Challenger Tour Weekly Preview: Action From Europe and the USA
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While the El Gouna International Squash Open takes place on the PSA World Tour, there is still plenty of action going on on the PSA Challenger Tour, with four tournaments going on this week.
Three of those events will take place on European soil with action coming from the Czech Republic, England and Germany, along with a Challenger 10 event, the highest-rated of the four, taking place in the United States.
Two of the European events are all domestic-only due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, with only players currently residing in the Czech Republic, and the United Kingdom in the English event’s case, being allowed to enter.
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Gaultier Looking Forward To Starting 2021 in Poland
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The first tournament of the new year begins in Poland tomorrow with the ‘French General’, Gregory Gaultier, the top seed for the Challenger 10 level Expression Networks Enjoy Open.
As his comeback continues, the Frenchman, who is back inside the world’s top 40 for the first time since returning from injury, will be looking to take a third Challenger 10 title since September, having already won the Expression Networks Nolan and Liam’s Tournament and the Expression Networks Prague Open.
This week’s event, held at the Enjoy Squash Club in Bielsko-Biala in Poland is limited to cross-border participation, with players currently residing in Czech Republic, Germany, Slovakia, Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania and Russia, along with those living in Poland, allowed to enter the tournament.