British Open Squash Championships British Open Squash Championships The British Open Squash Championships is the oldest and most established tournament in the game of squash. It is widely considered to be one of the two most prestigious tournaments in the game, alongside the World Open (prior to the establishment of the World Open in the 1970s, the British Open was generally considered to be the "de facto" world championship of the sport.) The British Open Squash Championships are now often referred to as being the ""Wimbledon of Squash"". While there had been a professional men's championship for some years, the 'open' men's championship (for
Heather Watson beat Marcelo Melo and Rennae Stubbs in the mixed doubles. On 29 August 2011, in the first round of the US Open, Watson lost in three sets to former champion Maria Sharapova. After the match, Sharapova stated "There's no doubt that she's a great up-and-coming player". At the start of 2012 Heather Watson suffered an ankle sprain. She then lost in the first round of the Australian Open to the eventual champion Victoria Azarenka. Watson was selected for the GB Fed Cup Team to play in the Europe/Africa Group-1 match at Eilat, Israel on 1–4 February 2012. In the group