The fifth annual Festival of Squash in Charlottesville, Virginia, features the $25,000 Harrow Sports Charlottesville Open professional men’s draw at the Boar’s Head Resort, September 20-24.
While the professionals compete on the all-glass center court, the McAthur Squash Center’s eight adjacent courts will host US Squash-sanctioned open adult and junior silver tournaments.
The sixteen-player PSA draw kicks off Wednesday, September 20, at 12pm noon local time, with all matches scoring and streaming live on www.usprosquashseries.com/live.
Switzerland’s world No. 30 Nicolas Mueller leads the draw as the top seed in his Charlottesville debut. England’s world No. 38 Adrian Waller returns to Virginia as the two seed after reaching the 2016 semifinals.
Three Americans are set for first round action. Unseeded Timmy Lasusa is the first American in action against Egypt’s eight seed Mazen Hesham at 12:50pm. U.S. veteran Chris Gordon, world No. 63, takes on Qatar’s three seed Abdulla Mohd Al Tamimi at 2:30pm. U.S. champion Chris Hanson faces Mexico’s seven seed Arturo Salazar at 5:20pm.
View the full draw on www.usprosquashseries.com.
Professional matches are free admission and open to the general public.