The Paraguay Open is the next event on this year’s Tour de las Americas, Switzerland’s Yannick Wilhelmi will come into it having made two finals in two weeks.
Open De Mulhouse Preview: Bonmalais Likes Added Pressure
Challenger Tour
The sole European event of the week on the Challenger Tour comes from France, with the Challenger 5 level Open de Mulhouse beginning on Friday 14 May.
The event, which takes place at Espace Squash 3000, will be allow regional entries, meaning players who permanently live in Europe were allowed the enter.
That has allowed for an eight-nation field on show, with seven of those represented amongst the top eight seeds. France’s Sebastien. Bonmalais will be the top seed for the tournament, with Japan’s Ryosei Kobayashi, Hungary’s Farkas Balazs and Englishman Robert Downer inside the top four.
Archi Factory Open Preview: First Win Gave Mekhalfi Confidence
Challenger Tour
The Challenger Tour visits France once again, as the Archi Factory Open Lorient, a Challenger 5 level men’s event, takes place this week at the Top Form Squash & Fitness in Larmor Place.
Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the event had limited entries, with only those residing in Andorra, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Monaco, Spain, Switzerland and the host nation, France, being allowed to participate.
Five nationalities will feature in the draw, with four of those being represented among the top five seeds in the draw. Germany’s Valentin Rapp, the World No.119, will lead the way.
PSA
Challenger Tour
For the first time in 2021, five continents will host PSA Challenger Tour events in the same week, with action on the Tour coming from almost every corner of the globe!
The week’s squash will begin on Tuesday in South Africa, before further action comes from France, Japan, New Zealand and the United States over the course of the next seven days.
The two Southern Hemisphere events feature both a men’s and women’s draw, while the other three tournaments are men’s draws, with the action from the United States being the biggest event of the week, a Challenger 10 level title on offer for the winner.