LONDON, Aug 17: Lee Beachill, World No2 who is only man to have successfully defended British national title, added another historic footnote to his record by winning English Open squash championship
in Sheffield with 84 minute 9-15 15-8 15-4 15-4 win over Simon Parke That will almost certainly be last professional squash match won over 15 points a game.
A new 11 point format is to be adopted by the professional men This month. Parke came out of qualifiers as a 32-year-old World No35 to astonishingly and deservedly defeat three higher ranked players, including top seeded World No1, Peter Nicol, in Saturday's semifinals. -PPI
