Friday night I lost to Willstrop in the Quarters of HK 3-0. After playing quite well in my first 2 rounds I was a bit disappointed to lose in straight games. But to honest, James was far too good on the day. I played pretty loose and gave him way too many angles to work with and he made me pay the price. Overall I'm happy with my tournament and can't wait to get to Macau and try and do even better. It was my first quarter final appearance in a Super Series event and hopefully not the last. Definitely a learning experience I'll take on board with me.

I had a good win today over Nick Matthew 3 - 0 in the 2nd round of HK. I felt pretty good on there tonight and everything I did seemed to work, which is nice to experience after some poor form recently. The first game I played quite solidly and won it ok. Then in the 2nd game after having a bit of a lead, I let it slip and he got back to 9-10. He served from the right side and I slotted a nick off the serve to go 2-0 up. In the 3rd I got off to a great start going 5-0 up. He managed to get a few points back but I pulled myself together again and some how ran away with it. I play Willstrop tomorrow night in the Quarter finals. Hopefully get some revenge from losing in the final of the Canary Wharf Classic to him back in March. He beat Beng Hee today.

Today I won my first round match in the HK Open against Wael El Hindi, 3-0. I was 2-0 and 6-3 up in the 3rd when he had to retire through injury. He came on court with his wrist strapped so there was obviously something wrong, but even if you're playing someone who is not 100%, you still have to get the job done. It's sometimes tougher mentally playing a match like that! There were't too many upsets in Round 1. Borja beat LJ 3-2, Ali beat Olli 3-1 and I think that's about it. I play Nick Matthew tomorrow night in the Round of 16 and I hope I can continue hitting the ball nicely and get into a tough match!

Hong Kong

The PSA Men's World Tour is now in Hong Kong and it's a nice little weather change to Europe that's for sure! After bowing out in the Quarter final's of the Santiago Open last week, I'm looking forward to getting some form back this week. We start play on Wednesday and I'm playing El Hindi from Egypt first round. The HK event has been around for years now and there's some great player's who have their name on the trophy. HK is definitely one of the favourite events for both the PSA guys and WISPA girls. People are so friendly and the food is awesome. I'm here for a week before jumping over to Macau on the ferry.

My guest editor will be posting this week from HK on an incident which he was involved in in Qatar.

Santiago De Compostela!

Well after winning my first round match against Johnny Harford in the 1st round, I'm playing Columbian Miguel Rodriguez tonight in the Quarters. There was only one upset in the first round with defending champ Davide losing to Simon Rosner in a massive 5 setter. The court and setup here in Santiago is pretty impresive actually. The hotel is joined to the shopping centre where the glass court is setup so that's very convenient, and the glass court itself seems to play really well!

There's going to be a guest writer within the next week regarding an incident at the Qatar Classic so make sure you check it out...

The Qatar Classic has just finished and Darwish took the title over Shabana. Unfortunately I had a disappointing loss in the first round to young Egyptian Tarek Momen. I’m in The Hague at the moment for a few days, getting ready for the 3 Star event in Santiago, Spain, which starts next Wednesday. I’m seeded 3 for the event behind LJ (Laurens Anjema) and Bozza (Stewart Boswell). The guys who played the tournament last year gave it the thumbs up and it’s being played on an all glass court in a massive shopping centre so it should have a good atmosphere. Defending champ Davide Bianchetti is playing along with a bunch of other guys ranked between 20 and 30 so it’s going to be a tough tournament. 10 days after Spain I’m off to Hong Kong and Macau for a couple of events. Hong Kong is one of my favourite events and it will be the first time I’ve been to Macau!