Let's Talk Squash - SUSPENDED

mark · Prolific Contributor Joined: 06 Aug 2007 Posts: 66

I remember posting here a few weeks ago that I thought Shabana would slip to #3 while gaultier and ashour would battle it out in 2008.

Looks like Shabana crushed gaultier in the Qatar final. After a 7 month slump, Shabana really came out gunning these last two weeks. Anyone seen him play either final? Is his form as impressive as the scorelines?

Any bets for Hong Kong?

Calsquasher · Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2007 5:51 pm Post subject:

There's so much parity in the men's game right now that its literally anyone's tournament from week to week. Ramy wins Superseries, Gaultier the BO, Matthew the UO, and now Shabana in Saudi and Qatar. I wouldn't be a bit surprised if someone else won HK though with Ramy out, Shabana is the clear favorite.
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Canuck · Prolific Contributor Joined: 28 Aug 2007 Posts: 123

I have a sneaking suspicion that Shabana will go three for three, and put Ramy's ascent to the top spot off for some time. I just can't see Palmer beating him right now, and Darwish will be pretty bagged by the semi if he manages to get through Palmer in HK.

Anyone heard anything more about Ramy? Any risk that he won't be able to play in the World Open? I really hope he can play that one, because Shabana will be pretty much guaranteed the #1 ranking all of next year if he can win all four of the big fall tournaments, particularly if Ashour gets no points counting toward his ranking in the last three events (his loss to Darwish will be one of his tournaments that is dropped from his average).

Calsquasher · Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 10:38 pm Post subject:

I haven't heard anything about his heel injury lately either. The most important thing for Ramy right now is to concentrate on getting healthy and forget about winning tournaments. He's so young that he will be dominating squash long after Shabana is gone. I wish they would give Jansher a wildcard into HK because he has a long history at that event.
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Versanis · Heavy Contributor Joined: 01 Aug 2007 Posts: 27

Jansher cannot get a wildcard into the Hong Kong open or any other tournament for the rest of this year. Since he got a wildcard into the London open, and you can only get 1 wildcard per year, he now has to wait until 2008 to be able to gain another wildcard entry. At least, that is what it says in the Tour Guide.

Calsquasher · Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2007 2:10 pm Post subject:

If he's only allowed 1 wild card per year, how the heck is his comeback going to continue? He's made it pretty clear that he doesn't want to play qualifiers. Though I think if he's truly serious and loves the game as much as he claims, he will do so, much as Agassi did in 1998, even picking up his own balls in satellite events.
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mark · Prolific Contributor Joined: 06 Aug 2007 Posts: 66