Day two of the 2018 Windy City Open presented by the Walter Family & EquiTrust Life Insurance begins today inside the iconic University Club of Chicago’s Cathedral Hall and you can follow all of the day's exciting action as it unfolds here.
Following yesterday's play – which saw all of the top seeds sail through to round two – today, sees men's top seed Mohamed ElShorbagy and three-time Windy City Open champion Raneem El Welily both in action.
Here is the order of play:
Glass Court – live on SQUASHTV (Rest of the world) & Eurosport Player (Europe only)
12:00 [4] Laura Massaro (ENG) v Donna Urquhart (AUS)
13:00 [3] Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY) v Borja Golan (ESP)
14:00 [12] Amanda Sobhy (USA) v Victoria Lust (ENG)
15:00 [Q] Gregoire Marche (FRA) v [6] Tarek Momen (EGY)
17:00 Salma Hany (EGY) v [5] Nouran Gohar (EGY)
18:00 [8] Mohamed Abouelghar (EGY) v [Q]
19:00 [Q] Tinne Gilis (BEL) v [2] Raneem El Welily (EGY)
20:00 Declan James (ENG) v [1] Mohamed ElShorbagy (EGY)
Court One
[Q] Jenny Duncalf (ENG) v [9] Joelle King (NZL)
Diego Elias (PER) v Cesar Salazar (MEX)
[6] Nicol David (MAS) v Hania El Hammamy (EGY)
Ramy Ashour (EGY) v [Q] Tsz Fung Yip (HKG)
Joey Chan (HKG) v [10] Alison Waters (ENG)
Paul Coll (NZL) v Miguel Angel Rodriguez (COL)
[16] Emily Whitlock (ENG) v [Q] Coline Aumard (FRA)
Mathieu Castagnet (FRA) v [Q] Abdulla Mohd Al Tamimi (QAT)
Massaro Defeats Urquhart in Three
England’s
World No.4 Laura Massaro secured her berth in the second round of the
Windy City Open after she came through a tough encounter against
Australia’s World No.15 Donna Urquhart.
This was the first meeting between the pair in three years on the PSA World Tour, with Massaro winning all three of their previous encounters. However, Urquhart made things tough for the Englishwoman in the first as Massaro started the match tentatively and struggled to find her corners accurately against the strong Australian.
However, as the first game wore on the 2014 Windy City Open winner managed to become more purposeful with her shots to take the first by an 11-7 scoreline.
Australia’s Urquhart came back fighting in the second, however, to continuously challenge Massaro and managed to set herself up with three game ball opportunities.
However, the World No.15 failed to convert any of them as Massaro – who is famed on the Tour for her mental strength – fought back to convert her first game ball opportunity at the first time of asking.
From that moment on, Massaro went through the gears to put Urquhart to the sword in the third and secure a round two berth by an 11-7, 13-11, 11-4 scoreline.
“It was tough,” said Massaro following her win.
“Donna played really well and it’s always hard to play a left hander, especially when you haven’t played each other in a few years. I feel like it was just a bit of a mental pick-up on my plan.
“Her forehand is ridiculously strong so I just got punished so many times when I put it there.
“It was just about putting a good performance out there today, mentally more than anything. I had a couple of tough losses and haven’t quite been in the form I would have liked. If anything I have taken some things from those results and tried to learn from them and adjust like you always do and just wanted to come out today and find the so-called grit that I am known for and I guess what made me win those two games when my back was against the wall and I had no right to, and I’m really proud of that.
“After losses, you always talk about the player that you are and what you have won but you just want to keep going forwards. The Tour is so competitive that you can’t really look back and you have to keep looking forward and I guess that is what I have learnt over the last few months.”
Elsewhere, New Zealand’s Joelle King comfortably came through her first-round encounter with England’s Jenny Duncalf as she dispatched the Englishwoman by an 11-4, 11-8, 11-4 scoreline.
King and Massaro will now face each other in round two.
This was the first meeting between the pair in three years on the PSA World Tour, with Massaro winning all three of their previous encounters. However, Urquhart made things tough for the Englishwoman in the first as Massaro started the match tentatively and struggled to find her corners accurately against the strong Australian.
However, as the first game wore on the 2014 Windy City Open winner managed to become more purposeful with her shots to take the first by an 11-7 scoreline.
Australia’s Urquhart came back fighting in the second, however, to continuously challenge Massaro and managed to set herself up with three game ball opportunities.
However, the World No.15 failed to convert any of them as Massaro – who is famed on the Tour for her mental strength – fought back to convert her first game ball opportunity at the first time of asking.
From that moment on, Massaro went through the gears to put Urquhart to the sword in the third and secure a round two berth by an 11-7, 13-11, 11-4 scoreline.
“It was tough,” said Massaro following her win.
“Donna played really well and it’s always hard to play a left hander, especially when you haven’t played each other in a few years. I feel like it was just a bit of a mental pick-up on my plan.
“Her forehand is ridiculously strong so I just got punished so many times when I put it there.
“It was just about putting a good performance out there today, mentally more than anything. I had a couple of tough losses and haven’t quite been in the form I would have liked. If anything I have taken some things from those results and tried to learn from them and adjust like you always do and just wanted to come out today and find the so-called grit that I am known for and I guess what made me win those two games when my back was against the wall and I had no right to, and I’m really proud of that.
“After losses, you always talk about the player that you are and what you have won but you just want to keep going forwards. The Tour is so competitive that you can’t really look back and you have to keep looking forward and I guess that is what I have learnt over the last few months.”
Elsewhere, New Zealand’s Joelle King comfortably came through her first-round encounter with England’s Jenny Duncalf as she dispatched the Englishwoman by an 11-4, 11-8, 11-4 scoreline.
King and Massaro will now face each other in round two.
“To now have Joelle in the next round is a really tough draw,” said Massaro.
“She recently beat Raneem in Cleveland and she beat me in China in the first tournament of the season and we haven’t played each other since, so in a funny sort of way I feel like there is no pressure.
“She is playing really well and I just want to go out and perform well and have a good go like I did today and what will be will be and then we move onto the next one.”
Results
[4] Laura Massaro (ENG) bt Donna Urquhart (AUS) 3-0: 11-7, 13-11, 11-4 (35m)
[9] Joelle King (NZL) bt [Q] Jenny Duncalf (ENG) 3-0: 11-4, 11-8, 11-4 (26m)
“She recently beat Raneem in Cleveland and she beat me in China in the first tournament of the season and we haven’t played each other since, so in a funny sort of way I feel like there is no pressure.
“She is playing really well and I just want to go out and perform well and have a good go like I did today and what will be will be and then we move onto the next one.”
Results
[4] Laura Massaro (ENG) bt Donna Urquhart (AUS) 3-0: 11-7, 13-11, 11-4 (35m)
[9] Joelle King (NZL) bt [Q] Jenny Duncalf (ENG) 3-0: 11-4, 11-8, 11-4 (26m)
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