Aida Sekkei Greetings Championships: Tournament Preview

The second event of this week’s action will be the Aida Sekkei Greetings Squash Championships, with the tournament being held at the Greetings Squash Saitama from Friday, February 11 to Sunday, February 13.

The event will feature a Challenger 5 men’s draw and a Challenger 3 women’s draw, with the tournament being domestically restricted on entrants, allowing on those currently based in Japan to enter the event.

Due to that, there will be just two foreign players in the tournament, with Pakistan’s Muhammad Haris Iqbal and Shahzad Ali both in the men’s event, which will be topped by Tomotaka Endo, who will be featuring on Tour for only the third time since 2019.

Naoki Hayashi will be the No.2 seed for the men’s event, and he will be playing on Tour for only the fifth time in that same period of time. Ryunosuke Tsukue, who won on both outings in 2021, will also be amongst those challenging for the title in Saitama this week.

16-year-old Akari Midorikawa is the top seed for the women’s event with the World No.284 playing for only the second time on Tour. 17-year-old Kurumi Takahashi will be her nearest challenger in terms of rankings, and like her compatriot, she will be playing for only the second time in her Tour career.

The event takes place from Friday, February 11 to Sunday, February 13 at the Greetings Squash in Saitama, and you can follow the PSA Challenger Tour on *Twitter* and *Facebook* for daily updates from the event.

Men’s First Round Draw: Aida Sekkei Greetings Squash Championships
[1] Tomotaka Endo (JPN) – [Bye]
Yuta Ando (JPN) v [6] Yujin Ikeda (JPN)
[8] Tomomine Murayama (JPN) v Yuta Kiyosawa (JPN)
[WC] Shu Takahashi (JPN) v [4] Shota Yasunari (JPN)
[3] Ryunosuke Tsukue (JPN) v Shahzad Ali (PAK)
[WC] Yuki Tokuhara (JPN) v [5] Naoki Sone (JPN)
[7] Muhammad Haris Iqbal (PAK) v Kosei Toki (JPN)
[2] Naoki Hayashi (JPN) – [Bye]

Women’s First Round Draw: Aida Sekkei Greetings Squash Championships
[2] Kurumi Takahashi (JPN) – [Bye]
[5] Kozue Onizawa (JPN) – [Bye]
[8] Mika Watanabe (JPN) v Michiko Takahashi (JPN)
[3] Ayaka Matsuzawa (JPN) – [Bye]
[4] Yukino Sakurai (JPN) – [Bye]
Himari Midorikawa (JPN) v Waka Tachibana (JPN)
[6] Ryoko Kadota (JPN) v [7] Akiko Midorikawa (JPN)
[1] Akari Midorikawa (JPN) – [Bye]