Daly College Open: Tournament Preview

The last tournament of 2022 on the Challenger Tour will be the Daly College & SquashXtreme SRFI Open, which beings on Sunday in Indore, India.

The Challenger 10 level will take place at the Daly College in the Indian city, and will feature both a men’s and women’s draw over the five-day tournament.

It will be a home hope, in Akanksha Salunkhe, who will lead the way in the women’s draw, with compatriots Tanvi Khanna and Urwashi Joshi also being among the top eight seeds.

The rest of that top eight will be filled by five Egyptians. Menna Hamed, Lojayn Gohary, Ingy Hammouda, Amina El Rihany and Habiba Hossam will all be seeded for the competition. The entirety of the women’s draw is presented by the two nations.

Meanwhile, another Egyptian, in former World No.14 Zahed Salem, will be the top seed in the men’s draw. He will be joined by compatriots Aly Hussein, Khaled Labib and Abdelaziz Hegazy in the top eight seeds for the tournament.

Abhay Singh, who recently became Indian National Champion for the first time, will be the leading home hope in the draw. He will be the No.2 seed, with compatriot Veer Chotrani joining Sri Lankan No.1 Ravindu Laksiri and Frenchman Maceo Levy in the eight seeds for the event.

The event takes place from Sunday, December 18 to Thursday, December 22 at the Daly College in Indore, India. Follow the PSA Challenger Tour on Twitter and Facebook for daily updates from the event.

Men’s First Round Draw: Daly College & SquashXtreme SRFI Open
[1] Zahed Salem (EGY) – [Bye]
Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu (IND) v [9/16] Baptiste Bouin (FRA)
[9/16] Abdelrahman Abdelkhalek (EGY) v Velavan Senthilkumar (IND)
[5] Ravindu Laksiri (SRI) – [Bye]
[8] Veer Chotrani (IND) – [Bye]
Ravi Dixit (IND) v [9/16] Rahul Baitha (IND)
[9/16] Laouenan Loaec (FRA) v [WC] Krishna Mishra (IND)
[3] Aly Hussein (EGY) – [Bye]
[4] Khaled Labib (EGY) – [Bye]
Mohamed Gohar (EGY) v [9/16] Jaideep Singh Sethi (IND)
[9/16] Sven Stettler (SUI) v Kanhav Nanavati (IND)
[7] Maceo Levy (FRA) – [Bye]
[6] Abdelaziz Hegazy (EGY) – [Bye]
Seif Ashraf (EGY) v [9/16] Athbi Hamad (KUW)
[9/16] Brice Nicolas (FRA) v Yusuf Elsherif (EGY)
[2] Abhay Singh (IND) – [Bye]

Women’s First Round Draw: Daly College & SquashXtreme SRFI Open
[1] Akanksha Salunkhe (IND) – [Bye]
Chazerina Benjamin (IND) v [9/16] Khushi Puranik (IND)
[9/16] Sanika Choudhari (IND) v Bijali Darvada (IND)
[8] Habiba Hossam (EGY) – [Bye]
[5] Urwashi Joshi (IND) – [Bye]
[9/16] Anjali Semwal (IND) – [Bye]
[9/16] Mahak Talati (IND) – [Bye]
[3] Tanvi Khanna (IND) – [Bye]
[4] Lojayn Gohary (EGY) – [Bye]
Aishni Pathak (IND) v [9/16] Janet Vidhi (IND)
[9/16] Karma Allam (EGY) v Aaryaa Belsare (IND)
[6] Ingy Hammouda (EGY) – [Bye]
[7] Amina El Rihany (EGY) – [Bye]
[9/16] Rathika Suthanthira Seelan (IND) – [Bye]
[9/16] Radhika Rathore (IND) v Nirupama Dubey (IND)
[2] Menna Hamed (EGY) – [Bye]