Live webstreaming of this week's Women's World Open in Madrid will be available free to fans worldwide via the World Squash Federation (WSF) website www.worldsquash.org from the quarter-finals on Thursday through to the final on Saturday.

The 2007 Madrid Women's World Open - the sport's biggest-ever women's event - will be staged on an all-glass adjacent to the Royal Palace (the Palacio Real) in the Spanish capital, from 25-27 October.

In addition to access to the live streaming, fans will also be able to view all the matches later for a further period of one month.

"The world's top women players will be in action in Madrid - and, in a major breakthrough for the championships, can be seen from quarter-finals onwards by a worldwide audience via the internet streaming," explained WSF Chief Executive Christian Leighton.

Fans are encouraged to log on to the coverage via www.worldsquash.org, from Thursday.