03-Mar, Finals:

[2] Gregory Gaultier (Fra) 3-0 [3] Ramy Ashour (Egy)
                               11/7, 11/3, 11/4 (25m)

[1] Laura Massaro (Eng) 3-2 [2] Raneem El Weleily (Egy)
                              9/11, 11/8, 11/9, 3/11, 11/6 (59m)

Top seed Laura Massaro prevailed in a see-saw ladies final to become the 2014 WSA Windy City Open Champion,

In a muted men's final Gregory Gaultier beat an apparently injured Ramy Ashour in three quick games.

 
                        PSA/WSA Media reports

02-Mar, Semis:
Contrasting semis in Chicago

Top seeds Laura Massaro and Raneem El Weleily will face off in the women's final after contrasting semi-final wins at the University Club, while the men's final will be between second and third seeds Gregory Gaultier and Ramy Ashour, Gaultier coming through a tough four games against Mohamed Elshorbagy while Ashour eventually eased past an injured Nick Matthew after two hotly-contested opening games.

01-Mar, Quarters:  
Serme surprises in
Chicago quarters

The top four men's seeds will contest the men 's semi-finals at the University Club of Chicago, while Camille Serme is a surprise women's semi-finalist after an impressive straight-games win over Alison Waters.

PSA/WSA Media Reports

28-Feb, Last sixteens:
Unseeded Rosner, Ghosal, Au and Beddoes through to quarters

There's just two unseeded players left in the men's quarters after Saurav Ghosal beat yesterday's giantkiller Tarek Momen and Simon Rosner beat Borja Golan, while in the women's draw Annie au and Emma Beddoes are in the mix with the six remaining seeds.

                      PSA/WSA Media Reports

27-Feb, Round One, bottom:
Momen ousts Darwish,
three Englishwomen through

Round one concluded with seven of the eight seeds reaching their allotted quarter-final places, Tarek Momen causing the upset of the day as he beat Karim Darwish 3-2 in an all-Egyptian upset.

Three Englishwomen made it through to the WSA main draw as Emma Beddoes and Emily Whitlock both won in five while Sarah Kippax beat former world #1 Rachael Grinham.

                       PSA/WSA Media Reports

26-Feb, Round One, Top Half
Seeds safely through
 
The main draw of the men's event got under way with three-nil wins for Nick Matthew, LJ Anjema, Mathieu Castagnet and Peter Barker.

The evening session saw James Willstrop and Shabana go through in three, while Marwan El Shorbagy ousted Tom Richards in four and Ramy Ashour ended the day coming from a game down to beat Cameron Pilley.

There were some particularly long matches in the women's qualifying openers, and a few upsets too.

PSA/WSA Media Reports

25-Feb, Qualifying Finals: 
English trio succeed, Delierre surprises
 
English trio Chris Simpson, Joe Lee and Adrian Waller will make their debuts in the Windy City Open after surviving the qualifying finals of the second PSA World Series event of the year at the University Club of Chicago.

Canada's Shawn Delierre was the only North American survivor, with a second successive upset win, this time over Alan Clyne, to set up a first round clash with Omar Mosaad.
  

Men's  Draw
Women's Draw

PSA/WSA
Media Reports

All about the University Club

[1] Nick Matthew 11/7, 11/7, 11/9 (58m)
Laurens Jan Anjema

1/2, 11/6, 11/3 (44m)

[8] Peter Barker

 11/9, 10/12, 11/1, 11/4

 [3] Ramy Ashour

11/7, 11/3, 11/4 (25m)

[2] Gregory Gaultier

8/11, 11/8, 11/8, 11/8 (76m)

 [3] Ramy Ashour

11/6, 13/11, 11/7 (52m)

Saurav Ghosal 

11/7, 6/11, 11/9, 11/6

  [2] Gregory Gaultier

 6/11, 11/7, 11/8, 11/9 (75m)

