Congratulations to David Palmer, British Open Champion!! This is Davids 4th British Open Title!
David Came through an epic and gripping final to win in 5 sets to win 11-9, 11-9, 8-11, 6-11, 13-11 (3-2) in 111 minutes.
Ending with an amazing fully stretched cross court shot of the very tip of his frame.
In the interview after the match David said:
“I was playing good squash in the first two games, and in the middle of the third game, I relaxed a bit.
“The challenge for me is to keep the speed around the court, not the fitness, I still consider myself as one of the fittest players on the circuit one of the fittest guys on the circuit.
David thanked his Coach Shawn, his physio Pat, His wife Mel and daughter Kayla for their support. David also added that he was
"so glad also to have a new racquet made by Black Knight, a Montreal based company that is at the moment covering the North American
market. They were looking for opening to the European and UK market, and what a great start in the relationship in winning the British Open!!!!
"I have five racquets in my bag, they are all different, all prototypes, actually I chose them because they let me design my own racquets.
I’ve been playing for with the gold one for the past three weeks, and at 9/9 in the 5th, it finally broke, so I picked up the black one, because that’s the one that was the closest to the gold one, and that’s that one I did that shot off the frame with!
David is pictured here shortly after his victory at the Black Knight / Ashaway Stand in the arena.
