English No.1 Sarah-Jane Perry has said next week’s inaugural Manchester Open is a big step forward for women’s squash.The PSA World Tour Silver tournament – a women’s-only event – takes place between May 9-13 and will see a world-class draw compete for a $76,000 prize fund at Manchester’s National Squash Centre.
The Manchester Open is supported by Manchester City Council and follows the successful staging of the award-winning AJ Bell PSA World Championships in the city in December 2017. Equal prize money was on offer across both the men’s and women’s events for the first time in the tournament’s history, and Perry believes the Manchester Open will provide another big milestone for the women’s tour.
“Women’s squash has really come on in the last few years and the standard has improved massively,” said 28-year-old Perry.
“Equal prize money at Platinum level events has been really important and I think this is a real big step forward that there are tournaments for the players to choose from and you can see from the level of the draw that a few players have chosen this one.
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