Windy City Open 2024 – Day Six: Preview & How to Watch Live

The bottom half quarter finals take place tonight in Chicago as the Windy City Open presented by the Walter Family semi-finalists will be decided.

Play starts at 17:00 (GMT-6) with all four matches available to watch live on SQUASHTV.

USA’s Olivia Weaver takes on defending champion and training partner Nouran Gohar in the opening match on day six. Gohar is yet to lose to Weaver, with eight wins in a row giving huge confidence to the Egyptian. Gohar won the event in 2022 and will be looking to score a ninth win over Weaver to reach the final four.

A heavyweight clash between Mostafa Asal and Diego Elias follows the opening match, a 12th career meeting between the two and second meeting of the season. Elias claimed victory the last time the pair met at the J.P Morgan Tournament of Champions. The previous encounters have been steeped in controversial moments and with valuable ranking points on offer, who will come out on top in the latest Elias/Asal battle?

2022 women’s runner up Hania El Hammamy will be looking to go one better than 2 years ago as she takes on Belgium’s Tinne Gilis in the last women’s quarter final. El Hammamy and Gilis have produced entertaining battles in the past, including two exciting clashes this season at the Paris Squash 2023 and U.S Open. The Chicago crowd will be hoping for another entertaining clash as the pair take to the court once again.

The final match of the evening will be between defending men’s champion Paul Coll and France’s Victor Crouin. The Frenchman scored an upset over Tarek Momen in the previous round and now faces Coll for second Platinum event semi-final in a row after Crouin claimed a big win over the New Zealander in the Tournament of Champions. Coll will be determined to inflict his revenge tonight and continue his title defence.

Order of play