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The first half of the 2023 U.S. Open Squash Championships presented by Truist quarterfinals culminated with two dramatic results as Amanda Sobhy pulled off a dramatic five-game comeback win over World Junior Champion Amina Orfi and Tarek Momen ended his twelve game losing streak against world No. 3 Mohamed...
Berwyn Squash & Fitness, the nation's first commercial squash club, celebrated its fiftieth anniversary at the U.S. Open Squash Championships presented by Truist Tuesday, October 11. Thanks to the efforts of Sunil Desai, nearly 100 players from Berwyn's vibrant membership attended the evening of U.S. Open third round matches and...
Team USA's Olivia Fiechter dispatched world No.11 Salma Hany for the first time in her career to reach her second career quarterfinal appearance at the U.S. Open Squash Championships presented by Truist Tuesday, October 10, at the Arlen Specter US Squash Center in Philadelphia. Fiechter--who made her first semifinal appearance...
SquashSmarts, the Philadelphia youth enrichment program, celebrated its VIP Night at the 2023 U.S. Open Squash Championships presented by Truist Monday, October 9. More than four hundred-and-fifty SquashSmarts staff members, students, parents, donors, advisors, and board members attended the SquashSmarts VIP Night at the Open. Steve Gregg, the executive director...
Egypt's two-time World Junior Champion Amina Orfi made history in her first appearance at the U.S. Open Squash Championships presented by Truist, becoming the youngest player in tournament history to reach the quarterfinals with an upset over world No. 4 Joelle King Monday, October 9, at the Arlen Specter...
The College Squash Association celebrated 100 years of college squash at the U.S. Open presented by Truist Sunday, October 8. Sunday's recognition officially kicked off the CSA's centennial celebration, which is now expanding to a full year’s worth of activities paying tribute to 100 years of intercollegiate team squash. The...
Just before the Sunday evening matches on the Roberts Family Court, twenty-two 2022-2023 US Squash Scholar Athlete Award recipients were recognized at the Specter Center. Many of the scholar athletes on hand were in Philadelphia putting their best effort in on the squash courts at Drexel University and University...
World No. 50 Timothy Brownell has become the first man from the United States to reach the third round of the U.S. Open Squash Championships presented by Truist in thirty-seven years after he overcame teammate Shahjahan Khan Sunday afternoon, October 8, at the Arlen Specter US Squash Center in...
Before the world’s top squash players took to the courts at the Arlen Specter US Squash Center on Saturday, October 7, the Philadelphia squash community got the U.S. Open action started with a morning of squash, games and activities. The second annual Community Day celebrated community partners and Specter Center...
Team USA's Marina Stefanoni, Timmy Brownell and Shahjahan Khan upset higher-ranked opposition to advance to the second round of the U.S. Open Squash Championships presented by Truist Saturday, October 7, at the Arlen Specter US Squash Center in Philadelphia. The opening day staged thirty-two first round matches on four courts--two...