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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Challenger Tour Review: Gaultier & Varela Taste Success
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In the final two events before Christmas on the PSA Challenger Tour, there were wins for Frenchman Gregory Gaultier and Spain’s Hugo Varela, with the former celebrating his birthday in the best way possible.
Gaultier turned 38 on Wednesday, and faced off against Victor Byrtus of the Czech Republic in the final of the Expression Networks Prague Open, which was held at the same venue in which the ‘French General’ had won three months earlier.
The former World No.1 claimed the prize at the Expression Networks Nolan and Liam’s Tournament, the first event back after the Tour’s six-month suspension due to COVID-19, at Squasclub Strahov in Prague, and he claimed a second win of 2020 this week.