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Greg Lobban is the Champion!

The PSA BUDAPEST SQUASH OPEN 2025 ended on Wednesday evening. Those who followed the matches on site or on Squash TV witnessed five exciting days. Top 100 players, surprise victories, heroic battles, fierce duels, multi-minute ball games.

The Scottish player clearly dominated the final, despite the fact that the third seed Patrick Rooney did his best. 3-0 (11-6, 11-5, 11-9) in favor of Greg Lobban.

The awards were presented by Dr. Péter Oszkó, president of the Hungarian Squash Association and Tamás Märcz, our main sponsor, on behalf of the Sportintézet (National Institute for Sports).

We would like to thank Gábor Bary, our board member responsible for international relations, for his tireless work this year as well, as well as Gabriella Böhm and Lénárd Püski from the City Squash Club. Without them, this large-scale event would not have been possible!

Ádám Bedő on site for the great atmosphere, Ferenc Sipos for the IT system, Balázs Simon for the on-site projection, thank you!

Péter Hoffmann was unbeatable in communication and social media, he was on site, Benedek Sebők prepared the latest news in the background, so everyone who followed the event could be up to date.

The matches can be watched on Squash TV, but we will soon share them on the Association’s YouTube channel. Countless stories and posts can be found daily on the PSA Budapest Open Facebook and Instagram pages, where you can view all stories.

We would like to thank Ricsi Kirner for his work, his amazing pictures can be viewed here.

Semi finals Day

It is going to be a british final tomorrow at the Budapest Open, as Lobban and Rooney wins in straight games! The first match of the night was between nr.3 seed Patrick Rooney and nr.6 seed Yannick Wilhelmi. The first game was a real thriller with a 15-13 score. Rooney was able to maintain the lead and finish the semi final 11-2, 11-8.

Greg Lobban, the nr.1 seed played an exciting match with japan’s Tsukue. Each game was really close, but Lobban managed to win the end-games, and secure a spot in the final. 11-9, 11-7, 13-11.

It is going to be an epic final on Wednesday, see you all courtside at 7PM (GMT +2)

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.

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.