Who is the current squash world champion

He recalled all the changes that had come to him and his career ever since shifting base from Mumbai in I am realising now after 16 years what a positive step it had been. With the former Consultant Coach Maj S. For the moment, Poncha said, his concern was to broaden the base of squash.

Same holds for other centres in the country. Then competition will rise, each one would push the other for supremacy and that would raise standards. This he said, would counter the current scenario where there is the heartbreak of seeing talented young players often leave the sport for studies, mostly in the USA and lose out on progressing further in the sport. I do not know how much he can carry on after shifting base. Poncha said this migration is not specific to India alone.

Malaysia faced it, even Egypt, but the point to note is that American Universities often prefer Indian players because they were generally smart in studies too. Nonetheless, India was never short of talent, he said and pointed to the bubbling scene in the U and U boys and girls sections.

The national coach said that would be a busy year for squash with the Asian Games and Commonwealth Games scheduled. In fact, the plan was to start moulding the young crop in hand and to that extent, he said, the Federation would seek government sanction to have a group of talented young players undergo a camp in Egypt in addition to coaching programme within the country.

Poncha believed that in the 16 years he had been at the ISA, he has seen and been associated with several fabulous moments but there was more to come. Reportedly originated in a British prison in the early s as a simpler version of tennis, squash was first played outdoors. It then spread across the world, particularly to British colonies.

The first squash court in the United States was built in , at St. The majority of the teams in the tournament, which consisted of 23 four-player national teams this year, are from Great Britain or former members of the British Empire.

England finished second in the biennial competition, while the U. The U. The tournament final featured the two heavyweights: England and Egypt, which have split the last six championships. The match was tense from start to finish. The two players, evenly matched, battled for 1 hour and 47 minutes. World No. To go back home with the trophy again, it is an amazing feeling. But Sabrina, who was only 18 when that article came out, says there "was definitely a lot of pressure for me to For now, the Harvard sophomore is content focusing only on college squash, even if it means coping with Amanda's legacy at the alma mater and deflecting questions about her own future pro career.

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