Paris Squash 2024: Tournament Preview & How To Watch Live

The highly anticipated Paris Squash 2024 gets underway tomorrow, with 64 of the world’s best squash players descending upon the French capital in search of the first Platinum-level title of the season.

Returning for a second successive season, this year’s event will be headlined at the historic Cirque d’Hiver Bougilione – the oldest active circus in the world and renowned Parisian landmark – with day one of action also shared across the Squash Horizon and Squash Montmartre clubs.

Every second of action from the Paris Squash 2024 will be available to watch live on SQUASHTV. You can also grab 25% of your SQUASHTV annual pass by using the code “PARIS25”.

The Cirque d’Hiver Bouglione, known for its rich history in circus arts, will be hosting its third professional squash event and the first since 1996. The venue’s first-ever squash event took place in 1983 and was won by the legendary Jahangir Khan. Over the years, the Cirque d’Hiver Bouglione has diversified its activities, hosting various shows, including concerts, political meetings, and sports events.

A week on from the season-opening CIB Egyptian Open, the champions from the first-ever Diamond-level event, Mostafa Asal and Nour El Sherbini, will be looking to continue their unbeaten starts to the campaign. Asal, 23, faces a tricky test in his opening match in Paris, taking on former British Open champion Miguel Rodriguez, while El Sherbini will take on the returning former World No.2 Camille Serme in Round One. Serme will be competing in her first PSA Tour event since the Egyptian Open in 2021.

Elsewhere in the men’s event, World No.1 Ali Farag has been named as the top seed and will be eyeing a bounce-back title charge after losing out in the Egyptian Open final. Behind the Egyptian in the seedings lie No.2 seed Paul Coll and No.4 seed Diego Elias, the latter of whom is the current men’s World Champion. ‘The Peruvian Puma’ faces the potential of yet another battle against Farag – with the two having played on 27 occasions during their careers to date – if both were to progress to the semi-finals.

Other noteworthy opening-round matches from the men’s draw see French No.1 Victor Crouin take on former World Champion Karim Abdel Gawad, and Welsh No.1 Joel Makin face Aly Abou Eleinen. Meanwhile, fellow French players Baptiste Masotti, Sebastien Bonmalais and Gregoire Marche will all be looking to put on a show for the home crowds.

In the women’s event, World No.2 Nouran Gohar will face a repeat of her Egyptian Open semi-final against Nada Abbas – a match which she comfortably won in straight games – but this time in Round One in Paris. ‘The Terminator’, who saw her incredible 29-match unbeaten streak broken in the final in Cairo last week, was a runner-up at this event last year and will be looking to go one better as she returns to the French capital.

A potential semi-final clash against fierce rival and World No.3 Hania El Hammamy could await Gohar if the event were to go to seeding. The pair have met 26 times on the PSA Tour, with current World Champion Gohar having won their last three meetings.

No.4 seed Nele Gilis, born less than 250 miles away from Paris in Geel, Belgium, will also be hoping for strong support from friends and family as she aims to return to winning ways after a second-round exit to Sana Ibrahim at the Egyptian Open.

American No.1 Olivia Weaver returns to action for the first time this season after missing out on the Egyptian Open through injury and will face Mariam Metwally in the first round. The No.5 seed can be found in the same quarter as World No.1 El Sherbini.

The Paris Squash 2024 will also feature two wildcard positions, awarded to French teenagers Lauren Baltayan and Melvil Scianimanico. Baltayan will face Hong Kong, China’s Tomato Ho in the first round, while Scianimanico will take on England’s Adrian Waller.

The full draws for Paris Squash can be found by clicking here.

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