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World Champion Nick Matthew will again be the star attraction when the ISS Canary Wharf Squash Classic returns to the East Wintergarden.

Tickets for next year's event, from March 19-23, are on sale now and demand is already high as Wharfers snap up the seats to see the world's best players in action.

Top class squash returns to the East Wintergarden next week when some of the best players in the world battle it out to win the ISS Canary Wharf Squash Classic.

This year's tournament promises to be one of the best, with World Champion Nick Matthew hot favourite to retain the title he won in style last year.

Former World Champion Peter Nicol is giving Wharfers a taste of what to expect when the ISS Canary Wharf Squash Classic starts next week.

Nicol is taking on all-comers at Wii squash in Jubilee Place Mall this afternoon, giving enthusiastic amateurs the chance to put one over one of the all-time greats.

Squash fans should book dates in their diaries for next March after tickets for the 2010 ISS Canary Wharf Squash Classic went on sale.

The ever-popular event, which attracted eight of the world's top 10 players earlier this year, returns to the East Wintergarden between March 22-26.

TOP-CLASS squash hits Canary Wharf in less than two weeks and one former world champion thinks it’s one of the best places to play the game.

Peter Nicol, world champion in 1999, is co-organising the ISS Canary Wharf Classic, which starts on March 10 in the East Wintergarden.

He said: “The event is in a wonderful, unique venue with a great atmosphere and very knowledgeable crowd. Canary Wharf is an amazing place to play. It’s a pleasure to come to. Expectations are very high, which means we have to run a very good event, so it’s challenging as well as fun.�

SQUASH fans will have the chance to meet one of the game’s greats in Canary Wharf and win tickets to a top tournament at the same time.

Former world champion Peter Nicol will be at Cabot Place East between 11am and 2pm on Monday (February 25). Nicol will be signing autographs, answering questions and overseeing a draw for tickets to the ISS Canary Wharf Classic tournament.

The event takes place at the East Wintergarden in Bank Street from March 10-14, and special gold tickets for prime back-wall seats at the tournament will be drawn by Nicol at 12 noon, 1pm and 2pm on Monday.
Nicol, who won the world title in 1999 and also picked up a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games in 1998, is co-promoter of the Canary Wharf event and he’s excited about the prizes on offer.