National squash championship from August 23

The 81st HCL National squash championship is all set to be hosted within the coronary heart of Delhi within the National Stadium from August 23 to twenty-eight.

Even although the venue has hosted home and worldwide occasions up to now, the sheer quantity and the variety of matches would imply a litmus take a look at.

The males will compete first in a pre-qualifying draw of 256. The prime 16 from this bunch will then be joined by 16 seeded gamers within the qualifying occasion. Eight qualifiers will finally be part of eight seeded gamers in a primary draw of 16.

Similarly, the ladies will first compete in a pre-qualifying draw of 64. Then there will likely be a qualifying draw of 32 which already has seasoned gamers like Janet Vidhi, Sunita Patel, Urwashi Joshi, Unnati Tripathi and Tanvi Khanna to call a number of.

The girls’s primary draw will even have eight seeded gamers and eight qualifiers.

Abhay Singh and Anahat Singh are the defending champions within the males’s and ladies’s sections. Both have received it twice. Anahat would, actually, be eyeing a hat-trick.

Indian squash has been nurtured by a giant supporter in HCL for the final 10 years, when the corporate first began by supporting the Junior National championship. Thereafter, it backed the lads’s and ladies’s National championship, at instances internet hosting it at its amenities within the Shiv Nadar University and the HCL Headquarters.

“Indian squash has nice potential to make a worldwide mark. It wants sustained assist and platforms to develop. Through our collaboration with SRFI, we’re dedicated to constructing that ecosystem. The National championship isn’t just a event, it’s a stage for India’s greatest to push the boundaries and encourage the following era,” mentioned Rajat Chandolia, Associate Vice President of HCL.

The males’s and ladies’s champions will get ₹1,30,000 every. The runners-up ₹75,000. There will likely be a complete of ₹7,70,000 prize cash, together with ₹1,40,000 for the professional coaches occasion.

“We are excited to have our marquee occasion on the solely SAI squash facility within the nation, on the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium. All our greatest gamers are competing, together with the highest seeds Abhay Singh and Anahat Singh, who had received the Asian Games doubles medals as a staff. The National championship is a wonderful occasion, and we’re grateful to HCL for the assist. We are additionally categorical gratitude to the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports for the assist to host the National championship,” mentioned the secretary normal of SRFI, Cyrus Poncha.