Mubure continues to shine

Netherlands where he came fifth in the Dunlop tournament at Warmond at the weekend.
Mubure, who has been based in the Dutch city of Eindhoven for the past two months, made his presence felt in this Professional Squash Association (PSA) Tour event in which he reached the quarter-finals.
Speaking from his base in Eindhoven yesterday, Mubure said he first played against Dutchman Mohamed Gawad and won 3-0 to move into the last eight.
“I then lost in the quarter-finals to number 108 in the world, Piedro Sweertman of the Netherlands 3-0 (11-7,11-5,11-6). After that I won 3-0 against Emile Schmitz and Roshan Bharos both of the Netherlands to finish fifth,” Mubure said.
The tournament was won by Sweertman who first beat world number 98 Dylan Bennet, also of the Netherlands, 3-2 in the semi-finals before beating the top seed Steve Finitsis of Australia 3-2 (10-12, 11-9, 7-11, 11-8, 12-10) in the final.
Finitsis had earlier beaten Neeraj Aggarwal of Australia 3-0 in the semi-finals.
Mubure is, meanwhile, steadily rising up in the world squash rankings.
The 24-year-old Zimbabwean recently moved up on the world rankings, rising from number 404 to 368 after he managed to get some PSA Tour points at another Dunlop tournament that he recently played in in Amsterdam.
“My main aim is to break into the top 200 in the next few weeks and then the top 100 before then end of the year.
“I think I’m quite capable of achieving it as long as I play and do well in the other forthcoming PSA Tour tournaments here in Europe.
“Breaking in the top 100 will be quite an achievement for me as this will allow me to play in much bigger or major international squash tournaments across Europe and in the United States,” Mubure said.
Mubure, who plays for Premier Belgravia Sports Club in Harare, left the country towards the end of March this year for a three-month stay in the Netherlands.
He was invited to play professional squash in the Netherlands by that country’s national coach Sjef van der Eijden who is based in Eindhoven.
This came after Mubure had joined the PSA at the beginning of this year, becoming one of the few Zimbabweans who play the sport on a full-time basis.