Starting in 2017, a friend of the game has officially started the tournament with the first ball hit on court. In recognition of Community Day, the 2023 U.S. Open Squash Championships presented by Truist were launched when H. Chase Lenfest took the ceremonial first swing.
Lenfest has been a dynamic...
The 2023 U.S. Open Championships presented by Truist will showcase two of members of the Team USA's World Junior Championships squad--Zane Patel and Madison Ho--who will make their PSA Platinum debuts as wild cards at the Arlen Specter US Squash Center Saturday, October 7, in Philadelphia.
This summer, Patel and...
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...
SquashSmarts, the award-winning Philadelphia youth enrichment program, celebrated its past and future at the 2022 U.S. Open Squash Championships presented by Truist. More than 360 SquashSmarts staff members, students, parents, donors, advisors, and board members attended the SquashSmarts VIP Night, celebrating the ongoing success of the program while enjoying...
The Arlen Specter US Squash Center Grand Opening Ceremony took place during the 2021 U.S. Open Squash Championships presented by Truist Saturday, October 2, in Philadelphia. Watch a full replay of the broadcast above.
Egypt's reigning world No. 1, Raneem El Welily, announced her immediate retirement from professional squash Thursday, June 25, while also revealing the celebratory news that she and her husband, world No. 4 Tarek Momen, are expecting their first child.
El Welily has been a trailblazer for Egyptian and women's squash...
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...
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...
Today at the 2019 FS Investments U.S. Open, US Squash celebrated the progress made towards the completion of the Arlen Specter US Squash Center, scheduled to open in Fall 2020. US Squash led tours of the location currently under construction: the historic Armory building on Drexel’s campus, just a...
US Squash honored Alex Stait at the 2019 FS Investments U.S. Open with the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee National Coach of the Year nomination. Stait, Team USA’s junior men’s head coach, was presented the award by Adam Hamill, US Squash director of national teams.
Hamill welcomed Stait onto...