Finally, Philly gets a portable-court tournament. The U.S. Open at Drexel.

It has been getting people talking: the dragon sculpture outside the facility, the one hundred-plus volunteers smoothing the way, the eighty-four players, the upsets (watched Nicol David go down in the quarters last night) and everyone, and I mean everyone, giving it a whack on the radar gun. Johnny White got it up to 160-mph on his backhand. Wow. 

Pretty nice description of the tournament by Tracy Gates:

http://squeakyfeet.wordpress.com/2011/10/02/squashed-in-philly-the-u-s-open-o…

It even got noticed on the left coast:

http://www.latimes.com/health/boostershots/la-heb-squash-tournament-20110929,…