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Friday Preview

Our amateur draws will start this afternoon with 70 players playing in 7 divisions. Good luck to all competitors.

A quick reminder that the entry deadline for next weekends “Control the T” amateur draws in Waterloo is this Sunday. Jamie Hickox does a great job at Northfield Club and the event is well worth attending. Registration

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Looking forward to some great action tonight. Matches begin at 5pm and run every 75 minutes. Please note that it is a full crowd. We ask that only those with assigned seats take a space in the stands…and remind spectators to arrive early as parking will be at a premium.

We really can’t thank our sponsors enough as this tournament could never happen without them. Welcoming 48 professionals from 25 countries is a massive undertaking and requires the support of the entire London squash community, but it is the sponsors funding in cash and in-kind support that allows us to offer up $32,000 USD in prize money – Canada’s second largest purse for 2019. We thank you all for your continues support.

If you can’t be at London Squash tonight be sure to log in and watch online.

Friday’s Semi Final Matches

Court 2 5:00pm      [1] Melissa Alves (FRA; 45) vs. [8] Donna Lobban (AUS; 64)

  • Melissa Alves gained last minute entry to the 2018 NASH Cup ranked 194th in the world. She proved that ranking meant nothing and made it to the quarter finals.  
  • After a great year in the PSA Melissa returns as the tournament’s top seed looking to be the first French Athlete to claim the NASH Cup trophy.
  • Melissa reached a carrier high ranking of 44th in July 2019. She has won 4 PSA Titles
  • This is Donna’s first NASH Cup appearance. She has been ranked as high as 13th in the PSA and only moved out of the world’s top 20 in January 2019 . She holds 11 PSA Titles.
  • These players have never faced each other in PSA competition.

 Court 1 6:15pm      [1] Vikram Malhotra (IND; 63) vs. [4] Leonel Cardenas (MEX;79)

  • Vikram Malhotra is returning for his second NASH Cup after losing to Chris Binnie in the 2018 Semi-Finals.
  • After the 2018 NASH Cup Vikram continued to the Aspin Cup in Charlottetown which he won. Virkam holds 10 PSA Titles
  • Leonel is at London Squash for the first time. He joined the PSA in 2016 and has 6 Titles. His win percentage is very high at 72%.
  • Vikram and Leonel faced each other in the opening round of the 2018 APM Kelowna Open with Vikram coming out on top 3-1 

Court 2 7:30pm       [4] Emilia Soini (FIN; 57) vs. [2] Jasmine Hutton (ENG;54)

  • Emilia is a first time NASH Cup participant and enters at the best ranking of her carrier.
  • This is Jasmine’s second NASH Cup and she also enters with her best ever ranking. Jasmine holds 2 PSA Titles.
  • Emilia and Jasmine have faced off once before in PSA competition at the 2017 Internazional D-Italia where Emilia won 3-2.

 Court 1 8:45pm       [3] Alfredo Avila (MEX; 71) vs. [2] Auguste Dussourd (FRA; 68)  

  • Alfredo first came to the NASH Cup in 2010 as a junior making the finals. He returned in 2018 and won the championship.  Alfredo holds 11 PSA Titles.
  • Dussourd is in the NASH Cup for the first time. He has 6 PSA titles to his name and will continue to Charlottetown next week as the #1 seed. Dussourd holds 6 PSA Titles.
  • This is the pairs 3rd meeting in just over a year and they have each won once.
    • 2018 Tour de las Americas – Paraguay Open – Finals – Alfredo won 3-1 to win the tournament
    • 2019 Pembroke Management Montreal Open – Opening round – Auguste won 3-1.