The much-anticipated second season of the Optasia Squash Super League gets underway this Friday, with two epic matchups coming your way live and for free on SQUASHTV.
Four of the five teams competing in this year’s competition get their campaigns underway tomorrow night, with last year’s runners-up, Chichester Centurions, kick-starting their quest to go one better and lift silverware against the newly-found Crawley Magik, while Bristol Buccaneers host St. George’s Hill Knights at Workout Harbourside.
Read below to see the four world-class lineups and the tantalising matchups which await fans this evening.
Play from both matches gets underway from 19:00, with every second of action available to watch LIVE and for FREE on SQUASHTV. Full replays of all three fixtures will also be available on the England Squash YouTube Channel.
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Bristol Buccaneers v St. George’s Hill Knights
Former World No.1 and World Champion Mohamed ElShorbagy returns to the Bristol Buccaneers line-up this Friday and will certainly draw in the home crowds for his match-up against England teammate and St. George’s Hill Knights’ Patrick Rooney in the men’s match.
The Buccaneers’ World No.22 Murphy faces a tough prospect in the women’s match – with dangerous left-hander Jasmine Hutton, currently ranked at a career-high World No.16, enjoying one of her best seasons to date on the PSA Squash Tour.
In the U25s encounter, Buccaneers’ new signing Sam Osborne-Wylde will hope to carry through his fine form from the PSA Tour – which included a highlight title win at the Japan Open – to the league when he takes on fellow English rising talent Will Salter.
The last match between the Buccaneers and Knights will see James Peach and Charlie Lee square off in the ever-popular Club Hero clash.
Line-Ups
Men’s: Mohamed ElShorbagy (BB) v Patrick Rooney (SGK)
Women’s: Tesni Murphy (BB) v Jasmine Hutton (SGK)
U25s: Sam Osborne-Wylde (BB) v Will Salter (SGK)
Club Hero: James Peach (BB) v Charlie Lee (SGK)
Chichester Centurions v Crawley Magik
Crawley Magik will make their much-anticipated debut in the league with a line-up consisting of four of the five Malik siblings: Curtis, Torrie, Perry and Bailey.
Travelling to last year’s runners-up Chichester Centurions – the former team of both Curtis and Torrie – World No.22 Curtis will face off against up-and-coming English star Jonah Bryant, who has enjoyed a sublime start to the 25/26 PSA Squash Tour season after reaching two Platinum semi-finals in Qatar and Hong Kong.
In the women’s tie, World No.7 Sivasangari Subramaniam is set to make her debut for the Centurions as she takes on World No.42 Torrie Malik.
Malaysian No.1 Sivasangari has a terrific track record in the best-of-three format, having won the London Classic two years ago and reaching the Grasshopper Cup final last year, with her attacking weapons into the front two corners tailor-made for the league’s high-octane format.
Recent British Junior Championship U19 winner Dylan Roberts, 18, returns for the Centurions in the U25s category and will face off against fellow Englishman Perry Malik, while the final matchup between the two teams will see Centurions’ Noah Meredith take on Magik’s Bailey Malik in the Club Hero clash.
Line-Ups
Men’s: Jonah Bryant (CC) v Curtis Malik (CM)
Women’s: Sivasangari Subramaniam (CC) v Torrie Malik (CM)
U25s: Dylan Roberts (CC) v Perry Malik (CM)
Club Hero: Noah Meredith (CC) v Bailey Malik (CM)
