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International Squash Community Convenes at MAC Club Hosts a Double Dose of Competition
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or five days, from Halloween night through Saturday, Nov. 4, the MAC Squash community hosted the Oregon Open professional tournament. The event marked a post-pandemic return of professional squash to MAC and drew 21 world-ranked players to Portland. While 16 different countries were represented, local players Phillip Carbajal, Mauricio Sanchez de la Paz, and Gordon Lam proudly competed for MAC.
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Traveling home from Princeton University, where he is a student, Lam played very well and beat Englishman Mark Broekman in the first round. “As a junior, I grew up watching PSA professionals compete at the Oregon Open. I didn’t realize I would be capable of playing squash at this level,” Lam said following the match. He continued his form in the quarterfinals, and after a 63-minute battle with kiwi Anthony Lepper, fell short of victory by only a few points in the fifth and final set.
