World No.41 Grace Gear scored the biggest upset on day three of the Canadian Women\u2019s Squash Open, toppling World No.26 Hana Moataz in five games 8-11, 11-6, 13-11, 2-11, 11-8 at Brookfield Place, Toronto.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Gear, who defeated Moataz in their previous meeting on the PSA Squash Tour at the London Classic over a year ago, claimed a 3-2 victory over the Egyptian to reach the quarter finals of the Silver-level event. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
After falling 2-1 behind, Moataz responded emphatically in the fourth game with a dominant 11-2 win to force a decider. Moataz, the tournament\u2019s No.8 seed, recovered from 5-1 down to make it all square in the fifth game, but Gear held her nerve at the business end to close out a 11-8 triumph.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI\u2019m over the moon!\u201d she said post-match. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cComing into the tournament I hadn\u2019t had a win yet so to get the win the other day was really important for me. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cTo get the win tonight, even more so. Hana [Moataz] is very in form; she just won a Copper event out in Brazil playing really good squash so I knew I had to bring my best game tonight, and I\u2019m glad I managed to stick to the game plan.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Gear meets 2024 champion Tinne Gilis in the quarter finals on Wednesday evening after the Belgian overturned a 1-0 deficit to beat Torrie Malik 3-1. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
England No.1 Georgina Kennedy began her Canadian Women\u2019s Open campaign with a 3-0 success over Zeina Mickawy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kennedy, who was runner-up to Amina Orfi last year, raced into a 2-0 lead before Mickawy looked to have muscled her way back into the contest when she had three game balls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However the Egyptian failed to seize the opportunity, as Kennedy saved all three opportunities and converted her match ball chance in the tiebreak to win 12-10. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt\u2019s the first time playing her [Mickawy] which is always fun. It\u2019s nice to play someone new on Tour, it doesn\u2019t happen much and I think she adapted better to the conditions tonight,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt\u2019s very cold [on court], the ball softens up quickly and she\u2019s so dangerous, I wasn\u2019t finding my length and she rightfully was putting it away. So I need to tidy up my length a little bit and make sure it\u2019s getting a bit deeper tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kennedy will square off against Sin Yuk Chan for a semi-final spot following the Hong Konger\u2019s comfortable 3-0 win against Haya Ali. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meanwhile, the quarter finals of the Smart Centres Canada Cup, a Silver-level event, kicked off with former World No.1 Mohamed ElShorbagy beating Noor Zaman in a high quality battle.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the final match of the evening, ElShorbagy earned his place in the last four by overcoming Zaman 14-12, 7-11, 11-8, 13-11 in 67 minutes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
ElShorbagy meets top seed Diego Elias on Thursday night for a spot in the final after the Peruvian ended Adam Hawal\u2019s strong run in Toronto. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hawal, who claimed impressive back-to-back victories over Nicolas Mueller and Declan James, was unable to make it a hat-trick of upsets as Elias cruised to a 11-2, 11-8, 11-2 win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Results<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Second Round Canadian Women\u2019s Open 2026<\/strong> Quarter Finals Smart Centres Canada Cup 2026<\/strong> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" World No.41 Grace Gear scored the biggest upset on day three of the Canadian Women\u2019s Squash Open, toppling<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17165,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[37],"class_list":["post-17164","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international","tag-squash"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t
[3] Tinne Gilis (BEL) bt. Torrie Malik (ENG) 3 -1: 10-12, 11-2, 11-7, 11-7 (46m)
Grace Gear (ENG) bt. [8] Hana Moataz (EGY) 3 -2: 8-11, 11-6, 13-11, 2-11, 11-8 (52m)
[7] Sin Yuk Chan (HKG) bt. Haya Ali (EGY) 3-0:11-5, 11-7, 11-6 (20m)
[2] Georgina Kennedy (ENG) bt. Zeina Mickawy (EGY) 3-0: 11-7, 11-8, 12-10 (35m)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
[1] Diego Elias (PER) bt. Adam Hawal (EGY) 3 -0:11-2, 11-8, 11-2 (36m)
[3] Mohamed ElShorbagy (ENG) bt. [8] Noor Zaman (PAK) 3-1: 14-12, 7-11, 11-8, 13-11 (67m)<\/p>\n\n\n\n