World’s top female stars to line up in historic Saudi PSA Masters

The world’s top female players are set to take part in the 2017 Saudi PSA Women’s Squash Masters, a new World Series event to be held from November 26th to December 1st as professional squash returns to Saudi Arabia for the first time since 2010.

Held at the Princess Nora bint Abdul Rahman University in Riyadh, the Saudi Women’s Masters will be the first professional women’s squash tournament ever to take place in Saudi Arabia and it will be headed up by World Champion Nour El Sherbini as she targets her first World Series title in over 18 months.

With no qualifying rounds, 32 of the world’s top players – comprised of 12 nationalities – will go straight into the main draw, with stars such as World No.2 Camille Serme, World Championship runner-up Raneem El Welily, World No.5 Nouran Gohar and eight-time World Champion Nicol David joining the battle for the $165,000 prize money.

“We believe that the Saudi PSA Women’s Squash Masters will have a crucial role in promoting squash to a new generation of Saudi women,” said PSA Chairman, Saudi businessman and Saudi Squash Federation President, Ziad Al Turki.

“We are delighted to showcase the sport’s leading female players and look forward to the tournament forming an integral part of the 2017/18 PSA World Tour calendar, while simultaneously contributing to the growth of the sport across the region.

“The support of Princess Reema bint Bandar bin Sultan [President of the Saudi Federation for Community Sports] has been instrumental in putting on this event and I am pleased to be working with her to ensure the successful delivery of this tournament.”

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