Egypt’s Ramy Ashour showed just why he is considered the most exciting squash player in the world when he came from behind to overcome Nick Matthew and win an enthralling Viridian Australian Open final.

The world's top two squash players will clash in the final of the season-opening Australian Open in Canberra after Nick Matthew and Ramy Ashour both won their semi-finals.

Australia’s David Palmer showed he’s still a major force in the world of squash when he stunned world number three Karim Darwish to reach the semi-finals on Friday

Queensland’s Rachael Grinham said she was looking forward to the challenge of taking on world number one Nicol David in the semi-finals of the Viridian Australian Open on Saturday.

Former champion Natalie Grinham caused the biggest upset of the Viridian Australian Open when she bundled fifth seed Kasey Brown out of the second round on Thursday.

Australian teammates Rachael Grinham and Donna Urquhart will meet in the quarter-finals of the Australian Open after both won tough second round matches on Wednesday.

Stewart Boswell made it two Australian men into the second round of the Viridian Australian Open defeting India’s Saurav Ghosal last night.

David Palmer defied a tenacious opponent and an ankle injury in the fifth game to claw his way into the second round of the Australian Open in Canberra after he downed Malaysia’s Azlan Iskandar 14-12, 11-9, 5-11, 9-11, 11-8 on Monday night.