Author: Kékesi Zsuzsanna

We have witnessed some amazing squash in the quarter final round here in Budapest. Nr.1 seed Greg Lobban made his way to the semis with a 3-0 win against George Parker.

We’ve had two exciting 5-setters today:

Home player Balázs Farkas and japan’s Tsukue’s match had everything, but unfortunately for the home crowd, Tsukue made it to the semifinals in the end. (11-6, 7-11, 11-13, 11-8, 11-4)

Rooney and Soares’s match was also a 5-game thriller, where nr.3 seed Rooney managed to get that spot in the semis. (11-13, 11-3, 11-5, 9-11, 11-6)

TOP4: Greg Lobban (1), Patrick Rooney (3), Yannick Wilhelmi (6), Ryunosuke Tsukue (7)

Tomorrow is going to be an exciting day, see you then!

The entire tournament can be watched online on Squash TV, with countless stories and posts daily on the PSA Budapest Open Facebook and Instagram pages, and Ricsi Kirner’s pictures here.

The $32,000 PSA World Ranking Tournament began in Budapest on September 20.

On the second day of the tournament, we could see the eight main draw players play, as yesterday’s results formed the draw for 16. The biggest surprise came soon when 28-year-old South African Dewald van Niekerk (73rd seed) defeated 2nd seed Nick Wall (42nd seed) in three games.

The match between the Swiss Wilhelmi and the Spanish Perez ended in a five-set tie with the Swiss winning (11-6, 8-11, 13-15, 11-1, 11-4) and the match between the Japanese Tsukue and the Dutch Damming ended in a five-set tie with the former winning (11-9, 9-11, 8-11, 11-9, 11-9), which is interesting for us because the Japanese player will now face Balázs Farkas in the quarter-finals on Monday.

Other players in the TOP 8:

Lobban ( vs Elshafei 11-4, 11-6, 11-6)

Parker ( vs Evans 11-4, 11-4, 11-8)

Farkas ( vs Mekhalfi 12-10, 6-11, 8-11, 12-10)

Rooney ( vs Levy 11-0, 11-9, 12-14, 11-8)

Soares ( vs Herbert 11-8, 9-11, 11-9, 11-7)

The entire tournament can be watched online on Squash TV, with countless stories and posts daily on the PSA Budapest Open Facebook and Instagram pages, and Ricsi Kirner’s pictures here.

The $32,000 PSA World Ranking Tournament began in Budapest on September 20.

On the first day, the audience could see 16 athletes in 8 extremely exciting matches at Marczibányi Square. Two of our Hungarian athletes, who won wild cards, also took to the field, Dániel Simon lost to Portuguese Rui Soares 3-0 (11-3, 11-5, 11-9), and Benedek Takács also lost to Egyptian Yassin Elshafei 3-0 (11-3, 11-1, 11-4).

Balázs Farkas, the number one player in our country, will take to the field on Sunday at 16:45 against Frenchman Toufik Makhalfi (vr.71) for a place in the top eight.

The entire tournament can be watched online on Squash TV, with countless stories and posts daily on the PSA Budapest Open Facebook and Instagram pages, and Ricsi Kirner’s pictures here.