Ramy Ashour

Name: Dragomir Richard Daniel

Class XII B
High school: Dante Alighieri Bucharest
Coordinating teacher: Tone Monica

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARGUMENT........................................................2
INTRODUCTION................................................3
Chapter 1: Squash History....................................4
Chapter 2: About squash……...............................6
Chapter 3:WHO IS Ramy Ashour………………8
Chapter 4: Junior Career………………………..9
Chapter 5: Senior Career………………………11
Chapter 6: Retirement………………………….13
Chapter 7: RAM Scoring System……………...14
CONCLUSION...................................................15
BIBLIOGRAPHY...............................................16

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 Why I chose this subject?
Since I was little, I was fascinated by racket sports. Whenever I had the opportunity, I
played badminton with my family or friends. In the 4th grade, I wanted to try something new
and started playing tennis. Quite difficult for me this sport, not having that much strength,
but slowly I got used to it.
Meanwhile, 5 years ago, my sport teacher told me that a squash club was being
inaugurated in Calarasi. Knowing that I like racquet sports, he suggested I should try
something new. As soon as I entered the hall, seeing the performance athletes playing, I
realized that squash is the sport that represents me and I definitely wanted to try it. At
first, it was just a sport, a game, nothing serious. Gradually, coaches from Europe started
coming, realizing that I have to take everything much more seriously if I want to continue.
Seeing what is happening in my country, how the seniours play, the juniors older than me, I
realized that I want to work and reach higher. First of
all, I want to confess in this book and show you why I felt in love with this sport, which
seemed so spectacular and magical to me. Secondly,
not many people know about this sport, not being very popular. The Romanian Squash
Federation is trying its best to bring young people and adults to know about this racket sport.
And in this book, I
want to introduce squash (the history and rules of the game) and one of the best players in
history. I chose to present you about Ramy Ashour because he is my favorite player, his
movement on the field, the finesse he has in every shot, his winning mentality being his
main qualities. From such a
young age, he managed to make history in Egypt, to stand out through his game and talent,
winning championships after championships. His movement in the field is so natural, as if he
never gets tired. He has shots of such high quality, with a magical hand, hitting unexpected
shots in unexpected moments.

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Introduction
Squash is fast paced and unlike many sports it seems like it never stops, mainly
because of the enclosed court area. This means the ball is never far away and you never
seem to have a valid excuse for a break. Therefore, you do need a reasonable level of fitness
to play - but you can work on this!
One of the great benefits of squash is that it’s easy to get started and it’s relatively
cheap.
Furthermore as squash equipment requirements are fairly low it is not difficult to get
the basic kit together to start playing. You only need a racket, balls and obviously your
clothing but shorts, shirt and non-marking soled trainers are generally all you need to get
started.
Ramy Mohamed Ashour (the man I’m going to describe) (born September 30, 1987,
in Cairo, Egypt), known as Ramy Ashour is a retired professional squash player from Egypt,
widely regarded as one of the best squash players in the history of the sport. He became the
youngest player to reach number one in the world since the 1980s, as well as being the first
ever two time World Junior Squash Champion. On April 22, 2019, at the age of 31, Ashour
announced his retirement from professional Squash.
Ashour won his first major international title in 2004 at the age of 16, becoming the
youngest player ever to win the Men's World Junior Squash Championship. The same year,
he helped lead Egypt to a second-place finish in the team event, behind Pakistan.[2] In July
2006, he became the first player in history to win the World Junior Championships for the
second time, defeating fellow Egyptian Omar Mosaad.] He also led Egypt to a 2–1 victory
over Pakistan in the final of the team event; the Egyptian team captured the top three
positions in the individual players' event as well as the team event title, a feat no other team
had ever accomplished.
Ramy Mohamed Ashour is a professional squash player from Egypt. He reached the
world number one ranking in January 2010, after beating Nick Matthew in the final of the
2009 Saudi International Squash Tournament.At 22, he became the youngest player to reach
number one in the world since the 1980s.Prior to this, he was the first two-time World Junior
Squash champion. He has won numerous other titles during his career, including the World
Open Championship.

