Rory Stewart reaches 2nd round of PSA World Championships in Chicago

Rory Stewart of Scotland was denied a place in the 3rd round of the PSA World Championships by 11th seed Joel Makin of Wales at the University Club of Chicago who overcame the Scot 11-6 11-6 11-5 in 41 minutes.

Professional Squash Association (PSA) World Championships presented by the Walter Family
#teamunsquashable 1st Round Results:
[11] Joel Makin (WAL) bt Rory Stewart (SCO) 11-6, 11-6, 11-5 (41m)

Rory Stewart of Scotland will today face Joel Makin of Wales in the 2nd round of the PSA World Championships at the University Club of Chicago.

The Scot is the last remaining #teamunsquashable player in this year’s championship after George Parker, Iker Pajares Bernabeu & James Willstrop were all beaten in the remaining 1st round matches by Mohamed Abouelghar of Egypt, Dimitri Steinmann of Switzerland & Henry Leung of Hong Kong respectively.

After losing the opening two games in his 1st round match, former World No.1 & World Championship finalist James Willstrop mounted a tremendous fightback to level the match, before eventually being denied 11-6 11-7 9-11 9-11 15-13 in 65 minutes.

Professional Squash Association (PSA) World Championships presented by the Walter Family
#teamunsquashable 1st Round Results:
[Q] Mohamed Abouelghar (EGY) bt George Parker (ENG) 11-6, 12-10, 11-9 (41m)
Dimitri Steinmann (SUI) bt Iker Pajares Bernabeu (ESP) 11-6, 11-8, 11-2 (39m)
Henry Leung (HKG) bt James Willstrop (ENG) 11-6, 11-7, 9-11, 9-11, 15-13 (65m)

Rory Stewart of Scotland defeated Edwin Clain of France 11-7 11-7 12-10 in 40 minutes on the opening day of the PSA World Championships at the University Club of Chicago to face Joel Makin of Wales in the 2nd round.

Fellow #teamunsquashable players Lucas Serme, Nick Wall & Todd Harrity were all denied a place in the 2nd round of the sport’s most prestigious event following defeats to Mazen Hesham, Aly Abou Eleinen & Miguel Angel Rodriguez respectively.

The PSA World Championships continues today & will feature UNSQUASHABLE players George Parker, Iker Pajares Bernabeu & James Willstrop.

George Parker will face Egyptian Mohamed Abouelghar, Iker Pajares Bernabeu will play Dimitri Steinmann of Switzerland & James Willstrop will be up against Henry Leung of Hong Kong.

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Professional Squash Association (PSA) World Championships presented by the Walter Family
#teamunsquashable 1st Round Results:
Rory Stewart (SCO) bt Edwin Clain (FRA) 11-7, 11-7, 12-10 (40m)
[9] Mazen Hesham (EGY) bt Lucas Serme (FRA) 11-5, 11-4, 11-4 (28m)
Aly Abou Eleinen (EGY) bt Nick Wall (ENG) 11-6, 11-6, 12-10 (34m)
[13] Miguel Rodriguez (COL) bt Todd Harrity (USA) 11-8, 11-7, 11-6 (39m)

The Professional Squash Association (PSA) World Championships presented by the Walter Family will be staged in Chicago in the USA between the 3rd to 11th May & will feature 128 of the world’s best squash players.

The PSA World Championships are the most world’s most prestigious squash tournament which will offer a record $1,000,000 prize fund split equally between the male and female draws. The opening round of matches will be held at the University Club of Chicago before action moves to from the 2nd round onwards to the spectacular Union Station which hosted the 2018-19 PSA World Championships.

Former World Champion runner-up James Willstrop will play Henry Leung of Hong Kong in the 1st round, while three-time US Champion Todd Harrity will face Miguel Angel Rodriguez of Colombia in his 1st round match.

Spanish Champion & three-time Spanish Iker Pajares Bernabeu will play Dimitri Steinmann of Switzerland, two-time French Champion Lucas Serme will be up against the inform Mazen Hesham of Egypt, whilst England’s Nick Wall will play Egyptian Aly Abou Eleinen.

George Parker of England & Scotland’s Rory Stewart will both face qualifiers.

