Throughout its colorful seven-year history (2003-10, with a one-year hiatus in 2009 since Baltimore hosted the U. S. National Doubles that season), the Maryland Club Open, partly as a consequence of its annual mid-October positioning at or near the beginning of the squash season, has had an out-sized influence on the dynamics of the ISDA Tour, even to the point of in several instances serving to redefine the entire competitive landscape by undoing the established pecking order and ushering in an entirely different and significantly transformed era. Perhaps inspired by the impressive trappings of the host club and/or the rich history of doubles squash in Baltimore (which has hosted the prestigious U. S. National Doubles no fewer than 11 times, most recently in 2010, and whose annual BIDS invitational doubles event had for decades been a highlight of the amateur schedule), ISDA players have in disproportionate numbers taken their games to new levels and produced […]