  [2] Gregory Gaultier

25-Feb, Qualifying Finals: 

Chris Simpson (Eng) 3-0 Cesar Salazar (Mex)                11/8, 11/3, 11/3 (35m)
Ryan Cuskelly (Aus) 3-0 Julian Illingworth (Usa)             11/6, 11/3, 11/4 (24m)
Joe Lee (Eng) 3-0 Max Lee (Hkg)                                   11/7, 11/8, 11/9 (59m)
Shawn Delierre (Can) 3-0 Alan Clyne (Sco)                    11/9, 11/9, 11/5 (59m)
Karim Ali Fathi (Egy) 3-1 Gregoire Marche (Fra)      4/11, 11/4, 11/9, 11/9 (73m)
Nafiizwan Adnan (Mas) 3-1 Mazen Hesham (Egy)   7/11, 11/6, 11/4, 12/10 (65m)
Henrik Mustonen (Fin) 3-1 Chris Gordon (Usa)     10/12, 11/7, 11/8, 12/10
Adrian Waller (Eng) 3-0 Leo Au (Hkg)                             11/6, 11/5, 11/3 (33m)

24-Feb: Qualifying Round One:

Chris Simpson (Eng) bye
Cesar Salazar (Mex) bt Yoni Ellous (Ned)                   11/6, 11/6, 9/11, 11/5 (37m)
Julian Illingworth (Usa) bt Todd Harrity (Usa)              11/9, 11/8, 6/11, 11/5 (42m)
Ryan Cuskelly (Aus) bt Shahier Razik (Can)                       11/8, 11/9, 11/9 (53m)
Max Lee (Hkg) bt Ali Anwar Reda (Egy)              8/11, 11/6, 7/11, 11/7, 11/3 (83m)
Joe Lee (Eng) bt Philip Demeulenaere (Usa)                        11/1, 11/3, 11/3 (17m)
Alan Clyne (Sco) bt Steven Finitsis (Aus)                        12/10, 13/11, 11/4 (57m)
Shawn Delierre (Can) bt Omar Abdel Meguid (Egy)     11/7, 9/11, 11/7, 11/8 (61m)
Gregoire Marche (Fra) bt Jack Herold (Usa)                        11/4, 11/4, 11/4 (23m)
Karim Ali Fathi (Egy) bt Sam McCartney (Usa)                    11/2, 11/1, 11/5 (20m)
Mazen Hesham (Egy) bt Eddie Charlton (Eng)  11/8, 10/12, 10/12, 11/6, 11/8 (73m)
Nafiizwan Adnan (Mas) bt Matthew Karwalski (Aus)              11/6, 11/6, 11/9
Henrik Mustonen (Fin) bt Shahjahan Khan (Pak)                   11/4, 11/7, 11/6 (26m)
Christopher Gordon (Usa) bt Campbell Grayson (Nzl) 12/10, 11/8, 9/11, 11/1 (57m)
Leo Au (Hkg) bt Muhd Asyraf Azan (Mas)                   11/9, 8/11, 12/10, 11/6 (77m)
Adrian Waller (Eng)  bt Martin Knight (Nzl)                            11/?, 11/?, 11/?

The court going up in Cathedral Hall

11/9, 12/14, 9/11, 11/6, 11/6 (89m)

[7] Camille Serme

[1] Laura Massaro

9/11, 11/8, 11/9, 3/11, 11/6 (59m)

[2] Raneem El Weleily

12/10, 11/8, 11/7 (31m)

[2] Raneem El Weleily

27-Feb, Qualifying Finals:

Emily Whitlock (Eng) 3-2 Nicolette Fernandes (Guy)   11/4, 9/11, 5/11, 11/8, 12/10
Emma Beddoes (Eng) 3-2 S-Jane Perry (Eng)   7/11, 3/11, 11/8, 13/11, 11/6 (83m)
Joey Chan (Hkg) 3-1 Misaki Kobayashi (Jpn)             9/11, 11/6, 11/6, 14/12 (44m)
Sarah Kippax (Eng) 3-0 Rachael Grinham (Aus)                11/4, 11/6, 12/10

