Oxford Properties Canadian Men’s Open: Preview

The Oxford Properties Canadian Men’s Open 2023 Presented by Airsprint Private Aviation gets underway from the Bow Valley Athletic Club in Calgary next week with 24 players looking to capture the Bronze event title.

France’s Victor Crouin is the top seed for the event and after reaching the quarter finals minimum of all of his previous six events, the Frenchman will be looking to capture his third title of the season and his second Bronze event. Crouin admitted that he is hungry for more titles as we caught up with him to discuss the event and future. His thoughts here.

Wales’ Joel Makin is the events No.2 seed and after suffering an injury at the end of last season has started to find some form on the PSA World Tour of late despite losing out in the Tournament of Champions second round to Nicolas Mueller. The physical Welshman has dropped outside the world’s top 10 and will be determined boost his chances of a return with a positive showing in Calgary.

Tour veterans Nicolas Mueller and Miguel Rodriguez occupy the No.3 and 4 seeding spots and are both still more than capable of causing upsets and claiming titles as they both showed earlier in the season as they won Challenger 30 events in Czech Republic and Australia.

The three Canadian players in the draw are led by World No.56 and Canadian No.1 David Baillargeon, who faces England’s Nick Wall on day one of the event. Wildcards Connor Turk and Nick Sachvie also feature on day one and they will look to upset the seedings as they play Balazs Farkas and Cesar Salazar respectively.

A women’s PSA Challenger Tour 10 event will be held alongside the men’s tournament, with Canadian No.2 Danielle Letourneau headlining the Expression Networks BVAC Women’s Open draw alongside the likes of Enora Villard, Nicole Bunyan and Marie Stephan.

All the men’s matches will be streamed live on SQUASHTV whereas the women’s Challenger 10 event will be streamed on the PSA Challenger Tour YouTube channel from the quarter finals onwards.

For updates on the Canadian Open, visit the PSA World Tour website or follow the PSA on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube.

Main Draw: Oxford Properties Canadian Men’s Open 2023 Presented by Airsprint Private Aviation

[1] Victor Crouin (FRA) [bye]

[WC] Connor Turk (CAN) v [9/16] Balazs Farkas (HUN)

[9/16] Cesar Salazar (MEX) v [WC] Nick Sachvie (CAN)

[7] Mohamed ElSherbini (EGY) [bye]

[8] Shahjahan Khan (USA)) [bye]

Rory Stewart (SCO) v [9/16] Auguste Dussourd (FRA)

[9/16] Sebastien Bonmalais (FRA) v Rui Soares (POR)

[4] Miguel Rodriguez (COL) [bye]

[3] Nicolas Mueller (SUI) [bye]

Bernat Jaume (ESP) v [9/16] Todd Harrity (USA)

[9/16] Leonel Cardenas (MEX) v Tsz Kwan Lau (HKG)

[5] Raphael Kandra (GER) [bye]

[6] Dimitri Steinmann (SUI) [bye]

David Baillargeon (CAN) v [9/16] Nick Wall (ENG)

[9/16] Faraz Khan (USA) v Andrew Douglas (USA)

[2] Joel Makin (WAL) [bye]

2023 Expression Networks BVAC Women’s Open: Draw

[2] Nicole Bunyan (CAN) [bye]

[WC] Hannah Guthrie (CAN) v [9/16] Ching Hei Fung (HKG)

[9/16] Cheng Nga Ching (HKG) v [WC] Catherine Giachino (CAN)

[5] Sarah Cardwell (AUS) [bye]

[8] Alicia Mead (ENG) [bye]

Maddison Laine (CAN) v [9/16] Alison Thompson (SCO)

[9/16] Ambre Allinckx (SUI) [bye]

[3] Marie Stephan (FRA) [bye]

[4] Zeina Zein (EGY) [bye]

Sara Khan (CAN) v [9/16] Sohaila Ismail (EGY)

[9/16] Ali Loke (WAL) v [WC] Niki Shemirani (CAN)

[6] Kaitlyn Watts (NZL) [bye]

[7] Alex Haydon (AUS) [bye]

[9/16] Diana Garcia (MEX)[bye]

[9/16] Riya Navani (USA) v Amelia Knapp (CAN)

[1] Enora Villard (FRA) [bye]