With a world number one ranking to his name as well as eight PSA Tour titles, two Commonwealth Games gold medals, three British National Championship titles and three successful World Team Championship campaigns for England, there is little more that Lee Beachill has to prove in squash.

But the 29-year-old achieved everything he has in the sport after a serious road accident in December 1997. But he was back on court after some eight weeks and made his tournament comeback at the 1998 British Open, in which he won six qualifying matches before being drawn to play the eventual winner Peter Nicol in the first round!

Three major PSA titles in 2004 - the Bermuda Open, English Open and the US Open gave Beachill his long-awaited reward in October when he reached No1 in the Dunlop PSA world rankings. He ended the year reaching the World Open final, for the first time, in Qatar.

In 2006, he reached the Super Series Finals final for the first time after beating Anthony Ricketts, Thierry Lincou and England team-mate Peter Nicol en-route.

Beachill’s standout achievement in 2007 was marking up his 17th PSA Tour final appearance by reaching the climax of the Virginia Pro Championship.

The Yorkshireman also reached the quarterfinals at the US Open in October after defeating Egyptian qualifier Omar Mosaad, but lost to Ramy Ashour for a place in the semi-finals.