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Round two of the Grasshopper Cup gets underway today from Halle 622 in Zurich with the top half matches taking place from 16:00 (GMT+2).
Both No.1 seeds, Nour El Sherbini and Ali Farag, start their campaigns tonight against home favourites Cindy Merlo and Nicolas Mueller who will be looking to draw on the home crowds support to mount a fight against the top seeds.
A repeat of the U.S Open quarter final match between Youssef Soliman and Marwan ElShorbagy takes place at 14:30 with the younger Egyptian seeking revenge for last week’s defeat. Similarly another U.S. Open rematch will close the night’s action as the eventual Champion Diego Elias will take on France’s Baptiste Masotti for a place in the quarter finals.
You can watch the action from the glass court live on SQUASHTV from 16:00 (GMT+2) and you can also keep right up to date with the scores from Switzerland here.
After a three-year COVID-enforced hiatus, Switzerland’s Grasshopper Cup makes a long-awaited return to the PSA World Tour tomorrow.
The Grasshopper Cup, which will be played in Halle 622 in Zurich-Oerlikon and Squash Arena Uster, is one of squash’s great traditional tournaments, with the event first being played in 1979.
The Gold-level event, which features a men’s and women’s draw, will be best-of-three scoring up to and including the quarter-finals, before moving to best-of-five scoring for the semi-finals and finals [CHECK!]
In the men’s event, World No.1 Ali Farag leads the draw. The 30-year-old will be hoping to recover from a disappointing end to his US Open last week after suffering an injury just two minutes into the final. The Egyptian, who is set to appear in his fourth Grasshopper Cup, is aiming for a maiden title after a defeat in the 2017 final.
In the women’s event, reigning World Champion and current World No.2 Nour El Sherbini leads the draw. The 26-year-old is playing in her first Grasshopper Cup and is seeded to meet World No.3 Hania El Hammamy in the final.
