 An
agreement has been concluded between the PSA and
NextSquash which will result in the world's richest Squash event
being staged in the Netherlands in 2011.
The 2011 Men's World Open, the leading championship on the
PSA Tour, will boast a prize fund of $277,500. Coupled with the
2011 Women's World Open, the combined prize fund will be in
excess of $400,000.
 "The
World Open is our most prestigious event and we are delighted that
Tommy Berden and his team put forward such a strong tender for
holding the event in 2011.
"To have already placed such an important event as the World Open
for the next three years shows how vibrant the PSA World Tour is at
the moment. A large part of the decision was based around the fact
that we will be combining both men's and women's events again.
Manchester, in 2008, was such an enormous success and I know that
Tommy will be looking to emulate that."
 PSA CEO
Preparations are already underway
for the 2009 Men's World Open in Kuwait, followed by the 2010 World
Open in Saudi Arabia, with the 2009 Women's World Open already set
to be held in Amsterdam in September.
 "We
are delighted to have secured the rights from PSA to host the Men’s
World Open 2011 in the Netherlands. In particular, because we
already hold the rights to the Women’s World Open in 2011, which
gives us the opportunity to integrate the two most prestigious
squash events in the world into one major championship - something
which proved a great success in Manchester last year.
"These are exciting times for Squash in the Netherlands and, whilst
it is still three years away, we are already looking forward to
welcoming the best squash players on this planet to our country."
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