Welcome to a brand new edition of Squash University!

This week, Jackson and Gilly are joined by the men's World #32, US #1, and, most importantly, friend of the program Timmy Brownell to recap last week's 2025 PSA World Championships from Chicago, Illinois.

The lads discuss the controversy surrounding Mostafa Asal in recent weeks, his historically dominant run through the men's draw, Ali Farag's bounce-back chances at next week's British Open, Olivia Weaver's devastating semi-final loss, Nour ElSherbini winning her record-tying 8th women's World Title, what lies ahead for Nouran Gohar, Hania El Hammamy, and Amina Orfi, how the PSA can fix their inauspicious tournament schedule, and more (1:56).

Huge thanks to Timmy for joining us this week, huge thanks to you for listening along, and as always, enjoy!

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Welcome to a brand new edition of Squash University!

Jackson and Gilly kick off this week’s episode with Tufts University Head Coach, friend of the program, and Gilly’s college teammate at UPenn over 15 years ago, Joe Raho. Coach Joe names his All-Gilly Lane-NBA Team, listing the 5 pro basketball players that best personify Gilly as a squash player and coach (2:06).

Then, the boys welcome on another friend of the show, and 4-Time College Squash Association All-American, Matias Knudsen. Fresh off his huge upset win over World #19 Greg Lobban at the PSA World Championships in Chicago last weekend, Matias talks to Gilly and Jackson about how he qualified for the World Champs this year and made the most out of his opportunity (12:47).

Huge thanks to Coach Joe and Matias for joining us this week, thanks to you for listening along, and as always, enjoy!

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Welcome to a brand new edition of Squash University!

Gilly and Jackson begin today’s show by discussing the first full day of the Papal Conclave from the Vatican City before diving into a preview of the 2025 Professional Squash Association World Championships, the biggest event on the pro squash calendar, kicking off this week in Chicago, Illinois (0:16).

They also react to the release of the 2024-2025 College Squash Association All-American selections and chew over who would win in a fight to the death: 100 (average) men or 1 silverback gorilla (35:32).

Then, friends of the program Timmy Brownell and Simon Herbert join the show to break down the draws for the World Champs and share how they’ve each been preparing for the event (50:17).

Simon plays former World #1 and 2016 World Champion Karim Abdel Gawad in the first round in Chicago this Saturday at 5:30 pm EDT, and Timmy takes on his fellow American Shahjahan Khan in the opening round on Saturday at 8:30 pm EDT.

Make sure to watch them play live on Squash TV!

Huge thanks to Timmy and Simon for joining us this week, thanks to you for listening along, and as always, enjoy!

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