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 Chapter 1: Squash History
With a history of almost 200 years, squash has become popular in the last decade in Romania
as well. It is currently practiced on six continents, being a sport that helps you eliminate
approximately 1000 calories in an hour, and in 2003 it was declared the healthiest sport in the world
by Forbes Magazine. It is also a fun sport, which can be played in twos or fours, in doubles, being a
very healthy way of spending free time and socializing.
Squash was invented in 1830 in Great Britain. At Harrow School, near London, with a half-
millennium tradition, the kids discovered that a ball that deformed on impact with the wall produced
a game with an incredible variety of shots and required a huge effort from players who did not they
also allowed themselves the luxury of waiting for the ball to return to them, as happened in Rackets,
a sport played at that time in the King's entourage, but also in prisons.
Squash became increasingly popular, and in 1850 the first outdoor squash courts were built
in Harrow, where Winston Churchill was also schooled. The impact was huge, squash began to be
practiced in several countries, and in 1907 the Squash Association of the United States of America
was founded, the first association in the history of squash. They were followed shortly by Canada in
1911, then the country that practically invented the sport between four walls, Great Britain, a year
later.
Amateur competitions also appeared immediately. After several national confrontations, the
first major tournament took place in 1930: the British Open, which is currently considered the most
prestigious tournament in the world. The tournament was won by England's Charles Read, who was
officially named the first winner of a squash tournament, who went on to defend his title three times.
The Briton received a prize that, even at the time, did not mean much: 100 pounds, money collected
from tickets and the players' participation fee. In 2014 the total prizes of a tournament reached
150,000 dollars!
One of the most important steps in squash history followed. In 1967 representatives of seven
countries (Australia, Great Britain, Egypt, India, New Zealand, Pakistan and South Africa) met in
London, as expected, and established the International Squash Federation.
Three years later Jonah Barrington, considered the "father" of squash and one of the best
players in history, managed to lay the foundations of the International Association of Professional
Players. 1973 was the first year with tournaments dedicated exclusively to professionals, and in
1976 the first edition of the World Open (World Squash Championship) was held, also in London,
won by the Australian Geoff Hunt.

