Match duration Short (Squash)
- Who
- Philip Kenyon
- What
- 6/37 minute(s):second(s)
- When
- 09 April 1992
Shortest championship match
Philip Kenyon (England) (b. 9 May 1956) beat Salah Nadi (Egypt) (b. 11 Jan 1956) in just 6min 37sec (9-0, 9-0, 9-0) in the British Open at Lamb's Squash Club, London on 9 Apr 1992. The first recorded reference to a rebounding ball game dates back to 1581. More recently, at Harrow School in England, a game played in an enclosed court was recorded in 1865 and soon after that most schools also had some kind of court. The balls were made of soft rubber which perhaps explains where the word squash comes from. At the top level squash is an extremely fast and exciting sport. It is said that the best squash players must have the speed of a sprinter, the endurance of a marathon runner, the agility of a gymnast, the coordination of a fencer and the tactical brain of a chess player. Apart from this, having two players competing in an enclosed space with a ball travelling up to 200km 124miles per hour is also a great psychological strain. Today squash is overseen by the World Squash Federation and is played in over 120 countries in about 46,000 courts. SIZE=3
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Philip Kenyon (England) (b. 9 May 1956) beat Salah Nadi (Egypt) (b. 11 Jan 1956) in just 6min 37sec (9-0, 9-0, 9-0) in the British Open at Lamb's Squash Club, London on 9 Apr 1992. The first recorded reference to a rebounding ball game dates back to 1581. More recently, at Harrow School in England, a game played in an enclosed court was recorded in 1865 and soon after that most schools also had some kind of court. The balls were made of soft rubber which perhaps explains where the word squash comes from. At the top level squash is an extremely fast and exciting sport. It is said that the best squash players must have the speed of a sprinter, the endurance of a marathon runner, the agility of a gymnast, the coordination of a fencer and the tactical brain of a chess player. Apart from this, having two players competing in an enclosed space with a ball travelling up to 200km 124miles per hour is also a great psychological strain. Today squash is overseen by the World Squash Federation and is played in over 120 countries in about 46,000 courts. SIZE=3
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