The Grasshopper Cup gets underway this week with the second major European tournament of 2019 taking place in Zurich, Switzerland.Halle 622 and Squash Uster will play host to the event, which has just one defending Champion in the field, the 2012 winner Daryl Selby.
Gregory Gaultier has won the event twice in the last six years, with Alister Walker, Amr Shabana, and Marwan ElShorbagy all winning in Zurich.
Ramy Ashour is the defending Champion, but like the other past winners, the Egyptian will not take part in this year’s event.
There is a prize pot of $110,000 for the tournament, with the victor taking home just under $18,000 of it for winning the PSA Gold event.
The first round begins on Tuesday afternoon at 13:30 CET (GMT +1), with Declan James taking on Eain Yow Ng at Squash Uster and will be shown live on the PSA World Tour Facebook page to all territories.
There are two Swiss players in the 24-strong field, including the country’s 13-time national Champion, Nicolas Mueller. Dimitri Steinmann is the other home favourite, after receiving a wild card spot.
The top eight seeds, which includes five Egyptians, have received a bye through to the second round. World No.1 Ali Farag, the tournament’s No.1 seed Mohamed ElShorbagy, Tarek Momen, Karim Abdel Gawad and Mohamed Abouelghar will enter the Grasshopper Cup at the second round stage.
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