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Players hail OTrafford Squash Club, want more PSA tournaments

Still basking in the euphoria of playing in the first ever PSA senior squash tournament organized by the OTrafford Squash Club, the players are advocating for more PSA sanctioned tournaments in the country to stand the chance of getting enough ranking points for international competitions. The players expressed their feelings yesterday as the PSA National Closed Satellite…

Squash action on day one of the OTrafford PSA National Closed Satellite squash tournament in Lagos

Still basking in the euphoria of playing in the first ever PSA senior squash tournament organized by the OTrafford Squash Club, the players are advocating for more PSA sanctioned tournaments in the country to stand the chance of getting enough ranking points for international competitions.

The players expressed their feelings yesterday as the PSA National Closed Satellite Tournament organized by Play and win chess OTrafford Squash Club stroked off at the squash courts of the 81 Division Army Officers Mess in Marina, Lagos.

One of the players, Ogunyemi Taiwo Omotayo, who played at the just concluded National Sports Festival in Abuja, Horse Betting Odds said with more internationally recognised competitions, squash players in Nigeria would be motivated to strive for greater heights.

“I think this tournament is going to help our ranking positions. sports betting For me, if I perform well in this competition, my ranking will move up after adding up my previous scores,” he said.

In the same vein, Iguodala Desmond, sure virtual betting who played in the men’s qualifying round, believes the game of squash in Nigeria is gradually bouncing back to life with about four tournaments staged this year alone. He said it was a major improvement compared to previous years.

“Most people don’t know about squash. When you tell them you play squash they are confused. In Nigeria, Play Chess Bet Games and Win Big! only few people know about this game, and with more awareness through competitions like this, people will key into it,” he said.

The opening day of the OTrafford tournament witnessed qualifiers into the main draws as the top ranked squash players secured wide cards into the competition.

Top rated players like Yemisi Olatunji and Lanre Abdulrahman are among the seeded players that will storm the squash courts today as the main contest to clinch the exciting prize money at stake begins.

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