The University Club of Chicago served as the backdrop for one of the biggest events in the sport of squash. "It's just a magnificent venue," Windy City Open Tournament Director John Flanigan said.

Squash isn’t just a fruit. It’s also a sport that has just been added to the Olympic Games. Here’s how it’s played.

Squash isn’t just a fruit. It’s also a sport that has just been added to the Olympic Games. Here’s how it’s played.

Squash isn’t just a fruit. It’s also a sport that has just been added to the Olympic Games. Here’s how it’s played.

Squash isn’t just a fruit. It’s also a sport that has just been added to the Olympic Games. Here’s how it’s played.

Squash isn’t just a fruit. It’s also a sport that has just been added to the Olympic Games. Here’s how it’s played.

Squash isn’t just a fruit. It’s also a sport that has just been added to the Olympic Games. Here’s how it’s played.

So, yeah, it’s easy to make light of squash, or say you prefer it deep fried or baked. But the fact is Forbes magazine in 2003 rated the racquet sport of squash No. 1 among healthy sports to play.

The New Zealand native is part of the second-year club, which meets twice a week to practice squash, a sport that resembles racquetball. Innsbruck, Austria. Bombay, India. Windhoek, Namibia.

Dan Mirenda, organizer of the squash event, said people haven't been exposed to the sport, thus they favor racquetball. "I can speak honestly because I've played both sports," Mirenda said.