Canadian Women’s Open & Men’s CC Classic 2024

Canadian Women's Open and CC Classic : FINALS

[2] Tinne Gilis (Bel) 3-0 [3] Amanda Sobhy (Usa)    15-13, 11-4, 11-5 (41m)

[2] Leonel Cardenas (Mex) 3-0 [1] Baptiste Masotti (Fra)    11-6, 11-7, 11-3 (41m)

Finals : Gilis dethrones Sobhy as Cardenas beats top seed

Belgium’s World #6 Tinne Gilis produced a fantastic performance on finals night in Toronto to claim the Canadian Women’s Open 2024 title, downing defending champion Amanda Sobhy 3-0 in a high quality final.

“I’m a little speechless at the moment.” said Gilis. “I set one goal for this season and it was to win a Silver event and i’m so glad it was here at this tournament in front of this amazing crowd. I have to give Amanda so much credit. The way she has come back has been so impressive and we all knew that she would but how quickly she has is so impressive.

“It’s been a really special week for me and Toronto will definitely have a special place in my heart after this week and I just can’t wait to come back already.”

In the Cambridge Group of Clubs Classic 2024, an accompanying men’s Copper event, Mexico’s second seed Leonel Cardenas took the title after he defeated top seed Baptiste Masotti in straight games.

SEMIS : Sobhy set to meet Gilis for title in Toronto

Day four of the Canadian Women’s Open and Cambridge Group of Clubs Copper Classic had an electric energy as all matches moved to the Power Court presented by Syra Group at the iconic Brookfield Place in downtown Toronto. A raucous capacity crowd full of enthusiasts new and old set the stage for four world class semifinals, including the Men’s event debuting on the Glass court.

First up on Semifinal Wednesday were compatriots Baptiste Masotti and Gregoire Marche of France setting the table with a 24-minute first game leaving most fans exhausted just watching. The World #19 Masotti kept his nose out in front of game 1 and continued to tighten the vice with a long and impressive 3-0 win to advance to the CGOC semifinals. Next up was the rising star Leonel Cardenas of Mexico and tour stalwart Daneil Poleschuk who split the first 2 entertaining games. Cardenas then slipped into another gear, showing his top-20 class to dispatch of the Israeli #1 3-1, setting up a dream championship match between the #1 and #2 seeds.

The Canadian Women’s Open then took center stage with defending champion Amanda Sobhy of USA taking on giant killer Melissa Alves of France. Sobhy is undefeated on the Power Court and came out of the blocks with confidence, pace, and precision, showing why she reached as high as #3 in the world. Games 2 and 3 were more of the same with Sobhy taking the ball relentlessly early, not opening the door even a crack for the upstart Frenchwoman. Sobhy moves on to defend her trophy in tomorrow’s championship match.

The last match of the evening was the best of the night with the in-form #2 seed and World #6 Tinne Gilis of Belgium taking on fan-favorite #8 seed Tesni Murphy of Wales. Murphy, spurred on by the Toronto crowd gave Gilis everything she had, displaying her trademark deception and guile to take the first game 11-8 and eventually finding herself at a pivotal 1-1 8-8 juncture. Gilis, however, used her elite athleticism and professional work along the backhand side to with the critical 3rd game and catapult herself to a 3-1 victory and a place in the Canadian Women’s Open final

QUARTERS : Unseeded Alves and Poleshchuk gatecrash Toronto semis

Day three of the Canadian Women’s Open and Cambridge Group of Clubs Copper Classic did not disappoint as the best squash players on the planet put on another tremendous display of athleticism in downtown Toronto in front of a sold-out crowd at Brookfield Place.

Quarterfinal Tuesday treated fans to over four hours of thrilling squash. First up was defending champion Amanda Sobhy of the United States, still yet to lose a match on the Power court, defeating HWR #4 Sarah Jane Perry in three entertaining games. Former Toronto resident, #8 seed Tesni Murphy of Wales and WR #13 Nada Abbas then played the match of the tournament with Murphy finally earning the upset 12-10 in the 5th to advance.

