Challenger Tour Weekly Preview: Action From Pakistan and France
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The PSA Challenger Tour continues this week with two more Challenger 10 level tournaments. There is a women’s event in France, along with an event in Pakistan, which has both male and female draws.
Like all tournaments on the Challenger Tour at the moment, both of these have restricted entry. Only players currently living in Pakistan on a permanent basis may enter the BISL 4 Southern Punjab International Squash Tournament.
Meanwhile, at the Open des Bretzels, held in Mulhouse, there will be cross-border participation. That means that players currently residing in France’s neighbouring nations, in Andorra, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Monaco, Spain and Switzerland will be allowed to enter.
2020: Year In Review - PT.2
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180 days after the PSA World Tour and PSA Challenger Tour were both suspended due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, professional squash returned to action in September.
You can take a look back at the first part of our 2020 review
right here, where we looked back at the first three months of the calendar year.
In the second part of our 2020 review, we take a look at the last four months of the year, as both the PSA World Tour and PSA Challenger Tour made a tentative, but successful, return despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Tayyab, Madina wins Pakistan International Squash title
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Tayyab, Madina wins Pakistan International Squash 2020 title / Photo: PSA
Tayyab Aslam and Madina Zafar won the men’s and women’s title in Pakistan International Squash Tournament held by Pakistan Squash Federations (PSF) on Friday at Mushaf Squash Complex in Islamabad,
Holding his nerve, the number one ranked player defeated Nasir Iqbal 11-7, 6-11, 3-11, 12-10, 13-11 in men’s final.
It was a thrilling contest with Nasir taking the lead in most of the match. The player looked good to take on the title after winning two of the first three games.
ISLAMABAD: The winners and runner-up players pose with their trophies along with chief guest Qamar Zaman, Secretary PSF Tahir Sultan and other officials on Friday.
ISLAMABAD: Top seed Tayyab Aslam and Madina Zafar won the men and women titles respectively after nail-biting contests in the Pakistan International Squash Tournament here at Mushaf Squash Complex on Friday.
In men’s final, both Tayyab and his smart opponnet Nasir Iqbal exhibited excellent show of skills and gave tough time to each others from start to end in five sets that lasted for 68 minutes.
Tayyab took a good start and won the first set 11-7. But in next two sets, he was supervised to see Nasir Iqbal’s aggressive game. Nasir won next both sets in fashion 11-6 and 11-3. However, in fourth set once again both players played aggressively but inform Tayyab managed to finish 12-10 to push the match into decider, where again after close contest he managed to win 13-11 set and final. The final match was one of the
Pakistan International Squash Tournament: Aslam and Zafar Victorious
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The Pakistan International Squash Tournament came to its conclusion on Friday afternoon in Islamabad, with Tayyab Aslam and Madina Zafar reigning victorious at the Mushaf Squash Complex.
Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the tournament was restricted to domestic entries, meaning that only players based in Pakistan were able to enter, for safety reasons.
Aslam claimed the 10th title of his professional career, with the last seven of those coming on home soil in Pakistan, and his second in the last three weeks, following a win at the BISL International Squash Championship in Quetta at the end of November.