Kékesi Zsuzsanna

Balázs Farkas continues his outstanding run at the $43,000 PSA Budapest Squash Open. The Hungarian national team player defeated Japan’s Ryunosuke Tsukue, the No. 7 seed, 3–0 in Wednesday’s quarter-final to secure his place in the last four.

Balázs produced a confident performance throughout the match, winning in straight games 11–9, 11–6, 11–2.

Balázs Farkas – Ryunosuke Tsukue (JPN, 7.) 3–0 (11–9, 11–6, 11–2)

The Hungarian has now recorded three impressive victories in Budapest. He defeated New Zealand’s Oliver Dunbar in five games in the opening round before producing a major upset against Spanish No. 2 seed Bernat Jaume, winning 3–1 in the last 16. His straight-games victory over Tsukue has now taken him into the semi-finals.

The Final Four

Following Wednesday’s quarter-finals, four players remain in contention:

🇮🇳 Velavan Senthilkumar
🇮🇳 Veer Chotrani
🇪🇬 Moustafa Elsirty
🇭🇺 Balázs Farkas

Thursday’s semi-finals:

🇮🇳 Velavan Senthilkumar – Veer Chotrani | 18:00
🇪🇬 Moustafa Elsirty – Balázs Farkas | 18:45

Farkas Faces Elsirty for a Place in the Final

Balázs will return to court on Thursday, August 27 at 18:45, when he faces Egyptian No. 4 seed Moustafa Elsirty for a place in the final.

The PSA Budapest Squash Open final will take place on Friday on the glass court at Millenáris.

🇭🇺 Come on, Balázs! One more win for a place in the final! 💪🏼🔥

The PSA Budapest Squash Open continues at Millenáris in Budapest until August 28.

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Balázs Farkas produced a superb performance to reach the last eight of the PSA Budapest Squash Open. The Hungarian international defeated the tournament’s No. 2 seed, Spain’s Bernat Jaume, ranked World No. 36, 3–1 in Tuesday’s second round.

Balázs made an excellent start, taking the first two games 11–9. Jaume fought back to win the third, but Farkas regained control in the fourth and closed out the 59-minute match 11–8.

Balázs Farkas – Bernat Jaume (ESP, 2) 3–1 (11–9, 11–9, 7–11, 11–8)

The victory is even more impressive considering that Jaume finished fourth at the European Individual Championships in Budapest just a few days ago, and entered the PSA Budapest Open as the tournament’s second seed.

Earlier in the day, Benedek Takács also produced a fantastic performance against the tournament’s top seed.

Facing Malaysia’s Eain Yow Ng, World No. 18, Takács took a 2–1 lead and pushed the top seed all the way. Yow eventually turned the match around to win in five games.

Eain Yow Ng (MAS, 1) – Benedek Takács 3–2 (11–8, 7–11, 10–12, 11–2, 11–2)

Dániel Simon also returned to action. Following his first-round defeat on Monday, Simon re-entered the main draw as a Lucky Loser after Muhammad Ashab Irfan withdrew from the tournament. He faced Qatar’s Abdulla Al-Tamimi in the second round, but was unable to progress.

Of the three Hungarian players, Balázs Farkas is therefore the one who continues into the quarter-finals.

In Wednesday’s quarter-final, Balázs will face Japanese No. 7 seed Ryunosuke Tsukue.

🇭🇺 Come on, Balázs! 💪🏼

The PSA Budapest Squash Open continues at Millenáris in Budapest until 28 August.

Follow the PSA Budapest Open Facebook and Instagram pages: PSA Budapest Open Facebook & Instagram

Pictures

Tickets: Jegy.hu

Results here, Live: SquashTV