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ISLAMABAD: The Professional Squash Association (PSA) has announced its 2023-24 PSA World Tour calendar, with 36 events scheduled to take place across five continents from August 2023 to June 2024.

The season begins in Canada for the inaugural Windsor Cup, which would be held between from August 15 to 19. The first Platinum event of the new campaign would then see France hold a major squash tournament for the first time since 1994 when the Paris Squash event marks its debut on the calendar from August 27 to September 2. The event would take place on the grounds of the Palais de Tokyo in the shadow of the iconic Eiffel Tower, said a press release.

The Q-Terminals Qatar Classic will take place in September, featuring a women’s draw for the first time since 2015, with the prestigious U.S. Open taking place the following month.

The City Tattersalls Group Australian Open – held in Sydney between November 8-12 – would rejoin the World Tour in what will be the biggest PSA event held in the country since 2012.

2023 ends with the Hong Kong Squash Open at the end of November and beginning of December, before the tour signs off for the winter break following the culmination of the women’s Barfoot & Thompson New Zealand Open and the men’s Robertson Lodges New Zealand Open on December 10.

2024 kicks off with the Gold-level Kinetic Orange Ball Florida Open in what would be the State’s biggest ever PSA event. The J.P. Morgan Tournament of Champions then follows, with the first Platinum event of the New Year being staged yet again in the stunning Vanderbilt Hall at New York’s iconic Grand Central Terminal.

The Windy City Open presented by the Walter Family returns to the calendar at the end of February after being replaced in last season’s calendar by the PSA World Championships in Chicago. The tour returns to Egypt in April for the Black Ball Open and El Gouna International, while the biggest tournament in squash – the PSA World Championships – will be held in May, with the venue for that tournament set to be announced soon.

The British Open would return to the spectacular Birmingham Rep Theatre at the start of June, before the season wraps up at the PSA World Tour Finals at the end of the month.

In addition to the various trophies on offer, points for the PSA World Tour Finals Leaderboard would be available at all PSA World Tour events throughout the season.

The top eight players on the standings qualify for the season-ending PSA World Tour Finals, whilst all Platinum winners and the reigning PSA World Champions qualify automatically for the season-ending spectacle, which was won by Egyptian duo Mostafa Asal and Nouran Gohar last season.