It was a packed house at the Cambridge club in Toronto for Finals night of the 2020 Troilus Canada Cup, setting the stage for a highly anticipated final between Paul Coll of New Zealand and Tarek Momen of Egypt. ​

From the first point, the level of squash from both players was of the highest quality. Both players exchanged length up and down the walls posturing for control of the centre court. It seemed women was winning the majority of the exchanges and managed to keep the unforced errors he had been struggling with to a minimum.
 Momen did not allow any free points for the New Zealander so he had to work extremely hard to earn every point. The first game went into a few nerve racking extra points with Momen eventually edging out Coll 13-11. 

The match up of these two players had all the makings of a classic five game marathon, as both players are some of the best at their styles. The Egyptian however, on this night, was just too consistent and never allowed Coll an opportunity to gain confidence and go on a run of points. 
Momen’s razor sharp attacking game and amazing retrievals propelled him to his second Canada Cup Squash Championship in a 3-0 Final.
The match was a repeat of their World Championship final last December in Qatar, and of their 2017 Canada Cup final !

Top seeds Tarek Momen and Paul Coll will contest the final of the 2020 Troilus Canada Cup after hard won semi-final victories at the Cambridge Club.
World Champion Momen was taken the full distance before he finally prevailed over Diego Elias 11-8 in the decider after 98 minutes, while Coll took just over an hour to beat Mathieu Castagnet in three close games.

The first game got off to a very quick start. Momen came out of the gates with a flurry of quick attack taking an early 7-1 lead. This lead however did not last long, as Momen was unable to keep the ball off of the tin and struggled with unforced errors. In the tail end of the game, the two exchanged points back and forth but ultimately Elias was able to edge out the Egyptian 11-8. 
The following games were plagued with clearing issues causing an assortment of controversial let and stoke calls. Both players were trying to keep focused amongst the frustration. Both Elias and Momen were on the receiving end of controversy but the level of squash never dropped. The seesaw of action continued and the players exchanged games until the stage was set for a fifth and final game. 
Going into the fifth game it was evident that Elias was nursing a lower body injury and that his movement would be tested. Both competitors played hard and even Elias continued to grind when in visible pain. Ultimately the veteran play of Momen was too much for the Peruvian winning the final game 11-8 

The match started with both players playing patient and trying to poster for position in the centre of the court. The two exchanged long strenuous points with both players taking turns in the lead. Paul Coll’s amazing retreiving was able to propel him through the first game winning 11-9.  
Game two saw more of same high quality squash from both players. The Frenchman looked to upset the movoment of Coll and battled hard to find a way to disrupt the retrieving of the New Zealander. Both contestants fought hard for every point but again the #2 seeded Coll came out on top winning the second game 11-8.
In the final game, it was evident that the crowd wanted to see more squash and began to rally around Castagnet even getting himself out to an early 6-1 lead. Unfortunately, the stubborn New Zealander did not falter and slowly picked away at the lead. He began to move Castagnet from corner to corner in a series of gruelling rallies. 
After some amazing shotmaking and retrieving from both players, the steady nature of Paul Coll’s game prevailed taking the final game 11-9.

From the first serve of the match, Tarek Momen made it clear he was not going to take any risks of a long winded affair with his opponent. He started the match rounding up points quickly with a series of short attacking shots and testing an evident leg injury of Salazar. 
The Mexican fought hard to get back to 6-10 but the lead of Momen was a mountain too high for him to climb. The second game was a tight contest with some extended rallies and high quality play. Momen, However maintained a steady lead throughout the game and closed in out 11-9. The final game of the match saw more of the same dominance from the number one seeded Egyptian. 
He maintained a steady lead throughout the game getting to 9-7 before a blood injury halted play. 
The crowd was hoping this stop in play might be what Salazar needed to disrupt the momentum of Momen but the Egyptian held strong closing out the match 3-0.

The number two seeded New Zealander came out of the gates pushing an incredible pace of play. 
Keeping Selby in the back corners allowed him to dominate the centre court making for a quick 11-3 first game. Selby Battled hard throughout the second and third games but the speed and retreiving ability off Coll frustrated the Englishman. 
Selby pulled out all the stops even stunning the crowd with some amazing deceptive shotmaking. Coll kept focused and stuck to his game plan ultimately taking the match 3-0.

