagnet leans in, hitting lenth with purpose and
tight, squeezing out Max into the back corners. Then the
Frenchman shows power and cuts in perfect drops that are
spinning into the right wall and causing them to barely
bounce ... too good for Max and France prevails in the 4th
... we’re going 5 , again.
 Castagnet
wants it early, just retrieving get after get, but Lee keeps
the pedal down and gets off to an early start in the 5th.
Mathieu's variety surfaces again when he leaps onto a front
left drop and drills an inside drive down the middle pinning
Lee's hip not leaving him a chance to react let alone get
out of the way ... Who knew he could crack the ball
like that.
Although, it was Max that turned the tables and ran away
with the rest of the game proving to be too strong for
Castagnet this week and truly delivering his Maximum
performance ... 10-3, 3-2, World #12 Max Lee over World #9.
See you all @ the Cambridge for the Semi-Finals
tomorrow…
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Junior Jam: Cambridge Cup pros visit Urban Squash
Toronto!
It's Matthew at Mayfair
An amazing night at Mayfair Parkway with 3 time world
champion Nick Matthew vs 4 time world champion Amr Shabana.
It was lively and loud in the crowd with over 100 bodies in
the gallery.
Shabana tried to move around Nick with his deft touch. With
Nick's strong 'T' control and attacking game he was able to
take control of the match.
In a spectators words, "they are carving nicks out there",
pretty much sums up the match.
It was an all out attacking battle that Nick, in world class
fashion, came out ahead.
Thomas Brinkman
Mosaad survives at Lawn
Tennis Club
Excitement was in the air as the fans packed the seats at
the Toronto Lawn Tennis Club for the highly anticipated
match up between the world #4 Omar Mosaad and the young
world #22 Ali Farag.
Ali and Omar dazzled the crowd with a fast paced game
featuring remarkable gets and shots that left members of the
crowd scratching their heads wondering "how did he do
that?".
Ali jumped out to an early lead in the first and was able to
hold on to take the 1-0 lead in the match. The second was a
seesaw battle but the younger Egyptian was able to win the
big points at the end of the game.
Down 2-0 in games it was do or die time for the world #4.
Mosaad snuck out the 3rd and upped the pace in the 4th to
level the match at 2 games each.
The 5th was a battle of attrition. Mosaad shut down the
court as he worked Farag with a steady dose of tight length
followed up with lethal drops.
Farag put on a remarkable display of retrieving but it was
evident that the long rallies were taking a toll on his
body. At one point Ali asked for a "time out" to catch his
breath (the referee didn't allow it).
Mosaad cruised to a 10-4 lead before eventually taking the
deciding game 11-6.
After the match the fans were treated to a Q&A session
hosted by Lawn member and former world #10 Graham Ryding.
Graham facilitated an informative discussion between the
crowd, Omar, and Ali which gave our members some insight to
what life is like on the PSA tour.
It was a great experience to have Omar and Ali at the club.
The duo picked up some new fans tonight and the TLTC will be
cheering them on in their upcoming events!
Mark Porter |
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Seven up for Cambridge Cup
The best squash on the planet will return to Toronto from
Jan 18-20, 2016 for the 7th Annual Cambridge Cup.
Revised draw following Gregory Gaultier's injury in
the ToC:
The event boasts some serious pedigree having attracted a
veritable laundry list of World Champions, World #1s and
squash legends in its six year history.
From Power and Palmer to the incumbent, Gregory Gaultier, no
less than six World Open Champs have graced the Cambridge
Cup courts.
This year's installment is no different. Gregory Gaultier,
the man in current possession of both the World Open and
Cambridge Cup titles, returns to defend his title against
another star-studded field.
 Joining
Gaultier in Toronto will be the balance of the current top
four world-ranked players in Mohamed El Shorbagy,
Englishman Nick Matthew and Omar Mosaad.
Four-time World Champion, squash legend and new Torontonian
Amr Shabana will also be looking to be the last man
standing - for the third time!
Rounding out the 8-man draw are Frenchman Mathieu
Castagnet (World #9), Aussie Ryan Cuskelly (World
#16) and up-and-coming Egyptian Ali Farag (World
#22).
"We are thrilled and honored to have this impressive
field of players," said Tournament Promoter Shahier
Razik.
"This is the Cambridge Cup's 6th year in the running. We
have seen it grow over the years into a unique and exciting
event for players and Toronto squash fans.
"Thank you to Bank of America Merrill Lynch for their
continuing support and the Cambridge Club for its
hospitality. We look forward to a great event!"
A total of 12 matches will be played across seven Toronto
venues. The Cambridge Club will host six matches
including the two semi-finals and the final. Based on the
history of this event, it is anticipated that event will be
completely sold out!
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CAMBRIDGE CLUB
(**Men's only club)
Jan 18th – $75+ HST
Quarter Final 2 + 4
Jan 19th – $150+ HST
Semi Final 1 + 2
Jan 20th- $199+HST
Final + 7/8 playoff + Championship dinner (attended by
players)
Event Package – $299+HST Access to all matches +
Championship dinner
Contact:
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jbentley@thecamrbidgeclub.com
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OTHER VENUES:
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Ben Hatcher
647-774-3471
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Mayfair Parkway
Thomas Brinkman
416-906-3203
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Toronto Athletic Club
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Mark Porter
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