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European Squash championships: Lincou ends Gaultier's reign

Thierry Lincou is the new European champion at 33 years old. Thierry defeated G. Gaultier in the final 12/10 9/3 rtd to claim the title.
"This was a great week for me, I was very keen to play here, maybe Greg wasn't as determined as I was today, and I was lucky in the final. But at 33, I didn't retire. I'm still here, and happy for that, I'm happy. And I'm happy to keep going  a bit longer, and I hope we are all going to have a great party tonight".

Tecnifibre congratulates Thierry for this title and wished him the best for this summer.

Canary Wharf: 18 year old M. El Shorbagy upset world n°5 !

The opening night of the ISS Canary Wharf Classic produced two stunning upsets as teenager Mohamed El Shorbagy beat the in-form Nick Matthew in the $52,500 5-star PSA Tour event at East Wintergarden in Canary Wharf, London.

 

Egyptian El Shorbagy, an 18-year-old Millfield School student (pictured) who is coached by squash legend Jonah Barrington, clinched the best result of his fledgling career as he beat England's former British Open champion Matthew 11-7, 5-11, 8-11, 12-10, 11-9 in a brutal 90-minute marathon that thrilled a full-house opening day crowd at the London Docklands venue.

 

Mohamed plays for the first time with new Tecnifibre Carboflex 130 racquet!

Alister Walker Wins Montreal Title

England's top seed Alister Walker denied local fans a home victory in the Midtown Sanctuaire Open when he beat second-seeded Canadian Shahier Razik in the final of the inaugural $21,000 PSA Tour squash event at Midtown Le Sporting Club Sanctuaire in Montreal, Canada.

 

Walker, the Botswana-born world No18, had to battle for 76 minutes before overcoming Razik 11-9, 6-11, 11-9, 11-5.

The triumph marks Walker's third career PSA Tour title.

Alister plays with Tecnifibre Suprem 130 ng and 305 green string.

Squash France championships: Thierry Lincou claimed his 11th title

Thierry Lincou, 7 in the world, claimed his 11th title at the France championships by beating big rival G. Gaultier in the final 11/5 4/11 11/5  3/11 11/5.

"I played a big match, one of the most beautiful victories in the championships. I have seen how Greg wanted to play today even if it was difficult because of the physical and mental fights. I'm glad to see that I can continue to play that kind of match even if I'm 33! This win is very important for my season on the PSA Tour..."

Thierry Lincou plays with Carboflex 140 racket and X-One Biphase Squash red.

Asian Jr 2009: TF players Low and Dipi, as usual...

Malaysia's Low Wee Wern completed her junior career by retaining the Asian Junior Championship title in a thrilling final against home hope Dipika Pallikal. It was a repeat of last year's final, and of the British Junior Open final just two weeks ago, and it was the closest yet as a see-saw match went all the way to extra points in the decider.

Result: [1] Low Wee Wern (Mas) bt [2] Dipika Pallikal (Ind)

11/5 8/11 11/9 9/11 12/10 (49mn)

Low plays with TF Dynergy 125 racket and Dipi plays with TF Suprem NG 130 racket.

New on the Tecnifibre blogs! Discover the life of a young professionnal squash player...

Dipika Pallikal is an indian Tecnifibre squash player. She won the British Junior Open U17 last year and was runner-up U19 this year. She's one of the future top players. For Tecnifibre, she has accepted to speak about her life on the WISPA tour, week after week, talking about her matches, the cities she discovers every months and so on.

Welcome on "Dipika on tour", the officiel blog of Dipika Pallikal, the indian Tecnifibre star...

Big success for Tecnifibre at the British Junior Open

Great success for Tecnifibre at the BJO in Sheffield. 4 champions and 2 finalists over 8 titles! It was definitely the Tecnifibre BJO...

Congratulations to all TF players. M. El Shorbagy claims for the fourth time the BJO title after U13, U15, U17, he's now the U19 champion!

M. El Shorbagy and W W. Low, U19 champions

credit photo: squashsite.co.uk

Amir Atlas Khan n°16 in the world. 5 Tecnifibre players in the top 21!

After a brilliant month of November, our vice world Jr champion A. Atlas Khan (picture) is this week, and for the first time in the top 20 of the PSA ranking... Five Tecnifibre players in the Top 21. Great result for the Team...

7- Thierry Lincou

8- Wael El Hindi

16- Amir Atlas Khan

20- Farhan Mehboob

21- Alister Walker

Yuta Fukui wins National Squash Championships in Japan

The Japanese national squash championships were held last weekend in Yokohama. The men's championships were won by Japanese number one, Yuta Fukui.

At 20 years of age, Yuta signed a contract with Tecnifibre earlier this year. He plays with the Suprem NG130 racket. After his victory, he stated "I haven't lost a match since changing to Tecnifibre so I am so happy."Tecnifibre and its Japanese squash distributor First Wave would like to congratulate him for this result.

You can visit his website at www.yuta-fukui.com

El Hindi casse, El Shorbagy passe ...

17 ans depuis le 12 janvier, Mohamed continue les exploits et se retrouve en quart de finale pour un match entre champions du monde. L'un des deux est sûr de le rester et ce n'est pas Shabana. Il vient pourtant d'éliminer Wael mais il lui a fallu cinq sets.

[1] Amr Shabana (EGY) bt [9] Wael El Hindi (EGY) 11-9, 2-11, 11-4, 12-14, 11-6 (84m)
[Q] Mohamed El Shorbagy (EGY) bt Hisham Mohd Ashour (EGY) 11-4, 6-11, 11-8, 10-12, 13-11 (45m)
[4] Ramy Ashour (EGY) bt [12] Peter Barker (ENG) 11-8, 11-13, 11-8, 11-6 (60m)
[8] Nick Matthew (ENG) bt [15] Laurens Jan Anjema (NED) 11-7, 11-6, 11-13, 11-4 (60m)