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.
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.
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.