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-Squash timeline-
1830 - Squash was invented in Harrow school when the pupils started playing with a punctured
rackets ball, which “squashed” on impact with the wall.
1864 - The first four Squash courts were constructed at Harrow school and Squash was officially
founded as a sport in its own right.
1886 - The first set of rules were formulated.
1911 - Standard measurements of the court were laid down.
1922 - The first major championships for women were held in England.
1923 - The first major championships for men were held in England.
1928 - The Squash Rackets Association (SRA) was founded.
1930 - The British Open Championships were first held.
1934 - The Women's Squash Rackets Association (WSRA) was founded.
1950 - Janet Morgan (Shardlow), wins the first of her 10 'Open' titles.
1951 - Hashim Khan wins his first 'Open' Championships and the Khan family then dominates the
tournament until 1963.
1961 - Heather Blundell (McKay) wins the first of her sixteen 'Open' titles.
1966 - Representatives of the sport from a number of countries including Australia, Great Britain,
India, New Zealand, Pakistan, USA and Canada meet in London and agree to form the International
Squash Rackets Federation (ISRF).
1967 - Jonah Barrington wins the first of his six 'Open' titles.
1967 - Geoff Hunt of Australia wins the first ISRF World Individual Championship.
1969 - Geoff Hunt of Australia wins the first of his eight 'Open' titles.
1973 - Edinburgh hosts the first European men's team championship.
1974 - Geoff Hunt wins the first World Open Championships for men.
1976 - Heather McKay wins the first World Open Championships for women.
1978 - Amsterdam hosts the first European women's team championships.
1979 - The distinction between Amateurs and Professionals is abolished.
1980 - Jahangir Khan wins the first of his 10 'Open' titles.
1985 - The ISRF was amalgamated with the Women’s International Squash Federation.
1992 - The ISRF changed name to the World Squash Federation (WSF).
2005 - Squash makes shortlist of two (with karate) for inclusion in the Olympics Games but fails to
get the two-thirds majority required for approval.
2009 - Squash misses out on inclusion in the Olympic Games for Rio 2016 - with golf and Rugby7s
being approved instead.
2015 - Squash fails to make the final list of sports being considered for addition to the 2020 Games
in Japan.
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 Chapter 2: About squash…
Squash is a racket-and-ball sport played by two or four players in a four-walled court with a
small, hollow, rubber ball. The players alternate in striking the ball with their rackets onto the
playable surfaces of the four walls of the court. The objective of the game is to hit the ball in such a
way that the opponent is not able to play a valid return. There are about 20 million people who play
squash regularly world-wide in over 185 countries.[1] The governing body of Squash, the World
Squash Federation (WSF), is recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), but the
sport is not part of the Olympic Games, despite a number of applications. Supporters continue to
lobby for its incorporation in a future Olympic program. The Professional Squash Association (PSA)
organizes the pro tour.
The players spin a racket to decide who serves first. This player starts the first rally by
electing to serve from either the left or right service box. For a legal serve, one of the server's feet
must be in the service box, not touching any part of the service box lines, as the player strikes the
ball. After being struck by the racket, the ball must strike the front wall above the service line and
below the out line and land in the opposite back quarter court. The receiving player can choose
to volley a serve after it has hit the front wall. If the server wins the point, the two players switch
sides for the following point. If the server loses the point, the opponent then serves, and can serve
from either box.
After the serve, the players take turns hitting the ball against the front wall, above the tin and
below the out line. The ball may strike the side or back walls at any time, as long as it hits below the
out line. It must not hit the floor after hitting the racket and before hitting the front wall. A ball
landing on either the out line or the line along the top of the tin is considered to be out. After the ball
hits the front wall, it is allowed to bounce once on the floor (and any number of times against the
side or back walls) before a player must return it. Players may move anywhere around the court but
accidental or deliberate obstruction of the other player's movements is forbidden and could result in
a let or a stroke. Players typically return to the centre of the court after making a shot, as it is the
optimal position in the court to receive the opponent's shot. The centre of the court is typically
referred to as "the T", named after the shape of the floor lines.
A key strategy in squash is known as "dominating the T" (the intersection of the red lines
near the centre of the court, shaped like the letter "T", where the player is in the best position to
retrieve the opponent's next shot). Skilled players will return a shot, and then move back toward the
"T" before playing the next shot. From this position, the player can quickly access any part of the
court to retrieve the opponent's next shot with a minimum of movement and possibly maximising
the movement required by the opponent to answer the returned shot.
A common tactic is to hit the ball straight up the side walls to the back corners; this is the
basic squash shot, referred to as a "rail," straight drive, wall, or "length". After hitting this shot, the
player will then move to the centre of the court near the "T" to be well placed to retrieve the
opponent's return. Attacking with soft or "short" shots to the front corners (referred to as "drop
shots") causes the opponent to cover more of the court and may result in an outright winner. Boasts
or angle shots are deliberately struck off one of the side walls before the ball reaches the front. They
are used for deception and again to cause the opponent to cover more of the court. Rear wall shots
float to the front either straight or diagonally drawing the opponent to the front. Advantageous
tactical shots are available in response to a weak return by the opponent if stretched, the majority of
the court being free to the striker. Nicks are when the ball comes into contact with the intersection of
the floor and any sidewall.

