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India’s Velavan Senthilkumar was crowned champion of the 2026 PSA Budapest Squash Open on Friday evening. In the final played on the all-glass court at Millenáris Building D, Senthilkumar defeated Balázs Farkas 3–0 to lift the Budapest Open trophy.

🇮🇳 Velavan Senthilkumar – Balázs Farkas 🇭🇺 3–0 (11–4, 11–2, 11–3)

The Indian was unstoppable throughout the week. He eliminated several seeded players on his way to the title, including top seed and World No. 18 Eain Yow Ng of Malaysia, whom he defeated 3–0 in the quarter-finals. In the semi-finals, he overcame fellow Indian Veer Chotrani in a five-game battle before continuing his impressive run in the final.

For Balázs Farkas, the Budapest tournament marked one of the most memorable PSA events of his career. The Hungarian international produced a series of outstanding performances on his way to the final. After defeating second seed Bernat Jaume of Spain, he beat Japan’s Ryunosuke Tsukue 3–0 before overcoming Egyptian World No. 41 Moustafa Elsirty in straight games in the semi-finals.

Finishing runner-up at the $43,500 PSA Copper event is an outstanding achievement for Hungarian squash, particularly in a field featuring several TOP 50 players.

Congratulations, Balázs – we are proud of you! 🇭🇺❤️

Budapest Is Becoming an Important Destination on the PSA World Tour

The PSA Budapest Open has brought international professional squash to the Hungarian capital for the third consecutive year. Its significance is even greater considering that relatively few PSA World Tour events are held in Europe, while tournaments of this level are particularly rare in Central and Eastern Europe. We are therefore especially proud that Hungary continues to have a place on the international PSA calendar year after year.

It was a great honour to welcome Gábor Pósfai, Minister of the Interior, and Attila Kálnoki-Kiss, State Secretary for Sport, to the final and the award ceremony. Both played an important role in helping us find a new venue at very short notice following the fire at Ormai Hall three weeks ago, allowing us to stage the tournament for players from 16 countries at this impressive location.

The PSA Budapest Open final also brought to a close an unprecedented two-week international squash festival in Budapest. From 19–22 August, the Hungarian capital hosted the European Individual Squash Championships for the first time in 20 years, welcoming a record 27 nations and 120 players and coaches. Just two days later, the PSA Budapest Open World Tour event got underway.

Two weeks, two major international events, Europe’s and the world’s elite, and countless memorable matches in Budapest.

Thank you to all the players, spectators, partners, sponsors, volunteers and everyone who contributed to making these two weeks so special.

📸 The full PSA photo album is available here. Thank you to Richárd Kirner and Viktor Krokavecz!

And with that, two unforgettable weeks of squash in Budapest come to an end. ❤️🤍💚

Balázs Farkas continued his fantastic run at the $43,500 PSA Budapest Squash Open and has booked his place in Friday’s final!

Hungary’s No. 1 produced another outstanding performance on Thursday evening, defeating fourth seed and World No. 41 Moustafa Elsirty of Egypt in straight games.

🇭🇺 Balázs Farkas (WR 55) – Moustafa Elsirty (WR 41) 🇪🇬 3–0 (11–4, 11–3, 11–7)

Balázs was in control throughout the semi-final and secured his place in the final in just 32 minutes.

The other semi-final was a much closer battle. In an all-Indian clash, World No. 54 Velavan Senthilkumar defeated compatriot Veer Chotrani in five games to set up a final against Balázs.

🇮🇳 Velavan Senthilkumar – Veer Chotrani 🇮🇳 3–2 (11–9, 8–11, 11–7, 1–11, 12–10)

The final is coming on Friday!

Balázs Farkas vs Velavan Senthilkumar
📅 Friday, 28 August
⏰ 7:00 PM
📍 Millenáris Glass Hall, Budapest

In front of his home crowd, Balázs will have the chance to claim the first PSA Budapest Squash Open title of his career.

Come and support Balázs live at Millenáris!

Come on, Balu! One more match – let’s go for the trophy!

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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.

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