OCTOBER 7-14    PHILADELPHIA, PA

Team USA’s Amanda Sobhy pulled off the biggest result of the 2018 FS Investments U.S. Open so far, dethroning women’s defending champion Nour El Tayeb in a five-game comeback Monday night at Drexel University’s Daskalakis Athletic Center. El Tayeb, world No. 3, stepped onto the ASB GlassCourt for the first...
Colombia's world No. 9 Miguel Angel Rodriguez has withdrawn from the 2019 FS Investments U.S. Open as a result of an injury sustained in his third round match against Australia's Ryan Cuskelly Monday night. Rodriguez appeared to sustain the injury towards the end of the third game, just before clinching...
Nick LePore will receive the Philadelphia Squash Racquets Association (PSRA) Service Award at the 2019 FS Investments U.S. Open Squash Championships during an on-court ceremony following the 5:45pm match on Saturday, October 5th. As the immediate past president of the PSRA, Lepore and has been a local stalwart and...
[caption id="attachment_18371" align="aligncenter" width="474"] Olivia Fiechter (l) celebrates her victory over world No. 23 Emily Whitlock[/caption] Americans Olivia Fiechter, Andrew Douglas, Sabrina Sobhy and Olivia Blatchford Clyne all recorded first-round victories—three of which were the day’s most dramatic upsets—Saturday, October 5, at Drexel University and Racquet Club of Philadelphia. Fiechter, Douglas and Sobhy's results all marked their respective career-first wins at the U.S. Open--all of which took place against higher-ranked opposition.
The 2018 FS Investments U.S. Open Championships are down to the last eight in each draw, as three former champions—Ali Farag, Laura Massaro and Gregory Gaultier—all advanced from the third round Tuesday at Drexel University’s Daskalakis Athletic Center. Seven of the day’s eight matches played out according to seeding with...
[caption id="attachment_18351" align="aligncenter" width="474"] Vincent Amatulli (left) and Nabilla Ariffin (right) are this year's honorary First-Hit representatives.[/caption] The 2019 FS Investments U.S. Open Squash Championships started up today at Drexel University in Philadelphia. All the excitement kicked off with its classic first-ball ceremony. This year’s honorary representatives were FS Investment's Vincent Amatulli and SquashSmarts' Nabilla Ariffin.
[caption id="attachment_18268" align="aligncenter" width="1292"] World No. 1's Raneem El Welily (l) and Ali Farag.[/caption] The 2019 FS Investments U.S. Open Squash Championships draws have been released as Egypt's world No. 1's Ali Farag and Raneem El Welily lead the field as top seeds, October 5-12, at Drexel University's Daskalakis Athletic Center in Philadelphia. View both draws and all match times here.
Nineteen-year-old Egyptian Rowan Elaraby saved two match balls before coming back to pull off the biggest upset of her career over world No. 6 Joelle King, while 2017 champions Ali Farag and Nour El Tayeb safely progressed to the quarterfinals Monday, October 7, at Drexel’s Daskalakis Athletic Center in Philadelphia.
The US Squash hardball doubles community will be recognized on Sunday, October 6, on Doubles Day during the FS Investments U.S. Open round of 32 matches. Doubles Day celebrates the game of doubles, a popular and growing game in North America. All members of the squash doubles community are invited...
[caption id="attachment_17785" align="aligncenter" width="2604"] 2018 FS Investments U.S. Open champions Mohamed ElShorbagy and Raneem El Welily return to defend their titles.[/caption] The world's top squash players--including all top fifteen-ranked men and all top twenty-five-ranked women--will vie for the prestigious 2019 FS Investments U.S. Open titles, October 5-12, at Drexel University in Philadelphia. The U.S. Open is the first of eight PSA Platinum events of the 2019-2020 PSA World Tour season. After becoming the first major event to offer prize money parity in 2013, the U.S. Open will offer equal prize money for a seventh straight year with a record $371,000 split evenly between the forty-eight-player men's and women's draws. View the complete list of 2019 players here.