Results tagged “Canary Wharf Classic”
It's been another exciting sporting year and plenty of big names have appeared in the pages of The Wharf, including West Ham manager Gianfranco Zola, a quartet of England cricket captains and two heroes of the 1966 World Cup win.
We look back at what's been making the headlines locally and nationally over the last 12 months.
There were no more shocks in the first round of the ISS Canary Wharf Classic last night, but there were some marathon games.
Limehouse resident Peter Barker was involved in the longest match in the six-year history of the tournament as he beat Daryl Selby in four sets.
The Canary Wharf Classic produced two shocks on opening night when British number one Nick Matthew and former world champion Thierry Lincou were both knocked out.
Matthew, who has enjoyed a sensational start to 2009, was beaten by 18-year-old Egyptian Mohammed El Shorbagy in a five set thriller.
Triple world champion Amr Shabana has been confirmed as one of the entries in next month's ISS Canary Wharf Classic.
The 29-year-old Egyptian was the world's top squash player for almost three years until being knocked off the top of the rankings by compatriot Karim Darwash.
IT looks set to be a battle between England and Egypt when the world’s best squash players come to Canary Wharf.
World No.1 Amr Shabana is lined up to appear at the Canary Wharf Classic next March and could be joined by three of his compatriots in the tournament, including new world champion Ramy Ashour.
James Willstrop won the ISS Canary Wharf Squash Classic for a third time with a battling performance in a gruelling final against Australian Cameron Pilley.
Willstrop fought back from the brink of collapse to overturn a 2-1deficit in games as Pilley came close to a shock result.
The Reading-based Pilley played fast, controlled and aggressive squash to establish a 2-1 lead against the world number four from Pontefract, who was exhausted following a punishing tournament schedule in which he has collected five titles already this year.
It's a clash of the titans after two of the tallest players in world squash won through to the final of the ISS Canary Wharf Classic.
Defending champion James Willstrop, who is 6' 5", will meet Australian Cameron Pilley, a mere 6' 2", in tonight's final at the East Wintergarden.
Willstrop beat his Pontefract and England team-mate Lee Beachill 11-8, 8-11, 11-5, 11-9 last night, though the world number four was made to battle hard for his win as Beachill’s trademark precision play contained his opponent’s attacking flair.
Gregory Gaultier lost a five game thriller on Tuesday night to produce the first big shock at the ISS Canary Wharf Squash Classic.
Qualifier Alister Walker produced a sensational fightback from the brink of defeat to beat the top seeded Gaultier to reach the quarter-finals. It was an astonishing performance by the world No.32 to remove the reigning British Open champion.
The French maestro, the world No.3 and runner-up in the last two World Open finals, dominated the opening game but Walker stepped up a gear to win the second.
The ISS Canary Wharf Classic got off to a storming start with defending champion James Willstrop and Egyptian teenage sensation Mohammed El Shorbagy both in action.
Willstrop had a comfortable win over Hungarian Mark Krajcsak while El Shorbagy lost an epic match against Alex Gough.
The 17-year-old Egyptian, a student at Millfield School, made a nervous start to go two games down against the Welsh veteran but fought back magnificently to level the match.
Squash star Peter Barker has a special reason for wanting to do well in the forthcoming ISS Canary Wharf Classic – he will soon be a local resident.
Barker, the current world No.12, is moving from Bethnal Green to Limehouse in May and said: “If the tournament was two months later I could walk from home to the venue.�
He is sure to enjoy considerable local support when the five-star PSA World Series event returns to the spectacular East Wintergarden venue from March 10-14.
The left-handed Londoner is enjoying the best form of his life, and warmed up for the Canary Wharf tournament by reaching the final of the Swedish Open on Sunday (February 10).
He lost to England team-mate James Willstrop in a superb match and the two could meet again in the ISS Canary Wharf final. However, for that to happen, Barker would need to remove the number one seed, French ace Gregory Gaultier, whom he is seeded to meet in the semi-final. Barker, 24, admitted: “I have never beaten Greg before.
