OCTOBER 19-26, 2024    PHILADELPHIA, PA

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The Philadelphia Squash Racquets Association honored William Strong tonight at the 2022 U.S. Open presented by Truist with the 2022 PSRA Service Award. Opening the ceremony on the glass court at the Arlen Specter US Squash Center, Dent Wilkins, Chief Marketing Officer at US Squash, spoke about the enduring partnership...
France's Lucas Serme and Egypt's Mostafa Asal have both released statements following the incident where Asal injured Serme and was disqualified from the U.S. Open in the second round on Sunday. Most importantly, Serme revealed his injuries weren't severe despite being ruled out of his round of sixteen match against...
More than three hundred SquashSmarts students, staff members, parents, donors, advisors and board members celebrated the 20th Anniversary of the award-winning Philadelphia urban squash and education program at the 2021 U.S. Open Squash Championships presented by Truist. The gathering was held at the newly-opened Arlen Specter US Squash Center...
US Squash welcomes Truist as the presenting sponsor of the 2021 U.S. Open Squash Championships. The U.S. Open brings the world’s best players to Philadelphia to compete for the most prestigious squash championship in the United States. The 2021 event is being held at the Arlen Specter US Squash...
The first fan at the 2021 U.S. Open Squash Championships was emblematic of the evolution of the game. Matt Maslanka was the very first spectator to enter the Arlen Specter US Squash Center today as first-round matches began in the forty-eight holding of the prestigious event. He was able...
The eighteenth-annual World Squash Day on October 12  will celebrated in style at the 2019 FS Investments U.S. Open Squash Championships. The theme of this year's World Squash Day is The Big Hit: an attempt to get as many people as possible to play squash on the 12th. US Squash will...
At a special luncheon before the finals of the 2019 FS Investments U.S. Open Squash Championships, US Squash inducted Ginny Akabane and Bunny Vosters into the United States Squash Hall of Fame. Kevin Klipstein, the president and CEO of US Squash, welcomed a large crowd of friends, fans and family to...
2017 champions—husband and wife Ali Farag and Nour El Tayeb—cruised into the semifinals of the U.S. Open Squash Championships presented by Truist together, defeating top ten opponents Tarek Momen and Amanda Sobhy Wednesday, October 12, at the Arlen Specter US Squash in Philadelphia. El Tayeb and Farag made history in...
The eighteenth-annual World Squash Day was celebrated at the 2019 FS Investments U.S. Open Squash Championships. The finals of the men’s and women’s draws at the U.S. Open and the United Squash Hall of Fame luncheon and induction ceremony were the centerpieces of an exciting day at Drexel’s Daskalaskis Athletic...
Since 2011, Drexel University has hosted the FS Investments U.S. Open Squash Championships. The country’s open national championships, founded in 1954, have been played at more than a dozen locations around the country, including Boston, Chicago, Houston, Minneapolis, New York, Providence and San Francisco. And now it has found...