Mazen started strong making some unreal winners, moving Diego sideways and not letting him get set on the T. Mazen didn’t miss a shot in the first game taking it 11-8.
 As the match progressed Diego started to find his length forcing Mazen off the T and deep in the corners, this seemed to stretching his legs each time. This seemed to be the difference as Diego took the second 11-6. 
As the third started Mazen seemed to find his legs and built a 3-0 lead. Deigo slowed the pace of the match and Mazen started to get a little ambitious hitting a few tins and letting Deigo back in.
As the third hit its midway point Mazen was visibly tired, Diego closed out the 3rd 11-7. This continued into the fourth as Diego continued his dominance of the middle hitting great length and pushing Mazen from front to back. 
Diego closed out the match 11-6 in the 4th.

French Warrior upsets Golden Tiger at Toronto Athletic Club! 

Game 1: - Joel Makin takes game 1 with fantastic touch of a tight ball down the wall; 11-2
Game 2: As the game begins, 1-1, an excruciating long point ends with Mathieu as the victor. The next 2 points leave Makin on his toes, keeping Castanget ahead, 3-1. Makin suddenly speaks again and strikes with power, allowing him to equalize the score. Castange stops Makin and elevates his score to 7-3. At 8-3, Castanget ends the long point with a hold sending Makin on the run. Castanget takes game 2, equalizing the game score, 1 all.
Game 3:
Castange remains fired up from game 2 as he uses the energy to keep his run to take the game 11-4.
Game 4:
Game 4 begins; The opening rally leaves the audience in awe as Castange ends the point with a beautiful hold down the right hand wall. While the 1st point is very long, the 2nd is twice as lengthy, both players covering a lot of space amongst the court. 
As the game progresses, both players continuously exchange points between each other.  The game creeps to 9-7 for Castange, Makin slams the ball into the tin, taking the score to 10-7 match ball. Makin saves 4 match balls, catching up to 10 all. 
CASTANGET ends Makin’s run, taking the match 3 games to 1.

The quality of squash in this match was second to none. The first game was all about Baptiste retrieving Mazen’s hold and deception. While it frustrated Mazen he was able to establish some control and started to move Baptiste corner to corner. ​

A few mistakes late in game 1 by Mazen made it close but he was able to pull it out 12-10. Baptiste started the second game going for more winners and this seemed to surprise Mazen who continued to make errors giving up a 7-1 lead. 
As Baptiste tired he was able to get close but just too many mistakes early on game the game to baptiste 11-8. As the 3rd started you could see Baptiste was suffering from his 5 game match last night as his legs started to give out. Mazen continued his relentless holds and flicks and attacking every volley. As Baptiste tired Mazen was able to take control of the match winning the 3rd 11-3 and 4th 11-8.

Declan had a great start to the first game, up 6-1.  Joel fought his way back to take the game 12-10.  Both boys fought hard to take the T and impose themselves with lots of volleys.  
Joel eventually pulled away and took the game 11-5.  The third game was all Joel, 11-1.  Joel wins the match 3-0 and moves onto the next round.

​Tayyab comes out attacking…Mathieu retrieving everything and not letting anything touch the floor twice.  Eventually Tayyab would go for too much and find the tin.  11-3 Mathieu.  Tayyab looks like he is finally warmed up and ready to play.  He is happy to rally, volley, play fast.  He was rewarded for this by taking the second game 11-9, games are tied 1-1. 
Mathieu came our resolved and determined in the third game and raced to a 9-0 start.  From there he never looked back, game Mathieau 11-1.  Tayyab came out in the fourth game determined to rally, move the ball and keep with it mentally.  He raced to a quick 6-1 lead but Mathieu fought back to level the game at 7-7.  Tayyab won the big points at the end of the game, 11-8 Tayyab and the match is tied 2-2.  
Mathieu raced to a 3-0 lead….Tayyab fought back to 3-3.  Mathieu resolved to push goes up 6-4.  A few quick errors by Tayyab put Mathieu up and in the driver seat, game 11-7 and match to Mathieu 3-2.

The match started with both Momen and Lobban exchanging tight length on both sides of the court pushing each other into the back corners of the court. 
Momen was winning the majority of the exchanges, but some untimely errors in the front court allowed Lobban to exchange point for point. At the end of the first game, Moment, tuned up the heat, edging out Lobban 11-9. 
The Second and third game saw more mid court pressure from Momen opening up opportuniies for some trademark short winners. In the end the pressure on Lobban was too much to handle, ultimately allowing allowing Momen to take the second and third games 11-8, 11-6.