France’s Melissa Alves continued her giant killing ways by defeating Canadian hero Hollie Naughton in three long games of high-quality squash. World Ranked #6 Tinne Gilis of Belgium gave herself a birthday present with an impressive 3-0 victory over the in-form Jasmine Hutton of England to punch her semifinal ticket.

The Men will move to the glass court on Semifinal Wednesday featuring three of the Top 25 male players in the world. At the Cambridge Club, Frenchmen Baptiste Masotti (WR #19) squeaked by American Shahjahan Khan 13-11 in the 5th while compatriot Gregoire Marche (WR #25) was more straightforward with a 3-1 victory over Nick Wall of England.

At the Toronto Athletic Club, Mexican star and #2 seed Leonel Cardenas continues to impress besting England’s Tom Walsh 3-1 while unseeded Cinderella Daniel Poleshchuk proved the slipper fits to reach the CGOC’s Copper Classic semifinal.

Day TWO : Alves ousts top seed Coll as quarter-finalists are decided

Day two of the Canadian Women’s Open and Cambridge Group of Clubs Copper Classic was another action-packed day as once again 32 of the world’s best took to the courts across four venues in the Greater Toronto Area.

On the Glass Court, defending Champion Amanda Sobhy got things started with a tidy 3-0 victory before Hollie Naughton won the all-Canadian match-up vs. Nicole Bunyan 3 games to 1.

France’s Melissa Alves then put on the performance of her career, upsetting #1 seed Nele Coll in three games lasting 47 minutes.

Fourth seed and world #13 Nada Abbas of Egypt looked in excellent form defeating the upstart Englishwoman Sarah Ngiem 3-0. Second seed Tinne Gilis of Belgium and #6 Jasmine Hutton of England followed suit with clinical 3-0 victories of their own to punch their quarterfinal tickets.

On the Men’s side, all went according to seed at the Cambridge Club to set up mouthwatering matches Tuesday featuring French stars Baptiste Masotti and Gregoire Marche. At the Toronto Athletic Club, Canadian #2 Salah Eltorgman advanced to the quarterfinals with a walkover while secind seed Leonel Cardenas from Mexico entertained the crowd with an impressive win over NCAA reigning champion Veer Chotrani of India.

Day ONE : Bunyan and Eltorgman boost home hopes

Day one of the Canadian Women’s Open and Cambridge Group of Clubs Copper Classic kicked off Sunday, October 27 with 16 high quality matches across four GTA venues.

On the Glass Court, Canadian #2 Nicole Bunyan carried Canadian hopes with a tidy win over teammate Niki Shemirani, while underdog Nikole Todd delighted the home crowd, coming up just short in a thrilling five gamer against Haya Ali of Egypt.

Bunyan now faces Hollie Naughton, the only other Canadian in the draw, for a place in the quarter-finals, while Marina Stefanoni won through top a round two match against Amanda Sobhy, the only two Americans left in the draw.

An all-Spanish clash saw World University Champion Marta Dominguez overcome Cristina Gomes zin five games.

At the Badminton and Racquet Club, England’s Lucy Beecroft earned a hard-fought win to book a mouthwatering all-English match-up against former world ranked #4 Sarah Jane Perry, while Rania Ismail of Egypt upset the apple cart defeating the higher ranked Grace Gear of England.

Salah Eltorgman was the lone Canadian to advance on the Men’s side, as he bested countryman Connor Turk, as Malaysia’s Brian Lim produced the only seeding upset as he beat England’s Finnlay Withington.

Women’s $75k PSA Silver, 27-31 Oct, Toronto

The Canadian Women’s Squash Open draws 24 of the world’s most elite female players for five days of competition and the biggest cash purse in Canadian squash history – $75,000 USD.

The court will be in the atrium of Brookfield Place in a busy downtown building, where anyone walking through that area will be able to see the players in action.

Top seeds are Belgian sisters Nele Coll and Tinne Gilis, with USA’s defending champion Amanda Sobhy seeded #3 and home interest headed by Hollie Naughton and Nicole Bunyan.

Running concurrently will be the Copper level Cambridge Clubs men’s open.