Manchester to host huge sports event next week with top world players, local talent, plus pizza and gin stalls

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Top squash players from across the world will descend upon Manchester’s National Squash Centre next week for the Manchester Open.

Across five days spectators can watch 48 players battle it out for the Manchester Open title. It’s the sixth edition of the Manchester Open, a PSA World Tour Silver-level event.

Among the players hoping to achieve victory this year are the current men’s World No.3 Mostafa Asal and Women’s World No.5 Nour El Tayeb.

But there will be homegrown talent on court too; Manchester-born Finnlay Withington has secured a wildcard spot. The 20-year-old, based in Heywood, is the World No.81 and was the men’s wildcard in last year's event. READ MORE: Giant TV screen to go up at The Lawn Club in Manchester for Euro 2024 and summer of sport He’s now looking forward to playing in front of a home crowd at the Eastlands-based venue once more.