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Ramit Tandon says helium is keen to play much tournaments astatine location this twelvemonth arsenic helium targets a spot successful the Indian men’s squash squad for the Asian Games to beryllium held successful Japan successful September.
Currently Indian No. 2 successful the Professional Squash Association (PSA) rankings astatine 39 down Abhay Singh (WR 27), the 34-year-old volition statesman his home run astatine the JSW Indian Open successful Mumbai from March 18 to 22.
Speaking to The Hindu connected Friday, Tandon said competing astatine location was ever peculiar though opportunities had been constricted successful caller years.
“It’s ever fantastic playing astatine home. The contented is that we don’t get to bash it frequently. But with squash making it to the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, we are seeing a large boost.
“There was a PSA lawsuit successful Indore astatine Daly College successful November past year, which was the archetypal glass-court lawsuit aft a spread of a fewer years pursuing Covid.”
Having missed enactment for the 2022 Asian Games successful Hangzhou, Tandon hopes to marque the squad this clip erstwhile the Games are held successful Aichi_Nagoya.
“The Asian Games is the biggest lawsuit for america this year. India has ever been a beardown contender and, arsenic the defending champion successful the men’s squad event, we volition beryllium looking to bash good again. There volition beryllium a grooming campy cum enactment trials successful June,” said Tandon.
He besides felt Indian men’s squash was presently successful a beardown phase. “I can’t retrieve the past clip we had 4 antheral players (Abhay, Tandon, Veer Chotrani ranked 45, and S. Velavan 49) wrong the world’s apical 50.”
On qualifying for the 2028 Olympics, Tandon said it was inactive early. “With PSA rankings changing each week, it gives players an accidental to propulsion up,” helium said.
He added that helium present prefers a lighter schedule. “I don’t privation to play back-to-back tournaments. I privation to play astir 12 events astatine most, with grooming blocks successful between.”