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 Interference and obstruction are an inevitable aspect of squash, since two players are
confined within a shared space. Generally, the rules entitle players to a direct straight line access to
the ball, room for a reasonable swing and an unobstructed shot to any part of the front wall. When
interference occurs, a player may appeal for a "let" and the referee (or the players themselves if there
is no official) then interprets the extent of the interference. The referee may allow a let and the
players then replay the point, or award a "stroke" to the appealing player (meaning that he is
declared the winner of that point) depending on the degree of interference, whether the interfering
player made an adequate effort to avoid interfering, and whether the player interfered with was
likely to have hit a winning shot had the interference not occurred. An exception occurs when the
interfering player is directly in the path of the other player's swing, effectively preventing the swing,
in which case a stroke is always awarded.
When it is deemed that there has been little or no interference, the rules provide that no let is
to be allowed in the interests of continuity of play and the discouraging of spurious appeals for lets.
Because of the subjectivity in interpreting the nature and magnitude of interference, awarding (or
withholding) of lets and strokes is often controversial.
Interference also occurs when a player's shot hits their opponent prior to hitting the front
wall. If the ball was travelling towards the side wall when it hit the opponent, or if it had already hit
the side wall and was travelling directly to the front wall, it is usually a let. However, it is a stroke to
the player who hit the ball if the ball was travelling straight to the front wall when the ball hit the
opponent, without having first hit the side wall. Generally after a player has been hit by the ball,
both players stand still; if the struck player is standing directly in front of the player who hit the ball
he loses the stroke; if he is not straight in front, a let is played. If it is deemed that the player who is
striking the ball is deliberately trying to hit his opponent, they will lose the stroke. An exception
occurs when the player hitting the ball has "turned", i.e., letting the ball pass them on one side, but
then hitting it on the other side as it came off the back wall. In these cases, the stroke goes to the
player who was hit by the ball.

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Chapter 3: WHO IS Ramy Ashour
Every sport has its star. In squash, it’s Ramy Ashour. It’s not that he has the highest point
average in the history of the professional tour. It’s not that he went unbeaten for nearly 2 years (or
49 games). It’s not that he has reached the final in more than half the events that he’s ever played in.
The appeal of Ashour lies in his unique playing style and off-court charisma which have
undoubtedly contributed to increasing the global appeal of squash.
But it’s not just his shots that are unique. Ramy Ashour has gone his own way and taken his
health and training into his own hands. He doesn’t have a coach and he doesn’t have an entourage.
He teaches and trains himself, using an innate creativity that has led him to be described as ‘the
artist’ and ‘mesmorising’. His fluid movements mask the dynamic speed at which he flies across the
court
Ramy Ashour, nicknamed ‘The Artist’, is considered to be the most technically gifted
racquet sport player in the world and a real fan favourite. The Egyptian squash player became the
sports youngest ever World Champion at the age of 16, and more than a decade later continues to
prove his dominance on court as eight times World Champion, twice former World No. 1 and a firm
presence in the Annual Top 10 PSA rankings
Ramy Ashour is widely regarded as the most talented squash player to ever play the game.
He was the youngest player to reach the world number one spot since the eighties, and the world’s
first two-time junior squash champion. He was three times World Open Champion, and one time
British Open Champion. Known as The Maverick by many, he has won over hearts around the
world by his scintillating play.
Ramy Ashour is worth approximately $10million. About half of that has come through
tournament wins, and half through rack sponsorships, endorsements, and other financial
associations.
Ramy Mohamed Ashour (born September 30, 1987, in Cairo, Egypt), known as Ramy
Ashour (Arabic: ‫)رامي عاشور‬, is a retired professional squash player from Egypt, widely regarded as
one of the best squash players in the history of the sport. He became the youngest player to reach
number one in the world since the 1980s, as well as being the first ever two time World Junior
Squash Champion. On April 22, 2019, at the age of 31, Ashour announced his retirement from
professional Squash.

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 Chapter 4: Junior Career
Ramy Ashour was born in Cairo, Egypt, on September 30, 1987. Since both of his parents
worked for Egypt Air, he spent a lot of his childhood traveling and being away from them
His father encouraged him to start playing squash when he was only six years old. Even
though he used to swim and ride horses a lot, he found that he was right at home on the squash
court, and it quickly became his favorite thing to do.
Both Ramy and Hisham Mohamed Ashour, Ramy’s younger brother, went on to play squash
professionally.
Ramy began playing at the age of six, having been jealous of watching his elder brother
Hisham (current world no.35) play. Originally coached by his father, Ramy showed a natural
aptitude for the game. Encouraged by early coaches who said he could go far, from the age of ten
Ramy began to take his training seriously. How right those coaches were. In a remarkable junior
career, Ramy dominated the British Junior Open at every age group, but his proudest moment came
in 2004, when as a 16-year-old he won the World Junior Championship in Pakistan.
In the summer of 2006 he made squash history by becoming the first male player to win the
World Junior Championship twice. In an article for The Squash Player reproduced here Ben Garner
spoke to him on the eve of his historic achievement of his life in Egypt and his future.
Cairo is the current capital of men’s squash, being home to world champion Amr Shabana
and the world’s leading junior, Ramy Ashour. Ramy is only 18, but the 2004 and 2006 world junior
champion and 2006 British Junior Open champion has already had an astonishing impact on the
senior game, rising to number 20 in the PSA rankings after just one full season on the Tour. Ramy’s
fearless, attacking style combined with a charismatic personality make him an exceptionally exciting
prospect.
When one reporter asked him – on the eve of his victory in the World Junior Championship
in New Zealand – to explain the amazing success of Egyptian squash, which also boasts the
women’s world junior champion, Ramy confirmed that being born and raised in Cairo had
massively contributed to his development.
“Most important is the genetic factor. It does seem that as an Egyptian you have a good
chance of being blessed with talent,” explained Ramy. “Squash is also now the second most popular
sport in Egypt (behind football), and many juniors are inspired to play having seen the success of
people like Barada and now Shabana.”