​This was the more anticipated match of the day, as world number 26 Cesar Salazar took on world number 32 Lucas Serme. 
The first two games were fairly one sided as Serme came out of the gates pushing the pace of play. Appearing to be battling some slight physical discomfort, Salazar gave up the first to games quickly 11-2, 11-2. 
Salazar, known for his fortitude and strength,  dug deep winning the third and fourth games in two extremely physical games 11-7,12-10.
In the last game, the two exchanged more physical rallies and traded points all the way to the end of the game. A couple controversial calls and a blood injury stoppage broke up the play at the end of the game. 
After the stoppage, both players appeared to be able to get back into the game mentally and continue the physical play. Ultimately the patience of Salazar was too much for Serme and took the fifth and deciding game 11-9.

[2] Paul Coll (Nzl) 3-0 Nicolas Mueller (Sui)  12-10, 11-5, 11-3 (39m) ​

The 2020 Troilus Canada Cup kicked off at three Toronto Clubs. At Ontario Racquet Club Greg Lobban, Lucas Serme and Borja Golan all triumphed in straight games with the only seeding upset coming as France’s Baptiste Masotti edged past German Raphael Kandra in a 76-minute five-setter.
At TX Toronto Declan James beat wildcard Mike McCue in four games while India’s Ramit Tandon upset Campbell Grayson, also in four.
One Health Ontario also had an upset, Pakistan’s Tayyab Aslam beating Alan Clyne in five as Nicolas Mueller eased through in three.

What a match of speed,  agility,  and athleticism. Declan started strong dominating the T. Everywhere Michael hit the ball declan was there with one big step and reach. It looked like it was going to be 3-0 but Michael came back winning game 3. 
Game 4 was a battle till the end, but Michael just couldn’t keep up with the speed and endurance of dDclan. It was quite exciting to watch the agility and flexibility of Declan, and the grit and determination from Michael.

Campbell came out strong winning the first game looking like he would take it 3-0. Ramit on the other hand had different plans. Game 2 he came out strong and ready to run, getting drop after drop. 
Almost every rally was a battle for the T but Ramit was able to keep the ball wide and long keeping Campbell on his toes. After 4 incredible games Ramit took the match 3-1.

The match started with Greg trying to control the match with high paced length from the back. As he was trying to adjust to the court Edmon was able to control the front with great holds and flicks from the front left. Although he was able to grab an early lead Greg was finally get adjusted to the court and establish control of the middle taking the first game 11-8. 
As Greg gained more and more confidence with his length he was able to establish complete control of the T and moving Edmon around. As edmon tired out Greg took the 2nd and 3rd games 11-5,11-2. 
3-0 Greg in 35 minutes

The first game was a back and forth affair with Tsz playing well and forcing Lucas to retrieve lots of tough balls. Tsz worked his way to 4 games ball but Lucas was able to save all four and frustrating Tsz by winning the 1st game 15-13. 
Tsz frustrated by not winning the first game fell behind with some unforced errors and lost the game 11-2. As the 3rd started it looked as though Tsz found his game getting off to a 5-3 start. Although he started quick it seemed Lucas wanted the match more taking the 3rd 11-6.
3-0 Lucas in 31 minutes

Baptiste Mosatti (Fra) 3-2 Raphael Kandra (Ger)  
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3-2 Masotti, 10-12, 8-11, 13-11, 11-8, 11-6 in 76 minutes. Report to follow.
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Borja Golan (Esp) 3-0 Victor Crouin (Fra)
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3-0 Borja, 11-7, 12-10, 11-3 in  28 minute..

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The first match from One Health in Mississauga pitted the World #32 Swiss Nicholas Mueller against World #56 Ben Coleman from England. 
Mueller’s volleying prowess and clinical ball placement was on full display in this first round tilt. Coleman found the tin on a few too many occasions in Game 1 coupled with some sublime shotmaking and outright nic rollers from Mueller. 
Coleman made a spirited push in a chippy Game 2, but Nicholas held him off to win that game and followed up with a straightforward Game 3 to wrap this match up 11-7, 11-7, 11-8 in 39 minutes.

​Pakistan’s World #50 Tayeb Aslam took on Scotland’s 39th ranked Alan Clyne in One Health’s second match of the night. The first two games could have gone either way, but Tayeb squeezed them both with equals parts shotmaking and athleticism, moving his opponent with dynamic holds coupled with a well-disguised forehand boast.
Clyne would not go down quietlythough, his structure and retrieval earned him games 3 and 4 rather handily. Aslam was equal to the task on this day though, as he raised his level of execution to take this match 11-8, 11-7, 2-11,6-11, 11-7 in 58 minutes.