WIndy City – Chicago

Men & Women $260k PSA Platinum, 05-11 Feb, Chicago, USA

Demies

[1] Mostafa Asal (EGY) 3-0 Grégoire Marche  11-7, 11-6, 11-2 (36m)

LA PROVENCE: GREG SE BONIFIE AVEC LE TEMPS

Quarts de finale

Gregoire Marche 3-2 [6] Marwan ElShorbagy (ENG)  11-9, 12-14, 11-9, 9-11, 12-10 (82m)
[4] Karim Gawad (EGY) 3-1 [7] Victor Crouin  13-11, 12-10, 2-11, 11-7 (63m)

🎙️Reaction from @GregMarche after his MAGNIFICENT performance against Marwan ElShorbagy!#psasquashtour pic.twitter.com/XywR2GDsH2

— PSA Squash Tour (@PSASquashTour) February 8, 2026

PSA reports

Gregoire Marche and Marwan Elshorbagy produced an absolute thriller as the 35-year-old Frenchman claimed the 82-minute contest to earn a spot in his first-ever major event semi-final.

In a match full of incredible shot-making, amazing retrievals and intelligent play, Marche drew on the energetic Chicago crowd to produce one his best performances in years to move into the final four.

Marche started the better of the two in the opening game and tried to put work into the legs of Elshorbagy early in the match. Marche squeezed errors from the World No.8 and took the game 11-9 to take an early advantage. Elshorbagy’s intelligent play made Marche worry in game two. The Englishman started to utilise his front-court weapons to hurt Marche but it was the Frenchman who earned the first game ball at 10-9 to take a 2-0 lead. Elshorbagy battled back to eventually take the game 14-12 and level the match up.

The pair then shared the next two games, both 11-9, to send the tie into a thrilling decider. The rallies throughout the third and fourth games were long and arduous, with both feeling the effects heading into the final game. Despite Elshorbagy clearly feeling the effects of the rallies, he moved ahead on the scoreboard, looking sure to be booking his spot in the semis. Marche continued to push Elshorbagy into the corners of the court and continued to retrieve Elshorbagy’s attacks. Marche moved to 10-8, eventually winning 12-10 from a backhand drop to claim a third-ever win over the former World No.3 and reach a first career major semi-final.

“I had to wait almost 36 years to make my first semi-final in a Platinum, I just have to take some time to realise this.

“Because I have had so many battles in the past with Marwan, I lost so many of them in the fifth and when I was 7-3 down, so today I just tried to avoid all of those mistakes that I was doing.

“We had the same kind of match as well in Shanghai , I think I was 8-2 down and I came back to 9-9. But this time it is my turn, and that’s sport you know, one day it is yours and the other day it is not, all credit to Marwan today, I just love these kinds of battles and that is why I play squash, it is all about fun and I enjoyed it.

Second Tour

Gregoire Marche 3-1 Matias Knudsen (COL)  11-8, 8-11, 11-5, 11-4 (51m)
[7] Victor Crouin 3-0 Kareem El Torkey (EGY) 11-4, 11-8, 11-1 (30m)
[8] Mohamed ElShorbagy (ENG) 3-0 Baptiste Masotti 11-5, 11-5, 11-9 (39m)

Premier Tour

Gregoire Marche 3-2 [3] Diego Elias (PER) 11-7, 11-1, 11-13, 9-11, 11-6 (73m)
Baptiste Masotti 3-0 Timothy Brownell (USA) 11-7, 11-9, 11-4 (37m)
[8] Mohamed ElShorbagy (ENG) 3-1 Auguste Dussourd  11-7, 3-11, 11-8, 11-7 (47m)
[7] Victor Crouin  3-0 Bernat Jaume (ESP)  11-5, 11-2, 11-7 (33m)

Petit rappel de Jérôme Elhaïk…

Outrageous from Marche! 🤯

The Frenchman is on fire in Chicago 🔥

📺 Watch the action on https://t.co/VKEpHjNc1j pic.twitter.com/nimCMdwP9S

— PSA Squash Tour (@PSASquashTour) February 5, 2026

PSA reports

35-year-old Gregoire Marche scored a headline win on day one in Chicago. The Frenchman downed former World Champion and No.3 seed Diego Elias in a five-game thriller to advance to the second round at the Windy City Open for the third time in his career. With Elias still not looking back to full fitness after returning from injury, Marche stormed out of the blocks to take full advantage.

The Frenchman took a commanding 2-0 lead, but the skill of Elias kept him in the contest. The Peruvian clawed his way back to 2-2 but couldn’t match the intensity of Marche in the closing stages of the decider. Marche ran through to 10-6 and took the match at the first time of asking. Only a second ever win for Marche over Elias in 14 meetings and a first in over a decade.

“I know Diego is not 100%, but he’s been killing me all my career. I think this is only the second time that I’ve beaten him so I had to believe it could happen again. I just want to enjoy my squash, I’m nearly 36 now, so I just want to enjoy myself. I’ve played this tournament so many times and I love being here but for some reason, I just haven’t done too well on court so I’m very happy to have this win.”