Doha: Qatar Squash Federation (QSF) has set the record for the world’s largest squash racquet, the Guinness World Records announced here yesterday at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex.
The 71.2kg racquet was unveiled during the opening ceremony of the PSA World Championship in the presence of Guinness World Records adjudicator, Praveen Patel who certified the record.
The racquet is 6.8 metres in length and 2.15m in width.
World No.2 Nick Matthew of England who was present during the unveiling ceremony said the world largest racquet launched in Qatar is yet another good thing which has happened for the game in the recent weeks.
“It is always great to see people using unique ways to promote the game. We cannot compete with football, so it is a great idea to promote the sports,” said Matthew, after the Guinness World Records official handed over the certificate to the QSF President Nabeel Ali bin Ali.
Guinness World Records official Patel said there was no existing record for the world biggest racquet in tennis or squashw.
“This was a first record of this kind (world’s largest squash racquet) and the criteria had to be set by the Guinness World Records. The criteria for the record, was that the racquet had to be ten times the minimum size of what the normal squash racquet is about, in terms of height and width and it had to use the same type of material which is sed to make a normal squash racquet.”
He added: “And that was set, and it is a record. Fibreglass, wood and aluminum material has been used and the same technique has been used in the making of the racquet,” said Patel.
QSF announced that the record was set thanks to the sponsorship backing from the Ali Bin Ali Group.
“As a passionate supporter of QSF and as an organisation dedicated to developing the game the Ali Bin Ali Group confirms that the backing of this world record is a testament of their unwavering commitment to squash,” stated a press release from QSF.
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