Press Report for Sunday 25th November
Posted by Roger Sherratt on 25-Nov-2007Categories: News Add Trackback
After 2 days of qualifying matches at the Devonshire Squash Courts, all systems are go for the start of the Endurance World Open Bermuda 2007 Squash Championship at the Fairmont Southampton stadium, as we hear in this report from Squash spokesman, Roger Sherratt:
By late Saturday we had 8 players qualify for the main draw and they join the world’s top 23 and our own wildcard James Stout to battle it out for the Endurance World Open title this week. Not unexpectedly, our 4 local qualifiers were all knocked out, but Canadian squash fans had something to cheer about when Shawn Delierre of Montreal triumphed 3-2 against his Australian opponent in the longest and one of the most exciting matches so far - 77 minutes of action packed squash. But Delierre will need all the fan support he can muster when he goes up against the current World Open Champion, Dave Palmer of Australia in one of tonight’s matches following the Opening Ceremony.
Attention now turns to the all glass court in Southampton, which is all set and looks magnificent. The Opening Ceremony gets underway at 6 this evening followed by a match between the current world #1 ranked player (and #1 seed) Amr Shabana of Egypt and Renan Lavigne of France, followed by our own James Stout who takes on the world #15 Stewart Boswell of Australia.
We have great 4 matches every night, starting at 6pm on the all glass court until Finals Night next Saturday. And for anyone coming to watch, parking is available at Horseshoe Bay, with free hotel shuttle service up to the venue. Tickets for tonight are still available on the internet at www.boxoffice.com, or at the venue an hour before doors open.
Roger J. Sherratt, Press Officer, Bermuda Squash Racquets Association
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