Ever since he won the first professional event he

played in, the Athens Open in November 2004, Ramy
has had an impact on the senior game wherever he
has played. His shot-making, remarkable speed and
obvious enjoyment of the game have made him one
of those rare individuals that even the other players
on the Tour take time out to watch. Big name scalps
have been quick to come, an exceptional haul being
his successive defeats of Olli Tuominen, Shahir
Razik and Ong Beng Hee on his way to the final of
this year’s Dayton Open.

Ramy’s progress certainly seems to have been helped

by his being based in Cairo, where he receives top-
class support and exposure to the best players in the
world.

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“There’s a fantastic set-up here, with federation training at Cairo Stadium, where I get to work with
national coach Amir Wagih and a fitness coach, and train every day with people like Shabana,
Darwish and Abbas,” explained Ramy. “The President, Hosni Mubarak, also takes good care of the
players, which means a lot.”

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 Chapter 5: Senior Career
Ashour won his first major professional title in January 2007, by defeating Palmer in 32
minutes (11–7, 11–3, 11–4), in the final of the Canadian Squash Classic. In April 2007, Ashour won
the Kuwait Open, the richest squash event in the world, by defeating Amr Shabana, 11–5, 11–3, 12–
10, in 34 minutes, after facing a 10-6 deficit in the third set. He then won the Qatar
Classic in Doha by again downing David Palmer, this time with a score of 8–11, 11–9, 11–9, 11–6,
in 66 minutes. Also in 2007, Ashour was also invited to the ATCO World Series Squash
Finals event, where he competed against the other seven top points earners of the season. The only
player to go undefeated in all of his first three matches, he played French sensation Grégory
Gaultier in the final. After a 62-minute battle, Ashour took the title 3–1 (12–10, 11–8, 4–11, 11–4).
According to squash legend and writer Malcolm Willstrop, "Ramy Ashour is something
else — his movement is better than anyone in the game, and allied to his unique racket skills and
vision, he lights up the sport. Not only that, but his modesty and engaging smile make him a rare
commodity."
Ashour played Nick Matthew at the 2009 Saudi International Open, the outcome of which
would determine not only the winner of the championship but also the next world number one. He
won the match, his longest ever on the PSA tour, in a gruelling 110-minute, 5-game battle.[4]
After losing his world number one ranking to his English rival, Nick Matthew, in June 2010,
Ashour reached the final of the new PSA World Series Australian Open in August.^ Two weeks
later, he battled to a 10-12, 11-9, 11-9, 9-11, 11-9 victory in a 90-minute match against Gaultier in
the Hong Kong Open final. The back-to-back victories returned Ashour to the top of the rankings in
September 2010.
He slipped behind Matthew again in early 2011, but Ashour then won the JP Morgan
Tournament of Champions title for the second time since 2008, beating Matthew in the final match.
This was his comeback tournament after recovering from a 2010 hamstring injury. A month later,
Ashour played in a PSA World Series final at the North American Open in Virginia, losing to
Matthew in a five-game match. At the 2011 Australian Open, Ashour beat Matthew, the
tournament's defending champion, in another five-game match. The rivalry between the Egyptian
and the Englishman continued when both played for their country in the WSF 2011 Men's World
Team Squash Championships in Paderborn, Germany. Ashour (and Egypt) went on to win that
encounter. Ashour furthered his attempt toward reclaiming his world number one ranking by
defeating Matthew once more at the 2011 Rowe British Grand Prix, winning the match 3 games to
1.
Ashour's 2012 campaign was arguably the most successful of his career, becoming the first
player to make the final of every tournament in which he competed since Jansher Khan. After
coming back from a long injury break in February 2012, Ashour made the final at the North
American Open 2012, where he lost to the new world number one, James Willstrop. At the El
Gouna International in April, Ashour won their rematch, collecting another major title in front of his
home crowd after Willstrop pulled out of the final in the third game. At the Allam British Open in
May, Ashour missed the opportunity to be the first Egyptian title holder, after Abou Taleb in 1966,
by losing to his old rival and defending champion Matthew. Ashour then went undefeated in the
second half of 2012, winning all four tournaments in which he took part. Specifically, he defended
his Australian Open title in August, won the US Open title in October by defeating Grégory
Gaultier, and took the Hong Kong Open title in November by beating Willstrop. This string of wins
led up to his final victory of the year at the Qatar World Open in December. By beating Matthew in
the semi-final, he would reclaim the world number one spot the following January, and by defeating
his fellow countryman, Mohamed El Shorbagy, in the final after a gruelling five-game match, he
gathered his second World Open title.

