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Australian Open
2018
2018
01-05 Aug, Mulgrave Country Club,
Melbourne, $11k |
Preview from Squash Victoria
The Australian Open is Australia's most prestigious singles
squash tournament that attracts players from nations around the
world, and will this year be held in Melbourne at the Mulgrave
Country Club from August 1-5.
Underlining the esteemed status the Australian Open is held in
is the list of legends on the tournament’s honour role. Among
those to have Australian Open titles within their trophy cabinet
are Geoff Hunt, Jahangir Khan, Rodney Martin, Vicki Cardwell,
Michelle Martin, Sarah Fitz-Gerald and Susan Devoy [plus Ramy
Ashour, Nick Matthew, David Palmer, Jonathon Power, Rodney Eyles,
Brett Martin, Nicol David, Rachael & Natalie Grinham, Leilani
Joyce amd more!]
Aiming to join those famous names in 2018 will be Victorian pair
Rex Hedrick and Christine Nunn, who enter this year’s
Australian Open as the number one seeds in the Men’s and Women’s
Open draws respectively.
Hedrick will face stiff competition in the Men’s draw from
fellow top Australian players in Josh Larkin (Australian Open
finalist in 2017) and Rhys Dowling, who both sit inside the top
100 in the world, while Tamika Saxby, Jessica Turnbull and
another Victorian hopeful in Sarah Cardwell will be among the
local stars expected to contend for the Women’s trophy.
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Australian Open History
NEW PSA TOUR STRUCTURE STARTS HERE ...
The Australian Open marks the start of the new PSA Tour
structure for 2018/19, with
no qualifying and 24 (or 48) player draws.
There are eight Round One matches with the winners going through
to face the top eight seeds in round two.
While there are eight [9/16] seeds, we'll just be placing them
in the draw rather than declaring them.
For larger events the 48-draws will have 16 round one
matches, the winners going on to meet one of the top 16 seeds. |
  Australian
Open 2018
01-05 Aug, Melbourne, $11k |
Round One
01 Aug 19.15-20.45 |
Round Two
02 Aug |
Quarters
03 Aug |
Semis
04 Aug |
Final
05 Aug |
Thomas King (Can)
Ryan Pasqual (Mas) |
[1] Rex Hedrick (Aus)
20.45 |
20.45 |
19.15 |
15.45 |
Ryunosuke Tsukue (Jpn)
[wc] Darren Chan (Mas) |
[6] Rhys Dowling (Aus)
19.15 |
Luke Jones (Nzl)
[wc] Rohan Toole (Aus) |
[8] Thomas Calvert (Aus)
19.15 |
19.15 |
Scott Galloway (Nzl)
Zac Millar (Nzl) |
[4] Mohd Syafiq Kamal (Mas)
20.45 |
David Ilich (Aus)
Alex Eustace (Aus) |
20.45
[3] Dimitri Steinmann (Sui) |
19.15 |
17.45 |
Chang-Wook Woo (Kor)
Elvinn Keo (Mas) |
19.15
[7] Evan Williams (Nzl) |
[wc] Lachlan Coxsedge (Aus)
Bryan Lim Tze Kang (Mas) |
19.15
[5] Sebastien Bonmalais (Fra) |
20.45 |
Courtney West (Aus)
Joel Luca (Aus) |
20.45
[2] Joshua Larkin (Aus) |
[9/16] seeds are on top in the top half, on the bottom in
the bottom half
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Australian
Open 2018
01-05 Aug, Melbourne, $11k |
Round One
01 Aug 19.15-20.45 |
Round Two
02 Aug |
Quarters
03 Aug |
Semis
04 Aug |
Final
05 Aug |
Nazihah Hanis (Mas)
[wc] Jessica Osborne (Aus) |
[1] Christine Nunn (Aus)
20.00 |
20.00 |
18.30 |
15.00 |
Hana Ramadan (Egy)
Noorena Shams (Pak) |
[5] Tamika Saxby (Aus)
18.30 |
Ooi Kah Yan (Mas)
[wc] Shehana Vithana (Aus) |
[7] Jessica Turnbull (Aus)
18.30 |
18.30 |
Taylor Flavell (Aus)
Colette Sultana (Mlt) |
[4] Rachel Arnold (Mas)
20.00 |
[wc] Courtney Mather (Aus)
Anna Serme (Cze) |
20.00
[3] Tong Tsz-Wing (Hkg) |
18.30 |
17.00 |
Selena Shaikh (Aus)
Kaitlyn Watts (Nzl) |
18.30
[6] Sarah Cardwell (Aus) |
Arezoosadat Mousavizadeh (Iri)
Wen Li Lai (Mas) |
18.30
[8] Abbie Palmer (Nzl) |
20.00 |
Aika Azman (Mas)
Nadia Pfister (Sui) |
20.00
[2] Ho Tze-Lok (Hkg) |
[9/16] seeds are on top in the top
half, on the bottom in the bottom half
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