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Among the 128-player fields are the following notable names aiming to cement their spot… Eugenie Bouchard The Canadian is the highest-profile player in the qualifying field, a former world No.5 who remains among the top 10 most-followed tennis players on social media. After falling as low as world No.332 in March 2020, Bouchard improved her ranking to 141st by season’s end after a string of impressive results when the sport resumed in August, including a quarterfinal in Prague and final in ...

Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex in Doha, Qatar from Sunday 10 to Wednesday 13 January. The decision to host qualifying offshore is an innovative solution for the AO with 128 men to compete for sixteen qualifying spots in the Australian Open main draw to be held in Melbourne from 8-21 February. “We are very grateful to our friends in Qatar for hosting the Australian Open 2021 men’s qualifying event in Doha,” Australian Open Tournament Director Craig Tiley said. “Stagin...

2020: Year In Review - PT.2 News 180 days after the PSA World Tour and PSA Challenger Tour were both suspended due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, professional squash returned to action in September. You can take a look back at the first part of our 2020 review right here, where we looked back at the first three months of the calendar year. In the second part of our 2020 review, we take a look at the last four months of the year, as both the PSA World Tour and PSA Challenger Tour made a tent...

Qatar to host men’s qualifying of Australian Open 2021  18 Dec 2020 - 20:27 The Peninsula Doha: The Qatar Tennis Federation (QTF) will host the 2021 Australian Open qualifying for the first time at the Khalifa Tennis and Squash Complex form January 10-13. The qualifying will feature the participation of 128 with only 16 players to qualify to the main draw. The tournament has been rescheduled to be held in Melbourne from Feb. 8-21 to ensure enough time for quarantine. The QTF Board Member K...

Now, weddings in Qatar can have 120 people outdoors and 80 indoors: MOPH Dec 17, 2020 Doha The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) has decided to raise the maximum number of people allowed to attend weddings to 120 in open places (outdoors) and to 80 indoors. There’s been a limit on the number of people allowed in weddings due to coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The ministry emphasised the need for commitment to implement all preventive measures such as wearing of masks and keeping a safe distan...

Challenger Tour Preview: Action in Qatar, Spain, England and France News There are four events on the PSA Challenger Tour this week, with action coming from Qatar, Spain, England and France over the next eight days. Three of those tournaments are Challenger 10 level, with the other being a Challenger 3, the newest level of tournament now on the Tour, a level introduced with lower prize money following the COVID-19 pandemic. Bexley Open The Challenger 3 tournament comes on British soil, at the B...