Cheetham Hill Classic Preview: Korhonen Excited To Be Top Seed psaworldtour.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from psaworldtour.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Challenger Tour Weekly Preview: Action From Europe and the USA
Challenger Tour
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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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.
Challenger Tour Weekly Preview: Events in France & New Zealand
Challenger Tour
There are two events on the Challenger Tour this weekend, with events being held in both France and New Zealand, starting from Friday.
Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, both events have restrictions on who can enter, with only Australians and New Zealanders allowed to enter the Panumre Tecnifibre Open, while the Open de Mulhouse is open to all players residing in European nations.
Panmure Tecnifibre Open
The first event of the week comes from New Zealand, with the Challenger 3 level Panmure Tecnifibre Open beginning on Friday afternoon in Auckland.