2022-23 Professional Squash Association (PSA) World Squash Championships presented by the Walter Family
Men’s Draw:
[1] Mostafa Asal (EGY) v Leandro Romiglio (ARG)
Balazs Farkas (HUN) v Omar Mosaad (EGY)
Rory Stewart (SCO) v [Qualifier]
Cesar Salazar (MEX) v [11] Joel Makin (WAL)
[9] Mazen Hesham (EGY) v Lucas Serme (FRA)
Tsz Kwan Lau (HKG) v Karim El Hammamy (EGY)
Nick Wall (ENG) v Aly Abou Eleinen (EGY)
Bernat Jaume (ESP) v [8] Victor Crouin (FRA)
[5] Paul Coll (NZL) v Faraz Khan (USA)
Juan Camilo Vargas (COL) v Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND)
Patrick Rooney (ENG) v [Qualifier]
Todd Harrity (USA) v [13] Miguel Rodriguez (COL)
[15] Gregoire Marche (FRA) v Mohamed ElSherbini (EGY)
Nathan Lake (FRA) v [Qualifier]
Rowan Damming (NED) v Adrian Waller (ENG)
Ramit Tandon (IND) v [4] Ali Farag (EGY)
[3] Mohamed ElShorbagy (ENG) v Timothy Brownell (USA)
Eain Yow Ng (MAS) v [Qualifier]
Youssef Ibrahim (EGY) v [Qualifier]
Greg Lobban (SCO) v [14] Nicolas Mueller (SUI)
[10] Fares Dessouky (EGY) v David Baillargeon (CAN)
George Parker (ENG) v [Qualifier]
Sebastien Bonmalais (FRA) v Leonel Cardenas (MEX)
Charlie Lee (ENG) v [7] Tarek Momen (ENG)
[6] Marwan ElShorbagy (EGY) v Shahjahan Khan (USA)
Rui Soares (POR) v Auguste Dussourd (FRA)
Iker Pajares Bernabeu (ESP) v Dimitri Steinmann (SUI)
Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY) v [12] Youssef Soliman (EGY)
[16] Saurav Ghosal (IND) v Yahya Elnawasany (EGY)
Henry Leung (HKG) v James Willstrop (ENG)
[Qualifier] v Baptiste Masotti (FRA)
Raphael Kandra (GER) v [2] Diego Elias (PER)

Women’s Draw:
[1] Nouran Gohar (EGY) v Nour Aboulmakarim (EGY)
Fayrouz Aboelkheir (EGY) v [Qualifier]
Salma Eltayeb (EGY) v Satomi Watanabe (JPN)
Cristina Gomez (ESP) v [12] Tinne Gilis (BEL)
[16] Sabrina Sobhy (USA) v Tsz-Wing Tong (HKG)
Hana Ramadan (EGY) v Rachel Arnold (MAS)
Jasmine Hutton (ENG) v Alexandra Fuller (RSA)
Sana Ibrahim (EGY) v [6] Nour El Tayeb (EGY)
[5] Amanda Sobhy (USA) v Tomato Ho (HKG)
Hollie Naughton (CAN) v Jana Shiha (EGY)
Chan Sin Yuk (HKG) v Georgia Adderley (SCO)
[Qualifier] v [14] Salma Hany (EGY)
[13] Olivia Clyne (USA) v Joshna Chinappa (IND)
Ineta Mackevica (LAT) v Amina Orfi (EGY)
Farida Mohamed (EGY) v [Qualifier]
Kenzy Ayman (EGY) v [3] Hania El Hammamy (EGY)
[4] Joelle King (NZL) v Enora Villard (FRA)
Zeina Mickawy (EGY) v Lucy Beecroft (ENG)
Aifa Azman (MAS) v [Qualifier]
Katie Malliff (ENG) v [15] Tesni Evans (WAL)
[11] Nele Gilis (BEL) v [Qualifier]
Melissa Alves (FRA) v [Qualifier]
Ka Yi Lee (HKG) v Yathreb Adel (EGY)
Nada Abbas (EGY) v [7] Olivia Fiechter (USA)
[8] Rowan Elaraby (EGY) v Grace Gear (ENG)
Marina Stefanoni (USA) v Sivasangari Subramaniam (MAS)
Lucy Turmel (ENG) v Mariam Metwally (EGY)
Emily Whitlock (WAL) v [10] Georgina Kennedy (ENG)
[9] Sarah-Jane Perry (ENG) v Nadine Shahin (EGY)
Millie Tomlinson (ENG) v Nicole Bunyan (CAN)
Marie Stephan (FRA) v [Qualifier]
Hana Moataz (EGY) v [2] Nour El Sherbini (EGY)