Challenger Events
Dynam Cup SQ-Cube Open: Tournament Preview
The Dynam Cup PSA SQ-Cube Open is one of two tournaments on the Challenger Tour this week, and the action gets underway at the Yokohama Squash Stadium SQ-Cube on Friday, May 27.
The tournament, which features a Challenger 5 level men’s event and a Challenger 3 level women’s draw, will run for three days across the weekend, and will see players from seven nations participate to take home the titles on Sunday afternoon in Yokohama.
World No.99 Yassin Elshafei will be the top seed for the men’s tournament, as he aims to add to the two titles he already has under his belt in the 2021-2022 campaign. His nearest challenger for the crown this week will be Hong Kong’s Tang Ming Hong, and Indian Sandeep Ramachandran, with Ryunosuke Tsukue, the leading home favourite, rounding out the top four seeds.
The Filipino trio of Robert Andrew Garcia, Reymark Begornia and David Pelino, along with Ziad Ibrahim make up the rest of the seeded players for the competition, one that will also feature Singaporean Samuel Kang and Pakistan’s Muhammad Haris Iqbal.
Hong Kong’s Cheng Nga Ching and Ching Hei Fung will join the Japanese pair of Satomi Watanabe and Akari Midorikawa in the top four seeds for the women’s Challenger 3 level tournament. Fung will be looking to join the other three as winners on Tour this season.
The event takes place from Friday, May 27 to Sunday, May 29 at the Yokohama Squash Stadium SQ-Cube in Japan, and you can follow the PSA Challenger Tour on *Twitter* and *Facebook* for daily updates from the event.
Men’s First Round Draw: Dynam Cup PSA SQ-Cube Open
[1] Yassin Elshafei (EGY) v Muhammad Haris Iqbal (PAK)
Samuel Kang (SGP) v [8] Ziad Ibrahim (EGY)
[5] Robert Andrew Garcia (PHI) v Naoki Sone (JPN)
[WC] Tomotaka Endo (JPN) v [4] Ryunosuke Tsukue (JPN)
[3] Sandeep Ramachandran (IND) v Naoki Hayashi (JPN)
Yujin Ikeda (JPN) v [7] David Pelino (PHI)
[6] Reymark Begornia (PJI) v Rahul Baitha (IND)
Yuta Ando (JPN) v [2] Tang Ming Hong (HKG)
Women’s First Round Draw: Dynam Cup PSA SQ-Cube Open
[1] Cheng Nga Ching (HKG) – [Bye]
Reserve v [5] Ayaka Matsuzawa (JPN)
[7] Yukino Sakurai (JPN) v Malak Ahmed (EGY)
[3] Ching Hei Fung (JPN) – [Bye]
[4] Akari Midorikawa (JPN) v Jemyca Aribado (PHI)
Ryoko Kadota (JPN) v [8] Kozue Onizawa (JPN)
[6] Kurumi Takahashi (JPN) v Chinatsu Matsui (JPN)
[2] Satomi Watanabe (JPN) – [Bye]