Peter Nicol Achieves 'Landmark' Victory With New Prince Racquet

Prince star Peter Nicol celebrated his 50th major international squash title at the World Games - then revealed that he achieved his historic feat using a prototype new Prince racquet for the first time.

"Winning my 50th title is a big landmark for me - and I'm really happy," said the rejuvenated Englishman after overwhelming France's world number one and world champion Thierry Lincou to win Great Britain's first gold medal in the IOC-backed multi-sport event in Germany.

"The new racquet represents, without doubt, a significant new development by Prince," explained Nicol, a double Commonwealth Games gold medallist. "The sweetspot is huge and the added power off the wall paid huge dividends in my World Games victory - I will definitely be using the racquet all the time from now on," added the former world number one.

The new Prince O3 squash racquet - which will not be available in retail outlets until November - is the latest development in the brand's pioneering O3 technology breakthrough, which was launched to worldwide acclaim in tennis earlier this year.

Currently more than thirty ATP and WTA professionals have already switched to O3 this year - led by world top ten players Guillermo Coria and Nikolay Davydenko, whose recent fortunes have been transformed by the patented new racquet-engineering concept.

"Prince revolutionised squash in the eighties with the launch of the Extender racquet," explained Dario Bramerini, Brand Manager Racquet Sports for Prince Sports Europe. "Following the overwhelming success of the launch in tennis earlier this year, we are confident that O3 will now represent the next major racquet innovation in squash."

Further details on the launch of the Prince O3 squash racquet will be revealed later.