CHENNAI, SEP 18: Top Indian and International players from 10 countries in the age group of Under-11 to Under-19 will be seen in action in both the Boy’s and Girl’s sections as the first of the four PSA Indian Tour squash tourney begins with the Southern Slam here tomorrow.

As part of its efforts to enhance the squash ecosystem in the country, HCL and SRFI kick-started the HCL Indian Tour-a Professional Squash Association (PSA) multi-city circuit in the country.

This tour aims to provide Indian players an opportunity to compete against the world’s best on their home turf and gain international ranking points.

As part of this, SRFI plans to organize four PSA tournaments till March 2023 across four cities in India, starting with a tournament at the Indian Squash Academy here from tomorrow till September 23.

This tournament will witness participation from top Indian players and international players from 10 countries including India, Egypt, Japan, England, Singapore and Spain among others.

The tournament offers prize money of USD 12K each for men and women.

It aims at providing exposure for junior players to watch and learn from PSA players and increase their Asian rankings.

The PSA tournament beginning here tomorrow will be the Southern Slam, a junior squash tournament for players in the Under-11 to Under-19 age category.

This will be a 5-Star tournament by SRFI and a Platinum event under the Asian Squash Federation calendar.

The top seeded players are Aly Abou Eleinen (Egypt, Rank-63) in the men’s category, Martin Svec (Czechoslovakia, Rank–83), Kenzy Ayman (Egypt, Rank–60), and Sunayna Kuruvilla (India, Rank-119) in the women’s category.

With a world ranking of No.109, Abhay Singh and Tanvi Khanna (India, World Rank–92) will lead the Indian challenge in the men’s and women’s sections respectively. (UNI)