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 Although he did not play in the ATCO World Series final because of a hamstring injury
sustained at the Qatar World Open, Ashour retained the world number one ranking at the first world
series event in 2013, the J.P. Morgan Tournament of Champions. With his right leg heavily
strapped, Ashour made it to the final, where he recovered from a 2-0 deficit against Gaultier to stage
an unlikely comeback.
By claiming another TOC title after his previous one in 2011, he became only the third
player to win the prestigious PSA series title thrice since Peter Nicol did it in 2004. Ashour added
two PSA world tour titles to his resume within two weeks. He beat his long running rivals, Willstrop
and Matthew, in the semi-final and final of the North American Open in Richmond, Virginia,
claiming his second North American Open title. Twelve days later, Ashour won his 30th tour title by
taking the Kuwait PSA Cup (formerly the Kuwait Open). He defeated defending champion
Willstrop in the final, and extended his run of consecutive major PSA titles to seven. In May,
Ashour clinched his first British Open championship, becoming the first Egyptian to win the
tournament since Abou Taleb in 1966. He also extended his unbeaten run to 41 matches, with his
last previous loss taking place at the 2012 British Open final in London, exactly a year previously.
After the summer break, Ashour won his ninth PSA World Tour title in a row and extended his
unbeaten tour run to 45 matches by taking down defending champion Grégory Gaultier in the
Netsuite Open final.
On November 21, 2014, Ashour won his third world title when he defeated fellow Egyptian
Mohamad El-Shorbagy at the Squash World Championship in Doha, in a match that was described
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Chapter 6: Retirement
Ashour then struggled with a knee-miniscus injury for a further five months before he made
yet another stunning return to the game with Elshorbagy again being defeated in the final of the El
Gouna International in April 2015. The Egyptian’s injury woes continued into the 2015/16 season
as he limped out of his US Open second round fixture just weeks after beating Nick Matthew to the
NetSuite Open title. He made his comeback at the World Championship in November 2015 but yet
another hamstring problem held him back and he bowed out in the quarter-final stage after defeat to
Omar Mosaad. 2016 saw issues with injuries limit the enigmatic Egyptian to just five tournament
appearances.
He battled through to the final of the iconic British Open, ultimately losing to ElShorbagy,
but began the 2016/17 with a bang as he dispatched Karim Abdel Gawad to win the Hong Kong
Open crown – his first World Series title for 16 months. However, Ashour’s return to fitness was
short-lived, as he struggled with a hamstring problem, forcing him to retire in the final of the 2016
PSA Men’s World Championship to hand the title to Gawad. Ashour returned from injury in the
Windy City Open, where he lost out to Rosner in round 2 of the tournament. He then made it all the
way to the semi-finals of the British Open, where yet again he was forced to retire, this time he
handed victory to Gregory Gaultier, who eventually went on to win the tournament. The Egyptian
was then forced to withdraw from the 2017 edition of the World Series tournament after failing to
recover from a hamstring strain sustained during the Allam British Open. Ashour returned to take
victory at the China Open that year, and went on to secure a second crown of the season at the
Grasshopper Cup.
However, he had to withdraw from the British Open for a second consecutive year through
injury, and has not played since.

