Eighteen-year-old Harvard sophomore Marina Stefanoni marked her first competitive appearance at the Arlen Specter US Squash Center with a milestone upset over Canada’s world No. 19 Danielle Letourneau in the first round of the U.S. Open Squash Championships presented by Truist Friday, October 1, in Philadelphia. The breakthrough result is Stefanoni’s first top twenty upset, and first win at the U.S. Open and at a Platinum level.

The depth of U.S. collegiate players–current and former–was on display on Friday with seven first round winners. In addition to Stefanoni, Sivasangari Subramanium (Cornell), Vikram Malhotra (Trinity), Georgina Kennedy (Harvard), Ramit Tandon (Columbia), and Victor Crouin–who defeated former Harvard teammate Timmy Brownell–all advanced to the second round.

View all first round results on usopensquash.com/draws. Watch second round action Saturday from 12pm noon on U.S. Open Facebook Live and SquashTV. 
Join US Squash to celebrate the Grand Opening Ceremony of the Arlen Specter US Squash Center Saturday, October 2, at 5pm ET and enjoy second round matches before and after the ceremony. Those unable to attend in person are invited to join the ceremony via live stream.
The first fan at the 2021 U.S. Open Squash Championships presented by Truist was emblematic of the evolution of the game. Matt Maslanka was the very first spectator to enter the Arlen Specter US Squash Center today as first-round matches began in the forty-eight holding of the prestigious event. He was able to grab a front-row seat and get a close-up view of world-class squash.
Starting this weekend at the U.S. Open, in a brand-new facility in Philadelphia, the newly-minted world No. 3 and her sister, Sabrina, will try take the next step up the sport’s steep ladder. Read Tennis.com's recent profile of the American's pursuit of the world No. 1 ranking.
U.S. Open Views From the Arlen Specter US Squash Center
Philadelphia native Olivia Fiechter (l) joined Marina Stefanoni, Amanda Sobhy, Sabrina Sobhy and Olivia Blatchford Clyne in the second round Saturday with her second career U.S. Open win.