26-Feb, Qualifying Round One:

Nicolette Fernandes (Guy) 3-2 Yathreb Adel (Egy) 7/11, 11/7, 12/10, 3/11, 11/7 (62m)
Emily Whitlock (Eng) 3-2 Donna Urquhart (Aus)      9/11, 11/3, 4/11, 11/0, 11/4 (48m)
Sarah-Jane Perry (Eng) 3-2 Nouran Gohar (Egy)    9/11, 11/9, 9/11, 11/8, 11/3 (90m) Emma Beddoes (Eng) 3-1 Latasha Khan (Usa)              11/13, 11/3, 11/6, 11/6 (44m)
Joey Chan (Hkg) 3-2 Victoria Lust (Eng)                11/2, 11/8, 6/11, 4/11, 11/9 (52m)
Misaki Kobayashi (Jpn) 3-2 Line Hansen (Den)   6/11, 15/13, 7/11, 12/10, 11/6 (75m)
Sarah Kippax (Eng) 3-1 Samantha Cornett (Can)           11/7, 11/8, 3/11, 11/8 (39m)
Rachael Grinham (Aus) 3-0 Corey Schafer (Usa)                     11/3, 11/8, 11/4 (31m)

Preview:
Big upgrade for Windy City

World No.1 Nick Matthew will top the draw when the 2014 METROsquash Windy City Open presented by Guggenheim and EquiTrust Life Insurance Company gets underway in Chicago from February 26 – March 3.

The 33rd annual Windy City Open will be making its World Series debut in 2014, and the second PSA World Series event of the year will see World Champion Matthew occupy the No.1 seeding in a star-studded field which includes five men who have previously topped the world rankings.

Matthew, who won the Windy City Open in 2004 when the University Club of Chicago hosted a glass court event for the first time, will begin his campaign against a qualifier on February 26th on the same day that World No.3 Ramy Ashour will look to get his 2014 World Series campaign off to a winning start against Australia’s Cameron Pilley.

With the likes Gregory Gaultier - a three time Windy City Open finalist - James Willstrop, Karim Darwish, Amr Shabana and Mohamed Elshorbagy among the draw, squash fans in Chicago are in for a feast of world class court action.

Tournament organiser and University Club Athletic Director John Flanigan said:

“We are thrilled to welcome the world’s best players to Chicago and host the event on the glass court in the unique venue of Cathedral Hall at the University Club.

“Guggenheim’s support for the second consecutive year, along with EquiTrust Life Insurance Company, make it possible for us to host this world class professional event.

"The Chicago squash community is very supportive of the event and is also pleased to be hosting a WSA draw along with the PSA draw.”

Matthew Ready For Windy City Open

World No.1 Nick Matthew says he is looking forward to competing in the 2014 METROsquash Windy City Open in Chicago when his campaign gets underway against a qualifier on Wednesday February 26.

The Windy City Open is returning to the PSA World Series for the first time since 2007 and Matthew, who last competed in Chicago in 2006 when he lost to compatriot James Willstrop in the quarter-finals, is aiming to build on last month’s Swedish Open victory and further strengthen his hold on the World No.1 ranking.

“Any World Series event is one that you want to win and it’s great to have a new event join the World Series calendar,” said Matthew.

“It’s been a while since I’ve been to Chicago but it’s a great city, there’s always a great vibe there and the university is a real grand old club.

“The glass court, which is in the Cathedral hall, is one that always looks great on photos and has really good acoustics with an enjoyable atmosphere so it’s good to be going back.

“I won there back in 2004 playing against Greg Gaultier and that was a good experience for me and I’ve got lots of friends in the city who I’m looking forward to seeing as well.”

Matthew in an exhibition at the Onwentsia Club in Chicago.
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