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Chapter 7: RAM Scoring System
On May 19, 2019, Ashour unveiled a new RAM scoring system at his first Ramy Ashour
invitation at the CityView Racquet Club in Long Island City NY that he developed with Osama
Khalifa. The rules of the game are as follows (taken from RAMscoring site[60]):
"Best of five games, where each game is three minutes long.
The three minutes of game time refers exclusively to actual play time and not the downtime
between rallies.
Once the time is up, the clock stops, and the leading player must win one additional point in
order to win the game. If the trailing player wins the point, then the game continues until either the
leading player wins a final point, or the trailing player evens the score and wins an additional point
to conclude the game.
For example: If the score is 8-5 at expiration time, then the leading player must win an
additional point (point 9) in order to win the game. If the trailing player were to win the point, then
the score becomes 8-6 and the game continues until the leading player wins the game 9-6, or the
trailing player evens the score and then wins an additional point. In the event of a tie at expiration
time, a final “sudden death” point is played to determine the winner of the game.
In the event that the time expires and the score remains at 0-0 (love-all), the 3-minute clock
is then reset and the game resumes.
Time shall not be reverted unless only one of the below scenarios occur: For a “let calls,” the
clock reverts to the start time of that point (“Time Revert Rule”)
If the 3-minute time expires and the score remains at 0-0, in which case the 3-minute clock is
reset. There must be at least one referee and one “Time Keeper” to officiate the match. Players shall
have 2 minutes of rest time between games. All other (Professional Squash Association) PSA and
(World Squash Federation) WSF rules apply"
RAM Scoring System, though, presents a unique set of challenges: the system requires a
clock, the clock requires some intense management,the new scoring might exhilarate spectators but
extolls a heavy price from the players, the system is very complicated for a casual player.
The only time this sistem was used was in the final day of the 2020 J.P. Morgan Tournament
of Champions featured a special showcase of Ramy Ashour’s ‘RAM Scoring System’ in the
inaugural RAM Challenge with the three-time world and ToC champion taking on England’s three-
time world champion Nick Matthew on the Squash Engine Challenge Court in New York City’s
Grand Central Terminal.
Ashour and Matthew had met three times in their career in Vanderbilt Hall and made it a
fourth in front of a sell out crowd.
The two all-time greats rolled back the years and put on a show for the sell out crowd filled
with nicks, dives and an array of attacking squash to the crowd’s delight. In the end it was Matthew,
‘The Wolf’, who defeated Ashour, ‘The Artist’, 6-7, 9-7, 10-8, 7-5.

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 Conclusions:
The only thing that matters is what you think of yourself and what you believe you
can achieve. So yes if you’ve given up all hope of ever achieving your dreams, you’re right,
you won’t achieve them. On the other hand if you believe that anything is possible, then
again you will be right. . In as much as you believe it, it becomes your personal truth.
I’m talking about trusting your gut, listening and being there with your heart and as
well with your mind, visualising achieving your dream. The minute you start to believe in
yourself anything is possible, because a person who believes in himself will not be afraid to
push himself to the next level and to risk the possibility of failure. They also know failure is
only temporary, and sometimes it’s only a stop on the journey to success.
So, if you play a sport, give it 100%. Nothing is impossible with hard work and
dedication. You have to love what are you doing and never give up. Sometimes, your talent
can help you a lot to win a match, but for constansy you need good and hard work. No
metter what, whenever you can be rewarded for a hard effort and grow up.
An hour of squash can burn 600-1000 calories, so this sport is not easy for playing.
Everyone should try it and see how they can handle something now and unheard.

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