Local squash professional makes last 32 of the British Closed

Will John a professional squash player who is based at Racquets Fitness Centre in Thame has made the last 32 of the British Closed Squash Championships this week.  He is scheduled to play Adrian Waller who is world top 20 and an England international in the next round.  Will is 22 years of age and trains and is coached at Racquets by Simon Martin.  He helps with the juniors, especially with encouraging new players from the primary schools into the game.  Will is scheduled to play on the all glass court on Wednesday as we go to press at the Manchester Sports City Stadium which is next to the Man City football ground.

Will has worked hard on becoming more attacking on court working with several shot playing coaches such as Dave Evans who is the Welsh national coach and with Simon Martin who is the elite coach at Racquets.  The quality of squash at the level of the British Closed is so high that players have to be inch perfect with amazing movement and fitness.  Simon says ‘… we have been working on developing a greater array of shot making and deception and, working with the Personal Trainers at Racquets, improving Will’s explosive speed.  I believe Will has what it takes to win at the high level of these tournaments but just needs results like the ones he has already achieved this week to really start believing in himself.  Will is very talented and we all enjoy working with him because he is also a nice person – possibly a little too nice on court sometimes.’

Hopefully some of the British Closed will be shown on TV at some point this week and we hope that Will will be looking back at us there !