Taylor Takes Windy City Title
England's Nick Taylor defeated France's European Junior champion Gregory Gaultier in the final of the Charter Consulting Windy City Open Squash Championship in Chicago, USA, to claim his ninth PSA Tour title.

The final straight game score was deceiving. Gaultier, the 19-year-old from Aix-en-Provence in his second successive PSA final in a week, fully extended the experienced top seed in the first game, which lasted almost 40 minutes.

The impressive teenager visibly began to tire and made too many errors, however, in the second - and by the third, the toll of his efforts both in Chicago and Dayton, Ohio (last week), began to tell.

By the final three points, he appeared to have completely given up. After 85 minutes, 30-year-old Manchester-based Taylor clinched his 15-10 15-7 15-4 victory - and his first PSA title since winning the Apawamis Open, also in the USA, in New York in January 2000.

Amateur Draws: John Zabriske beat Mike Kaestle(2) in the over 40 draw. This match was a battle between two members of the host UCC and frequent sparring partners.

 Trading shirts? Gaultier in black above and Talyor in black  below.

 Zabriske and Kaestle

RESULTS: Charter Consulting Windy City Open Squash Championship, Chicago, USA

Final: [1] Nick Taylor (ENG) bt [4] Gregory Gaultier (FRA) 15-10, 15-7, 15-4 (85m)